Essays Archive

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Films to See at the 49th Asian American International Film Festival

By A4 Staff
Jul 27, 2026
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Dispatches from MOCA Town Hall and YAD Picket Line

By Danielle Wu
Jul 24, 2026
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Not All Representation Feels Like Home

By Melvin Ningyao Yen
Jun 23, 2026
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Art and Chinamaxxing: Stephanie H. Shih and Commodity Fetish

By Julianne Miao
Jun 5, 2026
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Art and Chinamaxxing: Astria Suparak and Techno-Orientalism

By Anna Zhang
Jun 5, 2026
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Reframing the Decorative at the 2026 Whitney Biennial

By Fred Voon
May 4, 2026
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The Amp Issue 3: Letter from the Editor

By Shannon Lee
Dec 18, 2025
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Who is This Music For?: Access in Counterculture

By Leo Chang
Nov 18, 2025
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Returning Home: Growing up as a Chinese Bolivian Immigrant

By James Huang
Sep 3, 2025
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Films to See at the 48th Asian American International Film Festival

By A4 Staff
Jul 31, 2025
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AAPI Artists On American Wars

By Shannon Lee
Jul 1, 2025
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Asian Diasporic Stories at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival

By The Amp
Jun 6, 2025
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“Maybe Happy Ending” Considers the Futures of Love

By Sophia Park
Mar 27, 2025
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Mengwen Cao on Photographing Queer and Trans AAPI Artists

By Mengwen Cao
Feb 1, 2025
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Finding Happy Endings for Queer Daughters in AAPI Cinema

By Sidnee Lim
Dec 23, 2024
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The Amp Issue 2: Letter from the Editor

By Shannon Lee
Dec 10, 2024
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The Enduring Influence of Rupi Kaur on AAPI Poetry

By Nimarta Narang
Nov 30, 2024
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Reflections of an American Soldier

By William Chan
Jul 4, 2024
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Please Stop Mistaking “Parasite” as an AAPI Film

By Melissa Kim
Jun 3, 2024
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On Witnessing Art, Death, and Palestine

By Diana Seo Hyung Lee
May 21, 2024
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How Migration Impacts the Mediums and Practices of Diasporic Artists

By Ho Won Kim
Apr 25, 2024
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Photo Essay: Celebrating Eid al-Fitr

By Ahmad Abdulwadood, Asif Ali, Sangeetha Kowsik, and Kaira Widodo
Apr 15, 2024
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Alice Sparkly Kat’s Meditations on the Year of the Dragon

By Alice Sparkly Kat
Feb 5, 2024
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How Asian Americans Found a Home in Hip-Hop

By Eric Diep
Dec 21, 2023