APIA-nionated

“I think the best historical fiction invites readers to live the history that is being represented; not simply to understand the facts of…

Your Emergency Contact Has Experienced An Emergency (2022) by Chen Chen

I reflect on a month well spent in Beijing (including a family trip to Japan), my first time back since pre-pandemic. [For context, I spent…

In “Starring Jerry As Himself,” the titular Jerry (Jerry Hsu) is a retired divorced father who reminds us that he is a fallible human…

How to express where you are and who you’ve become to the people you’ve left behind?

I rooted for the family, imagining a story-line in which this distance could be bridgeable, in which the characters make different choices,

Soft cinnamon bread, mini palmiers, coconut and chocolate macaroon cookies resting on shelves of dark wood that span almost the entire…

Fellow writers and translators Amanda L. Andrei and Noelle de la Paz discuss their research and relationships with archives: Amanda with…

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

A Story of Two Guitars

It’s our third day on Maui. My skin is perpetually dewy from sweat and humidity. My hair curls tighter, flaked with sea salt and sand…

In Emily Lee Luan’s 回 / Return, war, and language, and motherhood all coalesce. This poetry collection, moving fluidly between languages…

The number of American families experiencing homelessness increased by as much as 9% during the Great Recession. In the wake of that event…

“I hope Sea Change makes readers feel a little bit less alone, if that’s something they’re struggling with . . . but also that hope…

I Hope I Am Lucky Enough

I picked up the blue tin, about eight inches in diameter. A red and gold insignia graces the top of the lid with promises of the precious…

Q: What is memory? MariNaomi asks near the beginning of their retelling of a decades-long relationship with their ex-best friend Jodie. A…

Call for APIA authors + authors with work relevant to the APIA diaspora in America. Critical / personal essays welcome!!