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Behind Pride
Behind Pride
This is a pressure I will never relieve. I was born with it, as the eldest in my family. It is the pressure of sacrifice. They sacrificed…
swatips
Nov 5, 2015
Rotis and Recipes: Keeping a Homeland Alive
Rotis and Recipes: Keeping a Homeland Alive
Seeing that Mama’s back is to the table, I snag another milk-cake off the appetizer platter. That is my fifth of the day. My mother only…
Sargun Kaur
Oct 28, 2015
A TALE OF TWO CITIES
a haiku on pain, love, and nostalgia
D Wang Zhao
Oct 21, 2015
Late Night Love
Late Night Love
My father had to type and print out a set of very detailed instructions so that my mother would be able to navigate our television. It…
Teresa Mathew
Oct 15, 2015
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