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2024 Taiwanese American Gift Guide: Shop your community! 2024 Taiwanese American Gift Guide: Shop your community!
On playfulness, anger, mother-daughter relationships, and all the white space in between: Bo Lu (Bao’s Doll) in conversation with Mikaela Luke On playfulness, anger, mother-daughter relationships, and all the white space in between: Bo Lu (Bao’s Doll) in conversation with Mikaela Luke
"To be left ignorant about Asian American history is to erase who we are as a people": Ellie Yang Camp's "Louder Than the Lies" "To be left ignorant about Asian American history is to erase who we are as a people": Ellie Yang Camp's "Louder Than the Lies"
From “幾乎沒有 Basically Nothing," Pop-Up Chef James Chang Defines Taiwanese American Cuisine in Kansas City From “幾乎沒有 Basically Nothing," Pop-Up Chef James Chang Defines Taiwanese American Cuisine in Kansas City
"Lin": A Short Story by Triona Tsai "Lin": A Short Story by Triona Tsai

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“June” & Other Poems by Mackenzie Duan

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“Kinmen, 1969”: Fiction by Deborah Jang

  2024 Grand Prize Winner, College Category On odd days of the month, the mainland bombards the islands with shells. On even days, we return the favor. The steel capsules come thick and fast, a distinctive whistle in the air. My teacher instructs us to take cover in the concrete-reinforced…

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How bilingual author & pediatric music therapist Isabelle Engler is raising the next generation of Taiwanese Americans

“Raising the Next Generation” aims to feature and connect stories of Taiwanese American parenthood, caretaking, and community-building across generations. We want to hear from our community on the unique challenges they navigate, the resources and tools they can share with each other, and the triumphs…

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And here's part 2 of our 2024 #TaiwaneseAmerican s And here's part 2 of our 2024 #TaiwaneseAmerican small business gift guide! From one-of-a-kind handcrafted gifts blending fine art and tradition to stinky tofu plushies to a perfect book for every kind of reader, we hope this series helps you shop and support our community this season.⁠ ⁠ We will continue to leave our nomination form open (linked in bio) to feature other small businesses and creators throughout the year as we can.⁠ ⁠ Updated gift guide, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/11/2024-taiwanese-american-gift-guide/⁠ #giftguide #smallbusiness #taiwaneseamerican
By popular demand, we’re bringing back our annua By popular demand, we’re bringing back our annual gift guide, highlighting Taiwanese American small businesses, brands, and creators. ⁠ ⁠ This year, our nomination form included space for these folks to share any community affiliations (such as with the Taiwanese American Foundation summer conference or Taiwanese American Professionals chapters), and it warms our hearts to see all the connective networks throughout! ⁠ ⁠ Shop PART 1: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/11/2024-taiwanese-american-gift-guide/⁠ ⁠ #giftguide #smallbusiness #taiwaneseamerican
We knew this would be a special conversation as so We knew this would be a special conversation as soon as we commissioned it! ⁠ *NEW on @taiwanesam_org* - Taiwanese American writer and civil servant Jasmine Fang interviews debut author Jocelyn Chung and illustrator Julia Kuo on their new picture book, “When Love is More Than Words.”⁠ ⁠ ⁠From childhood summers with cousins to honoring our matriarchs, this story is a reflection of the love that shapes us. Jocelyn and Julia poured so much heart into this book, capturing the magic of Taiwanese American family life and traditions that span generations.⁠ ⁠ Swipe through to dive into their conversation about family, heritage, and what it means to pass down love and identity across generations. We hope this book brings comfort, recognition, and maybe a little nostalgia to readers of all backgrounds. 🌏💕 #WhenLoveIsMoreThanWords #IntergenerationalLove #TaiwaneseAmericanVoices #AsianAmericanStories #RepresentationMatters #FamilyLove #PictureBook⁠ ⁠ Read the full Q&A, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/11/when-love-is-more-than-words/⁠
