Tag: Stories

In the pursuit of mastering a new language, the journey to fluency often takes unexpected and enjoyable turns. If you’re considering learning Spanish, the world of short stories and books might just be your ideal pathway. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the question: Can you lea...

The Fonsecas are your friendly neighbourhood Goan family. There’s Savio with his salt and pepper hair, and a propensity for eating chicken cafreal with a fork. His wife, Lillian, worries about feeding guests and finding a boy for her unmarried daughter. Their daughters Carol and Joanna are bot...

Welcome, fellow sneaker enthusiasts and style voyagers! Today, I’m inviting you on a journey through the labyrinth of my personal sneaker collection. Each pair, from the sleek Adidas Yeezy Boost 350 V2 Beluga Reflective to the bold Jordan 4 Retro Union Guava Ice, is a chapter in my style story...

Unbeknownst to me, the day I planned to travel from Paris to Berlin, there were huge rail strikes throughout Germany. Many trains were canceled, and the man in the information center at the Cologne station gave me an incredulous look when I said I was trying to get to Berlin; but he was an enormous ...

“I assure you that this is a wonderful place, and for my profession the best place in the world.” That’s how a preternaturally musically-inclined 20-something, whose name was Wolfgang, described the city of Vienna in a letter to his concerned father. The boy had just defiantly left...

Gather ‘round seekers of literary enlightenment. Today I take you on a quest to unearth the supreme storyteller among 5 AI chatbots. I pit the top 3 AI chat bots against each other, pushing the boundaries of machine creativity to discover which one reigns supreme in capturing the essence of my...

When you share your personal experiences, it’s important to be authentic. Part of my personal struggle being Mixed in a creative industry was that I didn’t think I was enough. If I couldn’t make films about the “Black experience”, I didn’t I was enough. So I false...

Nearly 30 years ago today, I timidly walked behind my mother as we trotted down the jetway and took our first breaths at the San Francisco International Airport. My new backpack bobbed to my steps, my hair an unsightly mess from the 12-hour redeye flight. One hand held tightly onto my baby sister...

This interview was originally published in the March 30, 2018 issue of The Slant. Want more Asian American news, media and culture every week? Subscribe for free today. Thi Bui is a Vietnamese American cartoonist and author of the critically acclaimed graphic novel, The Best We Could Do...