“This is how I know an Asian South exists: I miss it.”
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Why Children’s Books?
“All children grow up: those who write for children need, therefore, to write fiction that will speak to them both now and in their future.”
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Century-Scale Storage
“If you had to store something for 100 years, how would you do it?”
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Six Handbags
“I’ve been looking for a bag that can fit my life. I should be looking for a life that can fit into my bag. I do not need to read, to go to the gym. I need only what will fit inside the portal.”
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Ancient Jars
“We need containers, if only to exist with enough solidity to overcome them.”
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Daylighting a Brook in the Bronx
“An ode to an underground waterway and the restorative effort to unbury it.”
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Remembered Coast
A writer recollects her family history by excavating memories buried in Singapore’s reclaimed land.
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There Is No Place like Home, Whatever That Is
“According to our writer, home is both longing and belonging.”
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The Noblest of Things
“The next day, I opened the hive and there were no bees.’