NEW on @taiwaneseam_org — We’re thrilled to pr NEW on @taiwaneseam_org — We’re thrilled to present this moving interview with Bo Lu (“Bao’s Doll”) @bowru conducted by first-time contributor Mikaela Luke, a Taiwanese Canadian children’s books reader, scholar, and aspiring editor. ⁠ ⁠ Inspired by Lu’s childhood, this poignant picture book brings emotional layers to the story of a parent and child learning to connect with their heritage and each other.⁠ ⁠ Read the full Q&A, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/10/bo-lu-baos-doll/
The holidays are right around the corner, and we'r The holidays are right around the corner, and we're excited to bring back our "Made by Taiwanese American" Small Business Holiday Gift Guide! If you're an artisan, small retailer, or creator offering heritage-inspired or handmade items, we’d love to feature your products.⁠ ⁠ Let’s make it easy to shop small and support #TaiwaneseAmerican businesses this season! 🌟 ⁠ ⁠ This form is due November 10, 2024> bit.ly/ta-gift-guide-24⁠ ⁠ We’re looking for gift ideas that celebrate heritage, creativity, and craftsmanship across every category:⁠ ⁠ 🌱 Food & Drink⁠ 🎨 Art & Home Decor⁠ 👚 Fashion & Accessories⁠ 📚 Books & Stationery⁠ 🧸 Kids & Family⁠ ✨ And more!⁠ ⁠ This form is for proprietors to nominate themselves (don't be shy)! If you're a fan of a small business, send them this form or nominate them via our DMs (@taiwaneseam_org) or email.⁠ ⁠ If you've previously been featured in our gift guides, please feel free to participate again! We're so grateful to support you in any way we can. Please note that not all submissions are guaranteed coverage and are subject to editors' curation.⁠ ⁠ #smallbusiness #asianamerican
Some familiar faces in this @gwuterp lineup! Join Some familiar faces in this @gwuterp lineup! Join George Washington University’s Taiwan Education & Research Program for a virtual symposium on Taiwanese and Taiwanese American identities through the multidisciplinary lens of the arts. The panel is open to the public; RSVP for the link! Kicking off the symposium is a welcome keynote address by @taiwaneseam_org editor-in-chief Leona Chen, in which she will chart the formation of a distinctly Taiwanese American space, culture, and identity, as well as share her reflections from “growing up Taiwanese American” and her observations on its increasing legibility throughout the last decade. The first panel will examine documentary film as a powerful medium to tell the stories and experiences of Taiwan. The second focuses on the role of visual arts and music in expressing the intersections of Taiwanese, American, and diasporic identities. The final roundtable will dive into how Taiwanese American stories are being documented, articulated, and preserved for future generations. This symposium invites scholars, artists, students, and the public to reflect on how art transcends borders and how communities far and wide can engage with these vital stories.
NEW on @taiwaneseam_org - We are pleased to presen NEW on @taiwaneseam_org - We are pleased to present this Q&A by Taiwanese American journalist Bing Wang, in conversation with artist and community educator Ellie Yang Camp on her debut non-fiction book, “Louder Than the Lies: Asian American Identity, Solidarity, and Self-Love.”⁠ ⁠ “This is not a typical book about Asian Americans— it does not read like an academic text. You don’t have to open a dictionary or read three articles just to understand a word. Instead, Louder Than the Lies uses accessible language and even visual charts to explore how Asian Americans are racialized in the United States.”⁠ ⁠ Bing Wang (he/him) is a Taiwanese American journalist based in Chicago, IL. His main focuses are human rights, marginalized peoples, and issues regarding Asian Americans. He received a B.A. in Asian American Studies from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign and an M.A. also in Asian American Studies from the University of California Los Angeles.⁠ ⁠ Ellie Yang Camp is an artist and community educator from the San Francisco Bay Area. The proud daughter of Taiwanese immigrants, she has been a high-school history teacher, a full-time parent, a calligrapher, an anti-racist educator, and now an author. She has a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from UC Berkeley and a master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Teaching of Social Studies from Stanford.⁠ ⁠ Read the full Q&A, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/10/ellie-yang-camp/
