Krystal Yang in this piece explores the voice of queer Chinese-Americans and how cultural influences can shape a person.
Category: Prose
Not Your Numbers
Sara Jhong warns against the use of standardized test results and other “numbers” as a way of measuring students’ success in “Not Your Numbers.”
Grow a House
Jieyan Wang explores themes of childhood poverty in her short fiction piece, “Grow a House.”
Revitalized
Mina Kim explores the intensity and emotional turmoil that romantic relationships can bring in “Revitalized.”
Scars
Margaret Madole illustrates the struggle of helping friends with mental illnesses survive another day in “Scars.”
Rivers in Her Hands
In “Rivers in Her Hands” Viviana Wei explores a mother’s dedication to her daughter, and her daughter’s growth.
Tilt
Tilt explores a taboo subject seen through the eyes of a small boy. Ashira Shirali uses a childlike voice to depict the hard realism within the piece.
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Sea Cucumber
Read about Alexandra Lewis’s narrator’s discussion of cucumbers with her therapist in the short story, “Sea Cucumber.”
Sunday Dinner
Fiora Elbers-Tibbits describes the cliché Sunday dinner in her brutally honest and satirical prose piece, “Sunday Dinner.”