In Japan, joyagama happens in the middle of winter, just before the New Year, when the double-layered winter kimono is barely enough to keep the heat tight against your body …
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The following is a personal letter from Paul Yee written to Jim Wong-Chu shortly after Jim’s stroke. With permission from Paul, the letter is published in its entirety here. Jim …
The year was 1969. I was ten And carried a spiral notebook everywhere I went, from the corner store to the diamond, The whack of the bat, the way it …
ACWW’S early days Rick Shiomi, Robert Kikuchi, Sammi Yakima to, David Henry Hwang, Jim WongChu #1980 #pioneers A post shared by Asian Canadian Writers (@asiancanadianwritersworkshop) on Sep …
I was in Calgary again. A heat warning was in effect and direct sunlight was blinding, leaving me dazed by how bright and hot it was. In the summer it …
The regulation of ethnic consumption determines the survival of a Chinese supermarket located on the border of a predominantly Caucasian neighbourhood in Mississauga. Westerners consume not only a supermarket’s food, …
december 21, 2016 — this morning, tens of thousands fled their homes in china. since last week, half a billion people have been inhaling red alert air more people than …
Note from the editor: The second selection in our ongoing translated Asian literature series is Jiang Yitan’s Through the Woods, originally published in the September 2013 issue of Mountain Flowers. …
Being published for the first time is a challenge, especially since the odds are so sharply stacked against emerging writers. This was the case for several young Asian Canadian writers …
Alas, as a second-language speaker of English, I was fortunate enough to have it engraved in my brain and jammed down my throat at an early age. Having parents who …