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Symphony by Tessa Lim
A personal essay that celebrates music and the community behind the author’s creative journey.
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Tessa
Survival Instinct by Kimberly Gibson-Tran
A personal essay about memory, childhood, and sisterhood, with insights from Star Trek: Voyager.
The Place of the Setting Sun by Dihya Ammar
A short story that maps the difficult path of loving a parent that hurts you, taking one’s leave, and breaking that cycle of pain.
The Boy Who Made Me Dream Again by Nicole Gusto
A mother’s journey in raising a child with autism.
Fallen fruit, olden tree, sun-baked soil by Zo Navarro
A piece that attempts to understand one’s childhood, familial relationships, and gender roles and expectations.
Sa Bahay ni Lola Taba by Jeanilyn Kwan
A poem about visiting one’s hometown and the dissonance that arises from it.
Coercion is (and cost me) my mother tongue by Stephanie Mei
A woman from the Philippines reflects on her relationship with her mother tongue/s upon moving to a country that was not colonized.
Old Cucumber Soup by Wu Xueting
A thirty-year-old woman struggles with self-doubt and living on her own for the first time.
As I Ponder and Wonder by Soy Avocado
An ode to what enriches one’s past, present, and future.
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Jennifer Leong
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Earthrise by Li Huijia
A short science-fiction piece that touches on ageing and losing a loved one.
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Jia
Smoke and Sweetness by Zhui Ning Chang
A florist ponders on her relationship with her granddaughter and her legacy.
The Prince by Clarice Sanchez Meneses
A Cinderella retelling set in the Philippines after the country regained independence from its Spanish colonizers.
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Clarice
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