lately I feel I belongto a mind so big— many calling it sacredothers, loveor breath—from “The Older, the More”, Winter 2018 (Vo. 59, Issue 4) Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.As a college senior, I was lucky to be in UCLA’s first Asian American Studies class, “Orientals in . . .
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Myvaginawantstoknifefightyou.—from “To the Gentleman Who Catcalls Me Without Fail Every Morning on My Way to Work”, Winter 2018 (Vol. 59, Issue 4) Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.The Babysitter’s Club fanfiction. Well, they were sort of fanfiction. Being the only daughter of former refugees from Laos, I had to . . .
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“Though all the winds of doctrine were let loose to play upon the earth, so Truth be in the field, we do injuriously, by licensing and prohibiting, to misdoubt her strength. Let her and Falsehood grapple; who ever knew Truth put to the worse, in a free and open encounter?” —John . . .
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From To Kill a Mockingbird, I learn the word “chifforobe.” My grandmother has a lacquer chest, a chifforobe, in her bedroom. She claims it is the only object she brought with her from Korea. —from “Heirloom”, Winter 2018 (Vol. 59, Issue 4) Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.When I . . .
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“That was the question the protagonists of the cartoon show King of the Hill asked the Lao character Kahn Souphanousinphone when he debuted on March 2, 1997—even after he’d explained where he and his family were from in elaborate detail. Twenty years later, that question continues to encapsulate Lao American refugees’ enduring frustration when . . .
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February 11, 2019 Dear Hampshire Colleagues, We, the undersigned faculty members of Mount Holyoke College, wish to express our concern about recent events at Hampshire College, as well as our support for Hampshire College and its faculty and staff. We are particularly concerned about: (1) the failure of the President and the . . .
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Set the dove free and tryto call it back within a year.How do you love a bird so muchyou cage it? If I were that birdI’d sing all day. With the right song,I’ll dance my bones down.—from “My Therapist Asks If I would Be Happier If I Were Straight”, Winter 2018 (Vol. . . .
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Early mornings, I waited for the school bus, tiny hands claspingthin backpack straps, lunch inside a crinkled brown paper bag, tacky white fluff & peanut butter stuck to the cheap Ziploc. The bus arrivedat 7:05 a.m. The yellow morning light was a warm puddle — soft, I could touch it. —from “It . . .
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There you stood, eye to the photograph looking at theplace you’re in without you. Am I feeling elegiacor algebraic again. A violence from within protectsfrom a violence without.—from “On Memorial”, Winter 2018 (Vol. 59, Issue 4) Tell us about one of the first pieces you wrote.I’m not sure if this question is . . .
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Dear President Nelson, In 1965, an editorial in The Amherst Student stated that the Amherst College community “can justly be proud of the disproportionate contributions of their own college to the initial phases of Hampshire’s development.” Since then, five decades of close partnership with our colleagues at Hampshire College have joined our two faculties . . .
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