Aimee Phan

Phan is the author of We Should Never Meet and The Reeducation of Cherry Truong

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What Dancing Means to Asian American Elders

Aimee Phan reflects on the Monterey Park shooting

By Aimee Phan

The U.S. Offered My Family a Home After the Vietnam War. It Must Do the Same for Those Fleeing Afghanistan

The story and images are all too familiar. American troops withdrawing after several decades, cities falling, a president fleeing, chaotic airports, helicopters hovering over embassies, families desperate to get out in any way they can.Forty-six...

By Aimee Phan

Karaoke Feels More Even Cathartic Than Before

The hostess leaned forward to check my vaccination card, then raised her digital thermometer to my forehead.“Are you celebrating a special occasion tonight?” she asked, after reading my temperature.“Just being able to go out,” I...

By Aimee Phan
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