New Writing

Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.

“New York is good. They have the Trump Tower there.” Nai Nai’s eyes widened. I was slightly shocked. Yet this did not surprise me because she was obsessed with Trump. Not in a way that she would vote for him - she did not even know what it meant to vote.

Stories of migration, especially when told to those who never have to think about the logistics of mobility, are often cloaked in the language of sacrifice, love, resilience, and tenacity.