How to Write About Your Ancestral Village
You buy a one-way ticket to Beijing, and tell your mother you are traveling alone to figure out if China might be the answer.
and
Chin
poor
back
Tai Shui Ten village,
How’s Kris?Are you getting along?
There,
laowaiA foreigner,
That’s right, Fook TaiI never knew you
One of those harmless jokes foreigners can’t help but play
There
Fook Tai left by boat. She never wanted to go back. Why should you?
Raised in Florida, Steph Wong Ken is currently based in Toronto. Her writing has appeared in Ninth Letter, Catapult, Joyland, and other publications.
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