Death and Soba Noodles is a creative non-fiction piece that describes the author’s return to Japan after a decade of separation. Writing Intern Tiara Ryan recounts details from her trip as she reflects on how the end of one life can mark the beginning of another.

This poem is about learning how to demonstrate love in avenues that aren’t necessarily ethnic language, especially in familial settings where children learn what this looks like from their parents to return it once they grow older.

An introspective piece about the green thumbs of a Southeast Asian family.

A short story.

A poem about immigration, assimilation, and generational legacies.

A short story using apple as a connecting thread about the reconciliation in an Asian family. What will happen later to Anxin? Will her father come back? These questions will all be answered in part III, the finale to the three-part short story.