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An Introduction to Anthony Sayo

The Universal Asian had the privilege of speaking with Anthony Sayo, an award-winning actor from the Philippines who is making his dreams...

A.D. Herzel

Korean Adoption Documents: The print portfolio

The meaningful and meaningless documents that make up the story of my adoption inspired this set of digital composites. The first step in...

Dr. Kyung-eun Lee

Dialogues With Adoptees: The unrestrained expansion of ‘child exports’ during 1980s

Full title: Dialogues With Adoptees: The unrestrained expansion of ‘child exports’ during 1980s authoritarian period Reposted from The...

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Food: Truly colorblind glue

As I walked the streets in the Asian part of Rome near Termini Station, the Asian stores were mostly empty, perhaps as a result of COVID...

Lauren Kofalt

Poems

Nothing What can you do when there’s nothing to do The sun shines bright and the sky so blue Yet sitting inside thinking of you It seems...

Heather Lewis

Musings of a Middle-aged Matriarch: My face does not match me — a six-word memoir

Moon face. I have a really big, round moon face. I never really considered my face until the boys at school wanted to point out that my...

Samantha Der

My Thoughts on Adoption: From an Asian American woman without children

I had always dreamed of having children. I grew up in a big family with lots of siblings, relatives, and cousins. There were so many...

Dr. Kyung-eun Lee

Dialogues With Adoptees: The failure of adoption system

Reposted from The Korea Times This is the 14th article of the series on Korea’s policies on adoption. The history of the politics of...

Dr. Kyung-eun Lee

Dialogues With Adoptees: The systematization of ‘child exports’ for economic and political aims

Reposted from The Korea Times This is the 13th article in an adoption series. Some adoptees have echoed the previous article’s question,...