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I gather alphabetized concepts of Xa’al Slice into its heart and open my veins I carve Xa’al’s paragraphs onto trees, pulverized and flattened Under the flat-white surfaces, ancestral bones rattle …

Don’t Call Me Hapa

by Patricia Lim

By Aaron Leaf Published in 16.3 THERE WAS A MOMENT IN HIGH SCHOOL when I was fascinated with mixed-race identity and the word “Hapa.” Using this Hawaiian term meaning “half” …

When I was 10-years-old my mother enrolled me in kung fu lessons. She was hoping I would develop some valuable characteristics, get some exercise and most importantly have the confidence …