Todd Wong has been blogging about cultural fusion and Asian-Canadian history since 2004. He is active in the literary, arts, and dragon boat communities of Vancouver and is a fifth-generation, …
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In Pursuit of the Truth Through Beef Noodle Soup: Can Ethnic Businesses Exist Alongside The Chains?
by Allan Cho
Along New Westminster’s Columbia Street, you’ll come across an interesting phenomenon. Turn right from Carnarvon, down where red brick buildings stand, and you’ll see a fancy clustering of bridal shops …
Trigger warning: eating-disorder behaviours – continued from Part One *** When I was four, my parents had to install a fence in the kitchen to keep me contained from my …
Born and raised in San Diego, California, Simon Tam is the founder and basis of The Slants, one of the first American Dance rock bands in the world. He also …
I was eleven years old in 1951 when this story happened. My mother, Lum So Wah, was a small-framed woman, five feet three, 105 pounds, with greying black hair and …
Trigger warning: eating-disorder behaviours When I was eleven, my mother would often feed me sinigang. It was my favourite food — the puffy rice; the mounds of soft spinach; the …
There was something silent, Splendid, About the way night descended, Intent and inevitable, it Fell upon me- Stone monkey, once equal to heaven, Banished years ago, Today freed. But the …
Google Doodle celebrates the birthday of Jim Wong-Chu, who was an activist, community organizer, poet, author, editor, photographer, radio producer, and historian. Jim devoted his life to amplifying the …
Ricepaper Call for Submission: “Is There Hope Left?” Inspiring stories deliver hope, shine light on the good in this world, and help us persevere during difficult times. To start 2021, …
I am the only boy in the neighbourhood to have a wooden duckie. This yellow duckie quacks and rolls when I pull it along on a long string. Boys and …