Tag: Mandarin

• Conversation

  For my maternal grandfather. In Guangzhou, China.

  

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  January 14, 2025

  Cantonese, China, conversation, family, Guangzhou, language, Mandarin, memory, Photography, Prose

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• Every Day We Practice

  On holding onto the languages (and their speakers) we love. For H. W.

  

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  June 30, 2024

  America, Belgium, Cantonese, childhood, China, Dutch, English, fluency, French, Hong Kong, identity, language, language learning, Mandarin, multilingualism

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• One of Us

  Four poems.

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  June 18, 2024

  Asian American, belonging, Cantonese, color, Dutch, identity, language, Mandarin, Nederlands, Painting, Poetry, presence, skin, watercolor

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