Ching Shih: A Prostitute Who Became History’s Deadliest Pirate

Interestingly, the most powerful pirate…

It’s OK If Your Writing Isn’t for Everyone

As a debut author, I’ve had to get used to answering the question: What is your book…

Best Practices for submitting to Asian American Book Club

When Adoptees Write for Adoptees

I was gifted an advanced reading copy of the book When We Become Ours. It seems like the first of its…

Mako Yoshikawa on How Making Sushi Can Improve Your Writing

This first appeared in Lit Hub’s Craft of…

Why read Rebecca Kuang’s bestselling Yellowface

The book helped me rediscover the joy that I had lost somewhere along my reading journey.

Who’s the one being rude here???

Yesterday, this was just a small personal Facebook post in response to a story I read, but I…

How a Restaurant Menu Taught Me the True Essential Ingredients of a Good Book

Some great Korean women’s literature in translation; an interview with Anton Hur in BOMB Magazine by Marie Myung-Ok…

Why this year-old piece, “Yes, New York City Really is Apocalyptic right now,” can inspire creativity