It was 8 a.m. on Sunday in Brooklyn, and while my translator, Kana Motojima, and I groggily boiled water for our tea, Kenichiro “Ken” Tanaka was taking a quick 10 p.m. break at a shared […]
Golden State: The Alchemy of a Reluctant Memoirist
“The struggle with writing all the time is that you, occasionally, have to go to unimaginable places.”
Ambiguous Asian Blend
“So, what kind of South Asian are you?” the bartender asks coolly.
Me & Mary Frances
“Mary Frances” is my own invention. That was how her friends and family referred to her, but she’s better known as MFK Fisher, the matriarch of food writing.
Touching My Face
My mom wants me to stop touching my face because my hands are dirty, and I’ll break out, but I love touching my face.
Screens Were my Salvation
Corona stole my spring, and in doing so, it also stole my fresh start.
Saints, Sinners, and Horny Teenagers
We are watching Saved!, the 2004 cult classic with all the markers of an early aught’s hit: Mandy Moore, Macaulay Culkin, and premarital sex.
Bill of Rights Poem
My cries for equality cannot be silenced
Staples, Are You There? It’s Me, a Laminating Fanatic.
When my laminator seals plastic packets around the papers that I feed it, it also seals my sanity into place.
Works of Annie Fay Meitchik
Annie Fay Meitchik is an artist, blogger, and writer based in Southern California graduating from The New School this spring with her BA in Creative Writing. Annie plans to pursue a career at the intersection […]
Subsisting and Social Distancing with 12th Street
We’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled programming this week to tell you a bit about what we’ve been up to.
Interview With a Sugar Baby
Anna* is a woman in her mid-twenties who is studying for her Master’s degree in New York City at an Ivy League University. When she was denied financial aid, she sought out alternative methods to pay for school. She signed up for a website that focuses on sugar dating, where her company is valued by an exchange of an allowance or gifts. In this interview, we discuss her personal life, her lifestyle, and her opinion on sugaring.
Notes from Flavortown
Amidst these thoughts, I wonder how I am going to show off my quarantine six pack that I have simply not found the time to work on.
A Guide for the Good Days
The best advice I’ve ever been given by my therapist is to make men as uncomfortable as they make me.
Heaven Help Us, Heaven Forgive Us
Like any young family, some conversations had to be foregone. Some battles, forfeited.
No Dog Could Hunt You Like I Could
Kiss by kiss/I build you
Logical Fallacies and Where to Find Them: Why Fearing Asian People Because of the Coronavirus is a Logical Fallacy
If one believes that the xenophobia surrounding the coronavirus is an exception, I’d urge them to take a glance at our history books.
Are We There Yet?
Jenny Offill’s casually devastating new novel “Weather” is a lovely, quietly ticking timebomb.
Model Literary Citizenship Survey: Alison Kinney
The second installment of our Model Literary Citizenship Survey
Good Talk: A Conversation with Mira Jacob
Mira Jacob is the author and illustrator of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. Her critically acclaimed novel, The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing, was a Barnes & Noble Discover New Writers pick, shortlisted for India’s Tata First Literature Award, and long-listed for the Brooklyn Literary Eagles Prize.