culture
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When Curtis Chin (founder of the Asian American Writer’s Workshop) asked me to submit something to an anthology he was putting together about Asian American activism in the 90s, I was very flattered. It had been a while since I’ve attempted to write anything “creatively”. I joke now that the goal was to “sell the
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According to Wikipedia, in Wicca, standing inside a chalk circle can protect you from evil. It can even empower you. Wikipedia also says that Bertolt Brecht wrote a play called The Caucasian Chalk Circle: “The play is a parable about a peasant girl who rescues a baby and becomes a better mother than its natural parents.”
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I want my children to learn Chinese because: I’m Chinese. It is important to me that my children retain a cultural connection. I have always regretted that I am illiterate in my parent’s language. It was always a given that my children would learn Chinese. My wife and I did not question it. The dilemma
Vincent Young 