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Serena Puang

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Covers:  Books, culture, accessibility, Asian American issues and education
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Serena Puang is a freelance writer based in Baton Rouge. She is from Rogers, Arkansas. She has written for the New York Times, The Boston Globe Magazine, Teen Vogue, NBC, and more. You can contact her at contact@dearyall.net.

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Opinion | Affirmative Action Is in Peril and 'Model Minority' Stories Don't Help

Opinion | Affirmative Action Is in Peril and 'Model Minority' Stories Don't Help

Michael Wang was an ideal college applicant. He had a 4.67 G.P.A., a product of excelling in the more than a …

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A dystopian America that feels close to home - The Boston Globe

A dystopian America that feels close to home - The Boston Globe

In Ng's heart-wrenching and brilliant novel, "Our Missing Hearts," 12-year-old Bird Gardner doesn't remember …

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I tried every mochi doughnut shop in Boston. Here's what you need to know. - The Boston Globe

I tried every mochi doughnut shop in Boston. Here's what you need to know. - The Boston Globe

Within the United States, mochi doughnuts are available mostly in major cities - not in my college town in Co…

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Asians in U.S. share reasons they're now looking at opportunities abroad

Asians in U.S. share reasons they're now looking at opportunities abroad

After Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, KEFF, a Taiwanese American artist, started thi…

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As Colleges Strive for a Return to Normal, Students With Disabilities Say, 'No Thanks'

As Colleges Strive for a Return to Normal, Students With Disabilities Say, 'No Thanks'

Before the Covid-19 pandemic, Rochelle Bowyer, a fourth-year student with dyslexia at the University of Washi…

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In high school, I participated in debate. Then I saw its ugly side. - The Boston Globe

In high school, I participated in debate. Then I saw its ugly side. - The Boston Globe

When I was in high school, I was the captain of the debate team. This meant I spent weekends living out of su…

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When Perfect Doesn't Add Up

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Boring Asian Female By Canwen Xu Berkley To be a high-achieving Asian American applying to college or grad school is to know that the elite college admissions system is broken, but you’re not the person getting screwed over by it the worst, and no one wants to hear your sob story, which is the First-Worldiest of First-World problems. Except ... what if we do? In Canwen Xu’s debut novel, Boring Asian Female, protagonist Elizabeth Zhang is the model student Asian parents dream of.
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Meet Your Neighbors

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You’ll Love it Here By Natalie Sue William Morrow In an apartment building, dozens of lives are being lived all at once. It’s kind of beautiful, if you stop to think about it. There are so many stories contained in one building, each as complex as the next. But when you live in an apartment, especially a crappy one, you see only your own. In Natalie Sue’s sophomore novel “You’ll Love it Here,” Mona lives in an old apartment with transient neighbors. People are in and out within a year or so.
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Artists And Mystery

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The Seekers of Deer Creek By Thao Thai Mariner All children are artists. They draw and paint unselfconsciously, and their ideas are only constrained by the limits of their fine motor skills. It’s keeping that mindset into adulthood that’s the challenge. In Thao Thai’s sophomore novel, “The Seekers of Deer Creek,” estranged sisters Vivi and Calla have found their own ways to keep their art alive.
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