Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy
Feb, 07 2011 | no responses
Ira Sukrungruang’s memoir Talk Thai: The Adventures of Buddhist Boy is a work firmly cemented in the in-between. This first-person account of Sukrungruang’s “adventures” as a Thai-American coming of age in the suburbs of Chicago offers ample opportunity for cultural comparison, a subject fully explored through the retrospective lens of a child version of the author.
Luck, Statistics, Magic
Dec, 01 2010 | no responses
Featured nonfiction from the Fall 2010 issue.
Hellcat Court
Nov, 17 2010 | no responses
Featured nonfiction from the Summer 2010 issue.
Live Nude Elf & Live Nude Girl
Nov, 03 2010 | no responses
both writers recognize the unavoidable aspects of sensationalism in their subjects; they alternately mock and embrace it. Despite the similar titles, however, no one would mistake one for the other.
Aligning the Internal Compass
Mar, 22 2010 | no responses
Featured nonfiction from the Spring 2010 issue.
The Missing Pictures
Dec, 10 2009 | no responses
Featured nonfiction from the Fall 2009 issue. Winner of the 2008-09 AWP Intro Journals Project