03.042018September 10, 2019
Dung-Aw: Conveying the Poetry of Grief

Dung-Aw: Conveying the Poetry of Grief

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For writers with the gift of more than one language, what kinds of sounds are we able to make when grieving? From living in this...

11.012018September 10, 2019
To Insist on the Depth and Complexity of Our Lives

To Insist on the Depth and Complexity of Our Lives

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In a book I found years ago, Adrienne Rich is quoted as saying, “This is the work I see for us now: to insist in...

30.072017September 10, 2019
Many Englishes: On Editing and Power

Many Englishes: On Editing and Power

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“Can I say this?” I would ask my American partner every time (everytime) I doubted the use of a preposition or felt like I was...

29.072015November 12, 2019
Finding Home Through Literature: A Study of Filipino Fiction

Finding Home Through Literature: A Study of Filipino Fiction

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All my life, I felt ashamed because I was born in America. Growing up in Los Angeles, CA, in the nineties, an American, to me,...

26.052015September 10, 2019
Language of the Border

Language of the Border

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I. Growing up young, Filipina, and undocumented in Southern California, I naturally had a monstrous appetite for the various news feeds transcribing and sensationalizing the...

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