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Book Review: 'The Ocean Calls: A Haenyeo Mermaid Story' by Tina Cho
Mermaids do exist…. A free diver can swim underwater without the aid of a breathing apparatus. They hold their breath for as long as...
Christopher Moon Kim
Jan 31, 2021


Book Review: 'White Ivy' by Susie Yang
Ivy Lin was taught how to shoplift by her grandmother and uses her skill to acquire the necessary items to fit into suburban America....

Lilly Schmaltz
Jan 31, 2021


An #importedAsians POV: Katie Bozek
The Universal Asian spoke with Katie Bozek, the Executive Director of the Korean American Adoptee Adoptive Family Network (KAAN). We...

Ana Clancey
Jan 31, 2021


An #importedAsians POV: Kelsee Hill
Would you please introduce yourself, and tell me more about your background, what you do etc.? My name is Kelsee, and I belong to the...

Stephanie Fung
Jan 31, 2021


Poems
Boxes I’m trapped feel trapped in a box There’s no way out There’s a door but it’s locked I’m filled with doubt I need to get out Let me...

Lauren Kofalt
Jan 31, 2021


#NotAThing
Recently, two major events happened in South Korea that hit world headlines. The first one was about a single mother who put her child up...

Kara Bos
Jan 31, 2021


Abstract Organisms
All original images by A.D. Herzel. Do not copy or use without direct permission from the artist.

A.D. Herzel
Jan 31, 2021


Album Review: 'New Age Old Ways' by Peter Lin
Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Taiwanese-American trombonist, Peter Lin, has been recently described by Downbeat Magazine as “solid,...
Jordan VanHemert
Jan 31, 2021


A Third-generation Japanese-American Reflects
The short essay below is by Kyla Mitsunaga's dad, Victor Mitsunaga, who is a third-generation Japanese-American whose parents were put in...
Victor Mitsunaga
Jan 31, 2021
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