Transpacific Stories

“I’m living within translation.”

Jane Park tells lively stories about growing up as an “Asian American in the south,” her culinary memory of Korea, her experience living in different parts of the U.S. and Australia, and her embodied relation to language, race, and ethnicity.

Host: Helen Leung

Recorded on July 30, 2017 in Seoul.

“I am what they call a true postcolonial child.”

Audrey Yue reflects on her childhood memories of social engineering campaigns, her Cantonese and Peranakan heritage, her migrant experience and encounter with racism in Canada and Australia, and her emotional return to Singapore after being away for over thirty years.

Host: Helen Leung

Recorded on July 21, 2017 in Singapore.

“I was literally a product of the Vietnam War.”

John Nguyet Erni talks about his Filipino-Vietnamese heritage, his childhood growing up in Hong Kong, his multi-generational connection to the U.S., and the moment he discovered a feeling of home.

Host: Helen Leung

Recorded on May 31, 2017 in Vancouver.