I was certain t find the familiar sting of salt, but what I needed to know was what kind: kitchen, sweat, tears or the sea.
Monique TruongTag: writing asian-american vietnamese
All my favorite establishments were either overly crowded or pathetically empty. People either sipped fine vintages in celebration or gulped intoxicants of who cares what kind, drowning themselves in a lack of moderation, raising a glass to lower inhibitions, imbibing spirits to raise their own.
Monique TruongTag: writing alcohol wine asian-american vietnamese
Alcohol, I had learned, was an eloquent if somewhat inaccurate interpreter. I had placed my trust that December night in glass after glass of it, eager not for drink but for a bit of talk.
Monique TruongTag: alcohol asian-american vietnamese
The irony of acquiring a foreign tongue is that I have amassed just enough cheap, serviceable words to fuel my desires and never, never enough lavish, imprudent ones to feed them. It is true, though, that there are some French words that I have picked up quickly, in fact, words that I cannot remember not knowing. As if I had been born with them in my mouth, as if they were seeds of a sour fruit that someone else ate and then ungraciously stuffed its remains into my mouth.
Monique TruongTag: language asian-american
I am forced to admit that I am, to them, nothing but a series of destinations with no meaningful expanses in between.
Monique TruongTag: diaspora asian-american
Your uniqueness is your greatest strength, not how well you emulate others.
Simon S. TamTag: music business charity marketing social-media musician nonprofit asian-american branding asian apa api marketing-expert music-industry
Only on a few occasions had I ever been comfortable showing my body off, and now here I was, taking a job where Asian boobs and ass ran free.
Teresa LoTag: chinese body-image erotica chinese-literature asian-american nightclub
She believed being so free with her sexuality was empowering, but I wouldn't say taking home a douchebag who would laugh about the encounter with his friend later is a step forward in the feminist movement."-Lily
Teresa LoTag: humor sexuality romance sex erotica chinese-literature asian-american
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