From bestselling authors to up and coming artists, here are the creative leaders in the Asian American community.
“Ghost Forest” is a kaleidoscopic debut from Chinese Canadian writer Pik-Shuen Fung. Though the book is a novel, it often reads like a memoir in its realism, and sometimes like poetry in its rhythm. Mixing straightforward prose with experimentation of form, the...
As the world around us continues to manifest new challenges and structural hardships, a desire to (re)turn to spirituality is becoming more popular. From crystals to sage, people draw towards items and practices that make them feel a little more in touch with the...
Growing up, I looked to Western mythology as inspiration for fantasy and stories. In the United States, there always seems to be a fixation on European mythology in children’s and young adult novels. Though it shames me to admit, it took me a while to learn about...
When you lose your mother, it is the loss of the first person you ever knew, the first person you’ve connected with on this earth. It is a loss of origin — a loss of self. A loss so disorienting, so devastating, it has taken many books through the centuries to explore...
If you grew up in an Asian family, you might have heard these words of caution: Each remaining grain of rice in your bowl represents a blemish on your future spouse’s face. Don’t overly praise a newborn’s looks, or greedy demons will kidnap the baby. Giving shoes to...
If you’ve been following @diet_prada on Instagram, or you’re at least vaguely familiar with the history of colonization, you know plagiarism and appropriation especially hurt BIPOC creatives. We’re no longer surprised to hear tales of both luxury brands and...
Unless you’re pop superstar Olivia Rodrigo, you have no business posing for selfies in the snack aisle of a Japanese supermarket. Seriously! Supermarkets can be crowded and overwhelming with choices, as it is. And if you’re like me and want to avoid photobombing Gen Z...
There’s a scene towards the end of “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” that deals with slut-shaming, where Lara Jean confronts the realities of sexism after a video of her kissing her not-boyfriend boyfriend Peter Kavinsky surfaces online. The problem was fixed...
The only context in which I used to hear the word “skinship” growing up would be when my mother stated she was uncomfortable with it. “Skinship,” after all, is a pseudo-English portmanteau that combines “skin” and “kinship,” a word used in Japan and Korea to describe...