Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month Archives

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My Korean Therapist by Joan Sung

Dr. Joy is the best therapist ever. She acknowledges my feelings around generational trauma and my fractured relationship with my Korean Tiger Mom.

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Strawberry Mud by Shizue Seigel

My grandparents raised peas, lettuce, and cantaloupe on a 140-acre seaside ranch since 1915, but they could not buy the land, only lease it. Unlike European imm...

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One Token Is Always Enough by Jen Shin

My body has changed like my surroundings, too. Instead of the 15-year-old I was when I went to sleep, I am now the 18 year-old-version of myself that I will wor...