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Topic “Issue 21: New Legacy”

The Future of Fragrance

“PEOPLE DON'T USE THEIR SMELLER,” Yosh Han says. She’s trying hard to change that with an eponymous collection of luxury fragrances available at department stores, such as Barneys New York,...

Sita Kuratomi B... | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Takeout, Art & Design, Issue 21: New Legacy, Takeout
The Yellow Brick Avenue

The Yellow Brick Avenue

Growing up in Chicago’s northern suburbs in the mid-1990s, Jillian Pobocan often felt culturally isolated as one of the few Asian Americans in her area.

But in a shift from previous generations, the emergence of the Internet allowed her to...

Akito Yoshikane | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Redux, Culture, Issue 21: New Legacy, Media, Networking
It's Our Turn

It's Our Turn

Asian Americans are changing the board game world in both the cult and mainstream scenes, turn by turn.

Steve Cha | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Lazy Susan, Business, Comics, Culture, Issue 21: New Legacy
Fast as You Can

Fast as You Can

A first-time speed dater recounts her quest for finding romance quickly at a bar in New York's East Village.

Gloria Kim | Fri, May 20th- 12:46pm | Lazy Susan, Culture, Issue 21: New Legacy
Dance, Dance Evolution

Dance, Dance Evolution

Among the dozens of dancers on stage, the three smallest ones grab the spotlight. Jeremiah Bastida — who looks miniature in his oversized white T-shirt — has been dancing with Funksters, the youth division of San Francisco Bay Area-based hip-hop...

Maveric Vu | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Lazy Susan, Issue 21: New Legacy, Music, Performing Arts
The Big Game

The Big Game

Perhaps the easiest legacy to leave is the one of the video game — even if it is the only high score on your gaming console. You may not be this year’s Donkey Kong champion, Hank Chien, but hey, you can be No. 1 in your own living room. ...

Annette Lee | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Recipe, Issue 21: New Legacy, Recipe
Ladies Delight: Rocky Rivera and the Female Hip-Hop Movement

Ladies Delight: Rocky Rivera and the Female Hip-Hop Movement

In the mid-2000s, emcee collective fused community and activism with music.

Mitchell Kuga | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Activism, Music, Issue 21: New Legacy, Gender, Music, Performing Arts
Book Review: Home Boy By H. M. Naqvi

Book Review: Home Boy By H. M. Naqvi

This book is about three young, rap-spouting, coke-snorting Pakistani men who call themselves Metrostanis. 

Nawaaz Ahmed | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Books Section, Books, Fiction, Issue 21: New Legacy
Book Review: Juvenilia by Ken Chen

Book Review: Juvenilia by Ken Chen

The modern preoccupations of Ken Chen’s award-winning debut collection, Juvenilia — the past, unknowable family secrets, identity, heartbreak — commonly appear in writings by the descendants of immigrants.

Abigail Licad | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Books Section, Books, Issue 21: New Legacy
Three Books: Belle Yang

Three Books: Belle Yang

We asked Belle Yang — author of the graphic memoir Forget Sorrow: An Ancestral Tale: “What books have left a legacy on your creative life?

Neela Banerjee | Mon, Dec 20th- 10:27pm | Books Section, Comics, Books, Issue 21: New Legacy
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