Essays Archive

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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
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Dispatches from the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line

By Perry Yung
Dec 20, 2023
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In the Shadow of War

By Rachel TonThat
Dec 8, 2023
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Photo Essay: 40 Years of Asian American Arts Alliance

By Cindy Trinh
Oct 17, 2023
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The Power of the Uncanny in Contemporary Political Art

By Youbin Kang
Oct 2, 2023
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Every Past Life All At Once: Alternate Realities and the Immigrant Experience

By Ryan Lee Wong
Aug 21, 2023
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At “Dwelling,” Home is in the Subconscious

By Jasmine Liu
Aug 4, 2023
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Films to See at This Year’s Asian American International Film Festival

By A4 Staff
Jul 25, 2023
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4 AAPI LGBTQ+ Photographers Capturing Artists They Admire

By Leo Foo, Shravya Kag, Justin J. Wee, Chen Xiangyun
Jun 28, 2023
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Artist Chella Man Explores the Cyborgian Experience of Being Trans and Deaf

By Osman Can Yerebakan
Jun 13, 2023
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11 AAPI Dancers Based in Queens

By A4 Staff
Jun 13, 2023
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5 Up-and-Coming AAPI Comedians

By A4 Staff
May 4, 2023
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How to Self-Publish

By Ramon Gil
Feb 24, 2023