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What My Dad Carried to America

A daughter takes inventory of her father’s luggage — unpacking what the objects he brought (in an aluminum suitcase made in Taiwan) say…

6 min readMay 9, 2023

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Black and white photo of a Chinese man in a blazer and dark hair standing next to a Chinese woman with a white blouse and dark short hair in the forefront and a wood structure and tree in background.

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My Father, Bàba, in Proverbs

Remembering our roots

16 min readMar 30, 2020

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My Father, Bàba, in Proverbs

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Gay Mag

Mother: A Dictionary

I look at my reflection in the mirror and repeat a mantra: “I am not my mother. I am not my mother.”

14 min readJul 2, 2019

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Mother: A Dictionary

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Flying High

How my father’s love of kites followed him from China to America.

6 min readMar 31, 2017

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Flying High

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I AM AMERICA

I am America.

2 min readNov 8, 2016

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I AM AMERICA

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BFF Revisited

A trip down memory lane triggered by notes from my childhood bestie.

3 min readOct 6, 2016

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BFF Revisited

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hourglass

territorial squawks warnings, perhaps jet-black raven clutching a juicy fruit wrapper in his beak.

1 min readMar 10, 2016

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Chasing a Tiny Dream

Dream big. Or in this case, dream tiny.

3 min readNov 17, 2015

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Chasing a Tiny Dream

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Find Your Tribe

Making friends, stepping out of your comfort zone and connecting again.

3 min readOct 19, 2015

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Find Your Tribe

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Taking a 7-Day Sabbatical

Sometimes when you’re trying to carve out alone time, you find room for unexpected encounters.

4 min readAug 16, 2015

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Taking a 7-Day Sabbatical

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Jen Soong

Jen Soong

NorCal writer. Tin House and VONA alum. Published in WaPo, The Audacity, Witness. Memoir-in-progress reckoning with migration and myth. www.jensoong.com

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