Table of Contents
Foreword Dr. Claudia Femenías 1
Introduction 3
Name Loralee Abercrombie 7
Driving Soundtrack Karina L. Agbosit 8
The First Warm Day of the Year María Alejandra Barrios 9
This Is Not a Rehearsal Hala Alyan 10
Exceptional Anastacia-Reneé 11
Weightless Anastacia-Reneé 12
How to Erase an Arab Julie Hakim Azzam 13
White-Haired Nana Maroula Blades 14
Consignment Kimberly Blaeser 15
Living Brave Kimberly Blaeser 16
On Being Made Whole 'Iolani Brosio 17
Unearthing Joy Vivian Mary Carroll 19
Mother Tongue Samantha Chagollan 20
Alien Victoria Cho 21
Audition Victoria Cho 22
The Color of My Skin Fela Cortés 23
Sugar Coated (1979) Carla Crujido 24
Are You Sure That Isn't Your Drinking Name? Margarita Cruz 25
A Dagli for the Friend Who Emailed 1 OK Words-in Ascending [Dis]order-a One-Way Yelling Match of Why Trump Is God's Savior for "We the Sheeple" and Why I *Must* Agree Ella Decastro Baron 26
A Good Hike Camille Dungy 28
More than a Ghost Tina Ehsanipour 29
Pomegranates Tina Ehsanipour 30
Epistle from a Poppy to a Cactus Dara Yen Elerath 31
How to Mount a Butterfly Dara Yen Elerath 32
Steam Iron Dara Yen Elerath 33
Self Portrait with No Flag Safia Elhillo 34
In Answer to Your Questions as You Pass Our Family on the Street Theresa Falk 36
To My Daughter Reading Tolkien Theresa Falk 37
Eggs Alison Feuerwerker 38
In My Skin: An Autobiography Fatimah Finney 39
Cindian Cmarie Fuhrman 40
Cindyjawea Cmarie Fuhrman 41
Dress Up Like an Indian Cmarie Fuhrman 42
A Tale I Have Never Lived Helena Garcia 43
Pull Isabel Garcia-Gonzales 44
Persian vs. Iranian Gabrielle Ghaderi 45
Part of the Problem Victoria K. Gonzales 46
The Cartography of My Face Michelle Guerrero Henry 47
Hair/Bhaal Samina Hadi-Tabassum 49
Passing in the Middle Kingdom Stephanie Han 50
Elegy Ida Soon-Ok Hart 51
Kkamdoongie in Korea, Kolored in Kentucky, A Chink in America Ida Soon-Ok Hart 52
Reader, I Hadn't Named It, Yet Sadia Hassan 53
Greetings from the Land of Smiles Lisa Lee Herrick 54
Beige Mask #1 Chelsea Tayrien Hicks 55
Beige Mask #2 Chelsea Tayrien Hicks 56
China Doll Christine C. Hsu 57
Lunch Kaitlyn Hsu 58
Érase una Nariz Superlativa Rogelia Lily Ibarra 59
Real Mom Mee Ok Icaro 60
Hyper/in/visible Amal Iman 61
R/evolution Amal Iman 62
Women in the Fracklands Toni Jensen 63
Collector's Item Alyssa Jocson Porter 64
Combative Anita Johnson 65
Black Everything Tayari Jones 66
Dear White Evangelicals Leena Jun 67
Brown Baby Kristiana Kahakauwila 68
Stranger Danger Kristiana Kahakauwila 69
Voyager Dust Mohja Kahf 70
The First Time It Happened Blaise Allysen Kearsley 71
What Do We Call It? Lena Khalaf Tuffaha 72
Hues of Mama Sabina Khan-Ibarra 73
Whose Skin Is My Skin? Saheli Khastagir 75
Touch: A Transcription Amanda Mei Kim 76
Broad Margins Eugenia Kim 77
jjimjilbang-bathhouse Iris (Yi Youn) Kim 79
The Path Kalehua Kim 80
The Qjurky Sidekick of Color Asks Her Book Club to Pick a Book Kalehua Kim 81
When I Am Homesick Kalehua Kim 82
Or Are You Normal Lydia Kim 83
Currents Yi Shun Lai 84
We Are Bridges Cassandra Lane 85
Girl as Map Devi S. Laskar 86
I Words Devi S. Laskar 87
BUR to SJC: On Being an Only Child and Caregiving Road Warrior at 52 Sherilyn Lee 88
Gray Matter Sherilyn Lee 90
Heat Lavonne Leong 91
Amah Selina Li Bi 92
Postcard from Manila Selina Li Bi 93
Call and Response Joanna Mailani Lima 94
4(1)st Birthday Noodles Joanna Mailani Lima 95
Behind the Mask Grace Hwang Lynch 96
My Home Aretha Matt 97
Peril + power Dw McKinney 98
(un) Taming the Beast Sarah E. McQuate 99
Mean Well Claire Meuschke 100
Brown Donna Miscolta 102
Running While Asian Sandy Namgung 103
Haz 'q Shaina A. Nez 104
To My Daughters Future Bullies Shaina A. Nez 105
A Language Lost Joan Obra 106
Manifesto for the Dreamland Preeti Parikh 107
Daddy's Girl Deesha Philyaw 108
The Exam Deesha Philyaw 109
Tell Us You're a Black Guy Who Only Dates White Girls Without Telling Us You Only Date White Girls Deesha Philyaw 110
The Question London Pinkney 111
Redbone London Pinkney 112
Misnomer Saarika Rao 113
A Seat at the Table Saarika Rao 114
Track: "You're the One," by Fanny (1971) Barbara Jane Reyes 115
Balancing Act Roshni Riar 116
By Blood Roshni Riar 117
Autobiography as a Panamanian Botanical Index Karen Rigby 118
Lunar Geography Karen Rigby 120
Origin Karen Rigby 121
Imperfect Mother Rahna Reiko Rizzuto 122
Just Like Adrienne Robillard 123
Ramadan Daleelah Saleh 124
Border Between Shei Sanchez 125
Not Safe for Work Misty-Lynn Sanico 126
Korean Culture Camp Misty Shock Rule 128
Mother Sj Sindu 129
Mocha Gabrielle Smith 130
Along the Way Jen Soriano 131
Driving to Work, I Think, What If I Were a White Man? Liza Sparks 132
Only Pinks, Please Anupama Spencer 133
Back to the Roots Elizabeth Su 134
Split in Half Elizabeth Su 135
Meet the Minority Victoria Sun 136
Cafeteria Tree Yong Takahashi 137
Special Education Yong Takahashi 138
Searching Grace Talusan 139
Watch Out, There Might Be Spies in the Room Jeanne Tanaka 140
These hands Imani Tolliver 141
Auntie's House Frances Kai-Hwa Wang 143
Hapa Ke'Alohi Wang 144
Mischling Durthy A. Washington 145
Instilled Confidence Zinaria Williams 147
Give Us Our Crowns Jane Wong 148
MAD Jane Wong 149
Note From the Cover Artist 153
About the Poet 155
Contributor Notes 157
Inquiry and Response: Some Questions to Consider 233
Crafting the Micro Essay 241
Read More 251
Permissions 257
Acknowledgments 261
About the NWW Editorial Team 263
