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Learning to Live with Durians Again

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 20, 2021October 19, 2022

“It is a strange sort of alienation, when you make the life-changing decision to return home, only to suspect that you no longer belong.”

Passport and travel documents, a watch, an open book, and coins on top of paper maps
Posted inNonfiction

Curator Spotlight: Vesna Jaksic Lowe on What It Means To Straddle Multiple Cultures

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 30, 2021October 21, 2022

The writer of the Immigrant Strong newsletter wants to diversify your bookshelf. 

Posted inEditor's Pick

Strangers in Our Own Homes

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 28, 2021October 19, 2022

“We frequently ghost ourselves even when we are looking in the mirror, hoping to show up worthier, richer, fairer, and lovelier for this country.”

Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Reading List

​​’Names Have Power’: A Reading List on Names, Identity, and the Immigrant Experience

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 28, 2021October 19, 2022

Whether adding a hyphen or changing one’s name completely, the process of naming can be complex.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Seat at the Table

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands September 1, 2021October 19, 2022

In this interview, food writer Bettina Makalintal reflects on finding her voice, the trendification of ube, and why she’d rather not refer to Filipino cuisine — or any cuisine — as “the next big thing.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

The Fugitive and the Chameleon

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands August 4, 2021October 19, 2022

“Mario’s father had gone by many names. Luis Archuleta. Lawrence Pusateri. The man the son knew as Ramon was just a fraction of his way into what may be one of the longest fugitive runs in U.S. history — a 50-year game of cat-and-mouse that played out across the West, from the streets of Colorado […]

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The Native Scholar Who Wasn’t

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands May 26, 2021October 19, 2022

“Academia is an industry, like journalism, that defines itself in large part by its ethical standards; we’re supposed to educate people and produce knowledge. So what does it mean that we’re also a haven for fakes?”

Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes, Uncategorized, Writing

Listen to the Sound of My Voice

by Seyward Darby April 5, 2021October 19, 2022

How a journalist found her voice as her mother lost hers.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Cultural History of Racial Fraud

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands March 22, 2021October 19, 2022

What does it mean to perform race for a white audience?

Posted inEditor's Pick

Shortcuts to Identity: How We Tell Asian American Stories

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 16, 2021October 19, 2022

“When it comes to bubble tea and Amy Tan, I’ve taken different stances, but the two have much in common. They’ve both become shorthands of some vaguely ‘Asian American thing.’”

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