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First month in Korea As some of you know, I was recently awarded a fellowship to study Korean…
October 6, 2023First month in Korea As some of you know, I was recently awarded a fellowship to study Korean…
by serenapuang October 6, 2023In R.F. Kuang’s darkly humorous novel, “Yellowface,” a floundering writer endeavors to hold on to her new place…
by serenapuang May 18, 2023When Maxine Hong Kingston wrote her first book, “The Woman Warrior” in 1976, she originally intended to publish it…
by serenapuang April 12, 2023The first book-to-movie adaptation I remember seeing is “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.” My then-best…
by serenapuang February 28, 2023Earlier this week, I let people know that I’m working on a thesis project about writing about Asian…
by serenapuang September 11, 2022Hi! If you’re here because you saw me/my social media profile at the National AAJA Convention, it’s nice…
by serenapuang July 24, 2022It’s week three of my time at the Boston Globe, and I wrote five stories in five days.…
by serenapuang June 19, 2022Last year, I received a grant from the St. Anthony Educational Foundation to investigate boba and politics. After…
by serenapuang October 1, 2021At a summer camp in Arkansas circa 2014, my middle school cabin mates and I had a series…
by serenapuang May 20, 2021This month’s Forthcoming is with Chianna Cohen. Chianna is a junior at Barnard College, a private liberal arts…
by serenapuang March 15, 2021