ESSAYS

Asiatown Forever
Since taking root 40 years ago, the vibrant neighborhood remains a refuge for food and family. HOUSTONIA

Drum Head: Playing Through My Chronic Pain
But pain and pleasure intertwine in playing the drums, much as they do elsewhere in life. CATAPULT

The Meaning of a Dish: Honey Walnut Shrimp
The Chinese American dish that isn’t, really. RESY

Pain in the Brain
A column on life with a chronic headache. CATAPULT

When Authenticity Means a Heaping Plate of Tex-Mex
What does authentic mean, anyway, when cuisines migrate and adapt with people?

Towards Chinatown
On the possibility of losing of my mother — and the loss of my mother tongue. LONGREADS

Stress Purchase of the Week: The Perfect Muji Sleepwear
How one fresh pair of PJs upgraded this writer’s sleep aesthetic. SHONDALAND

Counter Revolution
My grandparents from China risked everything to start a humble grocery store in an unlikely place — and changed my family forever. SOUTHWEST: THE MAGAZINE

Houston, a Love Letter
I write this from California, 1,900 miles away from my hometown, as I watch the devastation of Hurricane Harvey unfold. VOGUE

Filet-O-Comfort
My immigrant family made an American fast-food staple their own. SHONDALAND

Walking In Their Footsteps at a Former Japanese Internment Camp
I wanted to see Manzanar with my own eyes, so that my understanding of history might feel deeper through the experience of place. NPR

To Swim Is To Endure
If I don’t swim, the pain grows. If I’m in more pain, what will become of my life? CATAPULT
CREATIVE NONFICTION

The Aunties at the YMCA
The aunties at the YMCA DGAF. JELLYFISH REVIEW