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At 7 years old, Suchi meets Haiwen in their neighborhood in Shanghai. It’s 1938. The city is under…
by serenapuang January 10, 2025
At 7 years old, Suchi meets Haiwen in their neighborhood in Shanghai. It’s 1938. The city is under…
by serenapuang January 10, 2025
In most L1 language classes at Yale, you learn to introduce yourself, talk about your likes and dislikes,…
by serenapuang October 7, 2022
Last year, I received a grant from the St. Anthony Educational Foundation to investigate boba and politics. After…
by serenapuang October 1, 2021
My best friend’s mom and I only ever have one conversation when I come over. It goes something…
by serenapuang February 18, 2021
After 8 weeks of waking up at 6 AM, a one-woman play about urbanization, and online finals, I’ve…
by serenapuang August 11, 2020
A couple of months ago, I mentioned in my blog post about Chinglish that learning (Mandarin) Chinese was…
by serenapuang July 5, 2020
This year, I was the recipient of the Richard U. Light Fellowship, an award that fully funds Yale…
by serenapuang June 21, 2020
AAPI Heritage Month might be over, but reading and celebrating AAPI authors is a year round thing! Check…
by serenapuang May 31, 2020
The first time I realized my mom had an accent when she speaks English was in elementary school.…
by serenapuang May 8, 2020
The struggle for a culturally accurate Mulan, both in the Chinese dub and in the 2020 live action…
by serenapuang April 29, 2020