Starting the school year after losing a loved one
Armaan Mumtaz/Staff
The trauma of recently losing a loved one has impacted my feelings about the new school year more than I had expected.
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For A-Gong
Cal in Color
I wish I could give A-Gong more than just my American habits and my Chinese, tainted with my heavy American accent and dotted with English; I wish I could say more.
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Living in a multigenerational household
After COVID-19 hit, my grandparents sold their house and were living in mine. But living in a multigenerational household has both perks and challenges.
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Death from a distance
To the Left
When you are conscious of someone’s last waking moments, whether it be a person or a pet, you become suffocated by the distance.
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Aurora Theatre’s ‘Everything Is Illuminated’ shines with powerful script
From its title, “Everything Is Illuminated” may seem like a lighthearted, inspirational story. And while it is at times, it’s much more than that, and it’s deeper, darker and all the more beautiful for it. Aurora Theatre Company’s “Everything is Illuminated” is a gorgeous and powerful play driven by a strong script.
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What we talk about when we talk about ourselves
Now and Again
I wrote in excruciating detail about everything that happened in my life. I’ve never had a very good memory, and I knew that what I didn’t record would be lost entirely.
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Speaking truth to outrage
I had seen my grandfather do it years ago. My father did the same even more recently. I didn’t think I would ever engage in what always seemed to me a hands-off subject, but there I was, in a vehement argument about politics. It started as an uneventful high school
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