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An #importedAsians POV: Linda Papi Rounds of 325KAMRA
The Universal Asian got to know Linda Rounds, President of 325KAMRA—a non-profit organization dedicated to helping Korean adoptees...

Ella Wu
Sep 30, 2021


Three Years Later
October 16, 2021, will mark the three-year anniversary of the publication of my debut novel, "Famous Adopted People," depicting a Korean...
Alice Stephens
Sep 30, 2021


Introducing 'The Adoptee Open Mic Night'
When I opened the room up for The Universal Asian's first time hosting "The Adoptee Open Mic Night," I didn’t know what to expect. My...

Hanna Lee
Sep 30, 2021


The Woman in the Tower Above
Athena Yu hit “end meeting” and booted everyone out of her video conference call. She pushed back on her desk, grimaced and made herself...

Samantha Der
Sep 30, 2021


Book Review: 'Parachutes' by Kelly Yang
Parachutes. Teens who were picked up from their lives in Asia and dropped into the USA to study. Claire didn’t think it’d happen to her,...

Lilly Schmaltz
Sep 30, 2021


Rewriting the Adoption Narrative
Reposted from The Korea Times This article is the 11th in a series about Koreans adopted abroad. Among the first wave of transracial...
Alice Stephens
Sep 30, 2021


An #importedAsians POV: Nick Capicotto
Life is not what you alone make it. Life is the input of everyone who touched your life and every experience that entered it. We are all...

Haiku Kwon
Sep 30, 2021


Checking In With Eric Lee McDaniel
The Universal Asian had the privilege of doing a follow-up interview to get to know Eric Lee McDaniel more after our introduction of his...
OSH
Sep 14, 2021


A #hyphenatedAsians POV: Helenna Santos
The Universal Asian got to know Helenna Santos: actor, writer, and producer. Her poetry book “A Long Dark Summer” is available for...

Ella Wu
Aug 31, 2021
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