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SparkUse room-temperature water, never ice. Skin holds heat,you think you’re more burned than you are.Your singed hair crimps and smells like eggsthat once cooked on …
Conversation with My Mother How much fabric was left? Not much. Boro-boro, Obaasan said. Shreds. And your mother recognized her by the fabric Yes. If …
The Leaf BookIn the fall of third grade, when my teacherassigns the leaf-book project—collectand name at least a dozen tree leaves—my dad drives our family …
R. Buckminster Fuller once wrote, “Dare to be naive.”In these days of non-stop irony, cynicism, and the constant overwhelming evidence that the fix is in, …
Part 1 >>Continuation of The Asian American Literary Review’s interview with Karen Tei Yamashita…Kandice Chuh (KC): You write, “I’ve anticipated the end of the story without …
In 1913 Hawai‘i, three young sisters suffering from tuberculosis are sent to an orphanage. Only one survives—and she finds herself haunted by the ghosts of …
>> Part 2It was not for lifestyle reasons that we weren’t married. Even today, I’m unsure as to what the holdup really was all about, …
>> Part 1Mark Twain once said: “If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.” But the question of what you do and …
It was the summer of 2004 that my friend Hiro taught me how much fun it can be to lead a double life. We were …
When you’re a writer, everything that happens to you is a potential story you will one day write. The more awkward, wacky, horrible or wonderful …
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