In the rare nights that I dream, I see glimpses of her. Dappled sunlight filters through the lush canopy of acacia leaves above, mottling her soft curves cast from white …
Allan Cho
Allan Cho
Engaged in a number of initiatives in the local community, Allan serves on the board of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop and Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society. He has written for the Georgia Straight, Diverse Magazine, and Ricepaper. His fiction has appeared in anthologies, The Strangers and Eating Stories. He is one of the founders of LiterASIAN Writers Festival,the first Asian Canadian literary festival and is co-editor of the anthology, AlliterAsian: Celebrating Twenty Years of Ricepaper Magazine.
The stone remained cold and silky gray in the boy’s palm. He was in the middle of a procedure that many in the village had seen performed and found nothing …
1/ Me in Vancouver Rain, it’s the rain that’s been wetting my entire Selfhood inside out Reminding me Amidst all shapes to be moistured The water-drops are The dews from …
A Korean grandmother leads her grandson to their harvest by a creek. She teaches him about resilience, passion, and strength. A Chinese father encourages his daughter to apply for college …
The kid’s girlfriend phoned it in to his parents, who ran a red light at Bloor and Jarvis on the way to the viaduct. I squint at the nurse’s …
It happened because I looked poor today. My mother was an elegant woman, even in the most undignified chapters of our life in America. She said that spending her youth …
Myths, Legends, and the Supernatural What does your palm say about you? How has life been for you during Kali Yuga? Have you ever seen Chang’e up on the moon? …
I don’t remember where the mosque was in relation to our building when I was growing up, but I remember that it was close enough that you could hear the …
He’s alone, His breathing barely rises and falls In a rhythm inharmonious with the rain That pounds on him like a hardening heart. There’s a dizzying array of the finest …
Dear Canadian Media Industry, This year 2021 has been a watershed year for global racism against Asians and the lack of representation of Asians in Hollywood… and Canada. Recently widely …