@taiwaneseam_org staff celebrating with Taiwanese @taiwaneseam_org staff celebrating with Taiwanese American author and educator Ellie Yang Camp @eeewhysee at her launch party at @onwaverly for her debut, “LOUDER THAN THE LIES: Asian American Identity, Solidarity, and Self-Love” 💛❤️ Synopsis: What does it mean to be Asian American? How does our racialization in the United States shape our lives and our worldviews? With candor and care, Ellie Yang Camp, a Taiwanese American educator, offers a set of ideas and frameworks to guide us toward a more nuanced understanding of these questions. Drawing on her experiences and observations from history, conversations with Asian American peers, and lessons derived from other people of color, Camp unpacks the confusing dynamics that underlie anti-Asian stigmas and stereotypes in the US. From the model minority myth to yellowface to anti-Blackness among Asian communities, Camp presses into hard questions and moments of discomfort, naming fears so that we might dispel them. 📸: @annawuphoto
Our next chef-to-chef interview by Food editor Tif Our next chef-to-chef interview by Food editor Tiffany Ran features Chef James Chang @jchang.kitchen and it’s a fun one!⁠ Known widely for his “chonky chili crunch” labeled “He Thicc Tho” (and its sequel, “He Thicc Tho 2.0),” Chang is a Kansas City-based Taiwanese American chef who hosts frequent pop-ups, delighting in playful mashups of American classics with Taiwanese flair, a nod to his “fat kid tendencies.”⁠ ⁠ For those in Rochester, MN, don’t miss his next dinner service in collaboration with @choochoocachew on October 23 (see the link in his bio for more information). ⁠ ⁠ For everyone else, 🍴feast your eyes 🍴on this very funny, heartwarming conversation spanning weird American cheese on Taiwanese breakfasts and what it’s like to have cooking “in your blood” for generations but be pressured to do something else with your life. \_(ツ)_/¯⁠ ⁠ Linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/10/chef-james-chang/
@taiwaneseam_org guest contributor @catielila has @taiwaneseam_org guest contributor @catielila has co-written what is sure to become seminal text on Taiwan and its revolution over centuries. 📖: Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World by Catherine Chou and Mark Harrison 🤍: Common ideas about Taiwan—that it “split with China in 1949” or “sees itself as the true China”—fail to explain why the Taiwanese withstand pressure from the PRC to relinquish their democratic self-governance. Revolutionary Taiwan: Making Nationhood in a Changing World Order sheds light on this. Each chapter shows how democratization in Taiwan constituted a revolution, changing not just the form of government but also how Taiwanese people conceptualized the island, coming to see it a complete nation unto itself. At the same time, however, Beijing has blocked the “normal” endpoint of this revolution: an open declaration of statehood and welcome into the global community. Revolutionary Taiwan brings the Taiwan story to a general audience. It will appeal to students and readers interested in international relations, contemporary geopolitics, and East Asian Studies. Informed by years of academic research and life in Taiwan, this book provides an entry point to a remarkable place and people. 🔗: https://www.cambriapress.com/pub.cfm?bid=1164 💸: Use coupon code SAVE15 for 15% off. Ends October 10, 2024, at midnight EST. Applies to publisher-direct orders and print editions only.
“Raising the Next Generation” aims to feature “Raising the Next Generation” aims to feature and connect stories of Taiwanese American parenthood, caretaking, and community-building across generations. We want to hear from our community on the unique challenges they navigate, the resources and tools they can share with each other, and the triumphs they want to celebrate with us all.⁠ ⁠ We’re pleased to continue this series with first-generation Taiwanese American bilingual children’s author, pediatric music therapist, and concert pianist Isabelle Engler @musicandtales 💛 “The Fishing Song” from her “Learning Songs by Colors” series has been one of our favorite resources in the last few years and contains adapted scores to help families enjoy English, Mandarin, and music together. ⁠ ⁠ To nominate a #TaiwaneseAmerican parent to be featured in this series (including yourself) who’d like to share their experience of Raising the Next Generation, DM us!
