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....

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...

By Aimee Phan
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