An awkward adolescent girl travels from the United States to visit her grandmother and other relatives in Taipei, where she becomes obsessed by her older girl cousin and the bizarre fantasy of cooking and eating a woman who works in the dumpling store downstairs.
‘Never Again Is Now’: Frank Abe links wartime incarceration to today’s immigration policies
“Kind of a sour way” to spend a Saturday, Frank Abe said.
Uncovering overlooked Asian WWII stories—and their modern echoes—in “Blue Skies, Troubled Waters”
“This book is a reintroduction to this cultural historical World War Two (WWII) memoir penned by my Grandma, Martha Walandouw Lohn,” Brian Kimmel’s note to readers of “Blue Skies, Troubled Waters” begins.
Seattle’s Kim Fu on writing, working, and walking the city
Chinese Canadian author Kim Fu moved here from British Columbia. But she judges her Seattle neighborhoods by interconnectedness—and more specifically, walking distances.
Book Review: ‘The Hiroshima Men’ is a reminder of the horrific human costs of atomic attack
John Hersey was a 32-year-old reporter who returned from Japan in 1946 with a groundbreaking story that challenged the U.S. government’s version of its atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, showing the human consequences were far more horrific and extensive than the American public had been told.
Artist and attorney Eddie Ahn juggles two worlds in life and new graphic novel, “Advocate”
Many creatives have to work another job to support their art.
Book Review: Michael Luo tells the harrowing story of Chinese exclusion in America
The history of Chinese immigrants in America has always been about much more than one particular ethnic group.
New historical cookbook highlights Asian chefs in the White House
Ideas can come when one least expects it.
Community members celebrate emotional launch of ‘New Land’ — Book commemorates the arrival of the first 34 refugees from Southeast Asian on May 20, 1975
“Oh goodness,” Rep. My-Linh Thai said, blinking back tears. “Please give me a moment to just look at the room.”
Kentridge High School alumna is part of an upcoming anthology of indigenous stories
Even though the total number of Pacific Islanders in King County is less than 1% of the overall population, it is a tight knit community that relishes celebration of Pacific Islander heritage.