A bird crosses the sky the way a sad feeling
walks through this poem.

By Purbasha Roy
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With stops in Kashmir, Libya, and the United States

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What the mysterious images of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s seminal work might tell us about her life.

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In the Chinatown of my mother’s youth, everyone knew everyone.

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Tending to a garden in Taiwan.

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How do we care for our children and the environment?

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Our clocks simply don’t chime the same tune

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Recalling the promise of anticolonial internationalism

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What do return narratives tell us about a changing world? As China has risen to economic power, a trend in Chinese American literature has emerged.

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The reissue of Amit Chaudhuri’s 1998 novel, Freedom Song, revives a forgotten path for political literature.

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If fish stocks continue to decline, people all over will be disconnected from their ancestors, their history, the founding mythology of their people.

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Han Kang writes between death and life

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Feeling invasive in Long Island

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The climate is changing. Should our cultural recipes change too?

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On translating Li Qingzhao

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Oscar yi Hou doesn’t represent you.

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그때 그 상황에 헌병들이 하는 말이 모두 쏼라쏼라 들렸다. | The English words of the police fell senselessly to the ground.

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As my math grades plummeted, my interest in trombone records skyrocketed

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With stops in Kashmir, Libya, and the United States

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If fish stocks continue to decline, people all over will be disconnected from their ancestors, their history, the founding mythology of their people.

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What the mysterious images of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s seminal work might tell us about her life.

Essays

Han Kang writes between death and life

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In the Chinatown of my mother’s youth, everyone knew everyone.

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Feeling invasive in Long Island

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Tending to a garden in Taiwan.

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The climate is changing. Should our cultural recipes change too?

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How do we care for our children and the environment?

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On translating Li Qingzhao

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Our clocks simply don’t chime the same tune

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Recalling the promise of anticolonial internationalism

Essays

Oscar yi Hou doesn’t represent you.

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그때 그 상황에 헌병들이 하는 말이 모두 쏼라쏼라 들렸다. | The English words of the police fell senselessly to the ground.

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What do return narratives tell us about a changing world? As China has risen to economic power, a trend in Chinese American literature has emerged.

Essays

As my math grades plummeted, my interest in trombone records skyrocketed

Essays

The reissue of Amit Chaudhuri’s 1998 novel, Freedom Song, revives a forgotten path for political literature.