From Saigon to Bataan to Ohio

Feb 18, 2019

One of our first meals in this new country was the hamburger, a food that was, we were told in the camps, invented by Americans.

Memoir, Family Stories, Politics of Place | Read More

Turn the Page

Feb 11, 2019

A survivor craves closeness, yet sabotages even the slightest hint of it.

Writing and Faith, Memoir, Adoption | Read More

Feb 04, 2019

Always someone somewhere whose wall-kicking must be stopped.

Writing and Faith, Poems | Read More

Jan 21, 2019

I see her reach for the bare-chested man with the homemade tattoos and the dog that doesn’t respond.

Writing and Faith, Memoir | Read More

Jan 21, 2019

I don’t know how the world ends, but I know fire lies.

Writing and Faith, Poems | Read More