NEW: Our Food editor Tiffany Ran interviews Cat Ch NEW: Our Food editor Tiffany Ran interviews Cat Cheng @itscatcheng @catsbakesny whom you may recognize as the bubbly, youngest contestant Netflix’s “Blue Ribbon Baking Championship.”⁠ ⁠ Cat Cheng became a music teacher straight out of college, but found herself struggling to continue down that path despite devoting much of her life to the craft. When COVID hit, she, like many, took to baking as a hobby and a distraction. But her skills quickly flourished and she saw the potential for baking to become a small business. Within a few short years, she launched Cat’s Bakes, a home baking business, and made her TV debut this year as the youngest contestant on Netflix’s new baking show, “Blue Ribbon Baking Championship.” At age 27, Cheng has undergone a career reinvention, overcoming the “feeling dumb” part of the journey and embracing newfound creativity and potential for future collaborations. ⁠ ⁠ Read the full Q&A, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/09/cat-cheng-bakes-netflix-blue-ribbon/
On this 9/11 anniversary, we remember seven known On this 9/11 anniversary, we remember seven known Taiwanese Americans dedicated to their communities, careers, and their families. Visit @taclorg to learn a little bit about each of the seven Taiwanese Americans and honor their memory, as well as an in-depth editorial about one of the victims from the perspective of a family member. Link here and in bio: https://tacl.org/remembering-the-taiwanese-americans-of-9-11/
“In 1947, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek tried to “In 1947, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek tried to kill my family. In 2010, I traveled to Taiwan to find out why.”⁠ So begins Kim Liao’s sweeping and meticulously researched memoir, “Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence,” published today by Rowman & Littlefield. ⁠ ⁠ We are pleased to introduce this important contribution to #TaiwaneseAmerican literature with an author Q&A by Cosette Wu, who has also researched and written a book about a direct ancestor who dedicated his life to, and was eventually killed for his role in, the Taiwanese Independence movement.⁠ ⁠ This conversation is a powerful meeting of minds and denotes an inspiring moment in Taiwanese American history and literature; we are grateful to be in community with them and you all. ⁠ ⁠ “Where Every Ghost Has a Name” is out now and available wherever books are sold. ⁠ ⁠ Read the full Q&A, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/09/kim-liao-interview/
NEW on @taiwaneseam_org - Food Editor Tiffany Ran NEW on @taiwaneseam_org - Food Editor Tiffany Ran @bb6twpopup interviews Jessica Wang @chinesebeancurd of Gu Grocery @gu_grocery -- a family-run, community-centered neighborhood market concept set to open its brick and mortar shop in Fall 2024.⁠ ⁠ "I’m super excited about offering prepared food for people to purchase that’s ready to go. One of the core missions of our little shop is to offer food that you can buy using EBT. That’s just, you know, with the people of Chinatown in mind. ⁠ ⁠ I want to sell produce from some of my former farmers market neighbors. Once we are established and have the routine down, I want to invite friends to do pop-ups after hours. The plan is to have friends get involved and share our space with our community. We eventually want to host produce distributions for free food. That is something I’m going to set up with my friends who run a non-profit. And we’ll have a takeout window feature. ⁠ ⁠ We will have our black sesame noodles with pickles and we’ll be able to offer more protein options, whether it’s pork meatballs or braised tofu. We’ll have our rainbow zhou (congee) with various toppings. We’ll also have pre-packed cold dish sides. There’ll be a wood ear mushroom side, which we haven’t sold before. We’ll have a bunch of different, wonderful sides and pickled things that I’m excited about. My mom is the snack queen and I’m sure she’ll want to do things like peanuts and anchovies. She’s also very wild and hard to plan with sometimes so we’ll have Peggy’s Specials here and there. Working with our strengths and weaknesses, right?"⁠ ⁠ Read the full Q&A, linked here and in bio: https://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/2024/08/gu-grocery-feature/
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