Paper Goong-goong Upon watching the PBS documentary on Asian Americans, my Mother texts us: I now know why my father did not want to talk about WWII or the past.…
Culture
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I never knew my lola. Every few months, I would hear her voice crackle through the phone from the other side of the Earth. On the mantel, I would see…
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We arrive just in time to catch the tail end of the Youth Talent Showcase, drawn through the maze of fried-food stalls and dim animal-smelling warehouses by a thin, brave…
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Creative Nonfiction / EssayIntrospection
The Birds: In Our Piety
by Guest Contributor November 14, 2019The sun reveals the mountains one by one in shades of smoke and slate and coffee grounds. Then it gets to work on their ancient contours, lighting up the spaces…
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Dear Mom and Dad, Esta carta que te escribe es un grito de ayuda, un grito que me ames en el nombre de Dios. (This letter that I am…
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If you truly wanted to unbury the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area circa 2018, it’s harder to imagine a more fitting fossil of the zeitgeist than this slogan…
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In Paris I was trying to buy a ticket for the fast train to Angers. Interrupting, the lady at the desk rattled off something, then laughed haughtily. In fractured French,…
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It’s important to me to be part of the literary community, and it’s important that my authors participate in the literary community. This isn’t just about do-gooding either: the literary community buys literary fiction.
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How often has a total stranger sat down next to you in a public place and offered to split with you their lunch or dinner? I’ll get back to that.…
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LiteratureReview
Art & Crisis (u can touch it): Montana Ray’s (guns & butter)
by Brooke Ellsworth April 8, 2015(guns and butter) by Montana Ray Argos Books, May 2015 Argos Books I was sitting there eating lunch with one finger to my phone just flitting through the newsfeed and…
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Board GamesGamesScience/Technology
A Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures
by Guest Contributor February 3, 2015An essay using words, not pictures, by Phil Eklund, Dec 2014 This is a guest post by Phil Eklund, founder of Sierra Madre Games and designer of the board games…
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Collaborative ReviewReviewSci Fi / Fantasy
Excession by Iain M. Banks
by Peter Tieryas March 20, 2014by Joseph Michael Owens, Kyle Muntz, and Peter Tieryas Liu Excession by Iain M. Banks Spectra, 1998 499 pages / Amazon / Goodreads If…