When I first met Cherry Lou Sy in Brooklyn through a mutual friend, I was excited because I could count on a single hand the number of times I’ve met someone else of Filipino-Chinese, or Tsinoy, descent. That is, to have a parent who is ethnically Chinese, but born and raised in the Philippines, part of one of the largest overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia.
Read MorePoet and author of Life of the Party Olivia Gatwood has released her long-awaited debut novel, Whoever You Are, Honey. Set in the liminal space of Santa Cruz, California (a town grasping on to tradition as modernity threatens to destroy its past), we meet Mitty, a reclusively introspective protagonist whose rejection of the world reveals a stormy interior contrasting with her unassuming exterior.
Read MoreBefore we tell a story to another, we often repeat it to ourselves. We arrange each polished detail like a game of dominoes—See what I’ve seen—until, laid flat, our listening party might observe the bigger picture.
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