I wanna listen to some audiobooks (novels) in Mandarin or Cantonese. Something light & fun & that I could still follow even though I have very basic Chinese. Any recs?

it’s been months and i still can’t quite believe this is real. i am endlessly grateful and excited for this book to exist in the world.

Pulled out my (distant) past life in a college sorority to help produce this episode of The Waves. I find the yearly “I can’t stop watching #BamaRushTok”convo pretty tired most of the time, but this interview w/ kat chow and Tressie McMillan Cottom felt quite fresh. slate.com/podcasts/the-w…

this incredible piece by kat chow hit me right in the heart, as someone on a journey to learn an endangered language so i can hopefully pass it down one day. 🩵 theatlantic.com/family/archive…

"Efforts to suppress languages other than English were present even in the country’s earliest days....In the U.S., bringing a heritage language back into a family usually comes down to the efforts of individuals." Thank you for sharing our story The Atlantic kat chow.

"To be proficient in a language makes you not merely a cultural spectator that passively enjoys food or classic films with subtitles, but an active participant. You can contribute information...you can entertain others with your wit; you can give rather than just take." -kat chow

This kat chow piece stabbed me in the heart. As a fading Cantonese speaker, I'm planning for my cousins in Hong Kong (or my husband's in Japan) to take my son for summers when he's older. I just don't know any other way to do this than how we did it. theatlantic.com/family/archive…

this was an excellent convo HIGHLY recommend a listen to the Slate plus segment where tanvi and I talk about the show MADE IN HEAVEN.

lots to unpack about this woman who's dedicated all this time to getting books banned, but where to even begin— washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

We're throwing a Lunar New Year celebration with Hachette Book Group. Come along to this reading & party featuring Curtis from Detroit 🏳️‍🌈✏️🐼, kat chow, Janine Joseph, Subhashini Kaligotla, @SaharMuradi, & the writer formerly known as Matthew Salesses, & hosted by @ymmayer. 🧧 Thursday, February 15th, 6–9 PM ET. kundiman.org/calendar-1/lun…