A million years ago, when I was in high school, I was on the Speech/Debate team. It was one of many academically-oriented teams I joined because it gave me a chance to hang out with other delightfully geeky and nerdy kids like myself. Academic teams…
I’d fallen woefully behind on my reading challenge until last week. In looking for some great new reads by Asian American authors, I ended up devouring Ali Wong’s dear Girls and Mary H.K. Choi’s Emergency Contact in three days. I was on a book high.T…
Public tragedy is never a good place to find inspiration; yet it is often a powerful motivator. Even before the horrific murders of eight people in Atlanta this week (six of whom were Asian employees of massage establishments), the news was beginning…
