Immigration, assimilation, and trying to make it in a country – especially one where the primary language is nothing like your native tongue – can be traumatizing. But I had suspicions that there were other reasons for all the trauma.
Obviously, there’d been the Korean War where a ghastly three to four million people had been killed, and before that the callous Japanese occupation, but what exactly had taken place during these events?
Delivery Window by Alison Powell
I never meant to raise my own children, not all the time, anyhow. Not like this. Some days I really miss John, but really what I miss is when people could seem like whole cities instead of swamps.
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"the curse of my child who you will/ bury shallow in the ground without/ a second thought"
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"America has never been a racist country ……………………………………… 15%"
Read MoreIn the Crowd by Joe Bonomo
What does it mean to perform? I was onstage, and yet I wasn’t; I was playing to someone, and I was alone.
Read MoreThe Food Taster by Matt Leibel
The food taster is fulfilled in her job in a way she knows most others are not. Something about this makes her uneasy. Something about this makes her ravenous for more.
Read MoreCrime Scene By J.R. Chapple
She’d been so good at laying still. Good at being frightened. During one of her early jobs, a gig where she’d started off alive, breathing long enough to be assaulted, the man had been so careful, making an effort to talk to her between takes
Read MoreA Normal Interview with Victoria Chang by Shelby Pinkham
The whole process was so joyful, and it always is, even when I'm writing about sad things. I think it’s joyful because the thing I’m making is actually helping me process my own experiences and perception.
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