Celebrate Mother’s Day with TaiwaneseAmerican.org

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1. Looking for the perfect Mother's Day gift? Support a small business, donate to a non-profit, and celebrate APAHM and Taiwanese American Heritage Week -- all at once!  Treat the 阿姆s in your life to a gorgeous Jasmine Green Tea candle. This custom blend has floral notes of jasmine and fresh and cooling notes of green tea. This limited edition scent was released in honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.  https://www.instagram.com/p/B_xVbiaFn6A/ For the month of May, 10% of net…

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For the (Re)Cord: An Interview with Leona Chen

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[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="1050"] Book of Cord coverage in World Journal, article by Emily Lin, book photography by Tinfish Press, family portrait by Andy Kuno[/caption] Leona Chen is the author of Book of Cord, her debut poetry collection from Tinfish Press. The poems tackle family, culture, language, migration and history in a non-prescriptive way, relying instead on emotions embedded in precise, culturally coded details--quotidian (but not ordinary) objects such as tiger balm,…

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