Stories tagged heritage

Irish, Until We Weren’t

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Who knew the old bird had a tarty past?

The Parrotbill's Son

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Long after the flowers have wilted And all grass has faded to brown A cuckoo sings triumphantly from its high perch Deep in the forest, another sings back The parrotbill and her lover have disappeared Their future and hope Lost to an alien parasitic

Three Sundays at The Grove

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Now, gazing into Greg’s expectant eyes, the only Chinese word Deepti could summon was kuei. Ghost. Before that summer, her mother flipped through the pages of Maxine Hong Kingston’s memoir every day, as if she could glean magic from the touch of her finge