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Online Exclusive: Poetry Read by Patrick Rosal and Ocean Vuong

The experience of hearing a poem read out loud can be an entirely different one than reading the words on the page. Here, we offer you audio recordings of Patrick Rosal and Ocean Vuong...

By: Karissa Chen | Under: Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

Online Exclusive: Gangs and the Internment

A lesser-known story of resistance and inner-camp tensions

In our tenth anniversary issue, writer and historian Rachel Schreiber tells the story of an...

By: Rachel Schreiber | Under: Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

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Online Exclusive: Then and Now

Catching up with our artistic friends from issues past.

Where are they now? In this online exclusive, we caught up with individuals previously profiled in Hyphen - from hip-hop activist Kiwi to stuntwoman Peipei Yuan - and asked them what they're up to...

By: Justine Rivero | Under: Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

It's More Than Okay to be Takei

George Takei’s golden voice grips a new generation.

He tweets funny somethings that put the “wit” in Twitter, and with over 1.6 million likes on ...

By: Gloria Kim | Under: People, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

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Keep Calm and Carry On

Two families discover that when it comes to running businesses, it’s all in the bag.

Where there’s family, there’s baggage. But sometimes the inverse is true: Where there’s baggage, there’s family. That’s what two New York-based bag entrepreneurs, Lo & Sons and...

By: Anne Phabmixay | Under: Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012, Takeout

Online Exclusive: Your Future Holds More Images from Our Fortune Cookie Photo Contest

See the runner-up photos

Is there an Asian American cookie monster? She'd want to see this.

By: Nicole Wong | Under: Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

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Dreams Deferred

Undocumented Asian Students confront a lack of visibility within the larger immigration movement — and often silence within their families and communities.

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By: Momo Chang | Under: Feature, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

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Online Exclusive: Recipe for Fried Samtok (African Eggplants) in Shrimp Paste

Read related story "Setting Down Roots in the Cereal Capital" in Hyphen...

By: Cheryl Danley | Under: Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

Online Exclusive: A Guide to Composting

A composting primer, or a recipe for guaranteed parental agitation.

By: Meghana Reddy | Under: Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

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Online Exclusive: Looking for Jiro

A conversation with Tina Takemoto

Tina Takemoto’s Looking for Jiro is a research project and experimental performance video inspired by Jiro Onuma, a gay Issei (Japanese-born immigrant) that explores the hidden dimensions...

By: Lj Roberts | Under: Online Exclusive, Issue 25: Generation - Spring 2012

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The South Issue

Mosey with us through the South, a region rich with history and culture -- and one that is vital to, but often overlooked in, Asian American history.

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