Here is a link to Kartika Review, the wonderful Asian American literary magazine that accepted my creative nonfiction essay, “How It Feels to Inherit Camp.” You can download the essay and the issue, but please consider buying a copy of the journal itself–it is a small, volunteer-operated nonprofit organization. Even before I submitted anything to the journal, I had been reading and using it as a resource in my literature classrooms. It incorporates both established and emerging generic ventolin inhaler voices in Asian American literature, and I’m honored to be included in this season’s issue. This month’s issue includes an interview with Jessica Hagedorn, who is one of my very favorite Asian American authors.
As some folks might remember, I tried out a version of the essay here, in this space, and the comments here encouraged me to submit it. It’s a heady thing to see it in print. Thank you, everyone, for reading.
congratulations! and i hope you took time out from writing to celebrate. 🙂
thank you! yes, i did celebrate a bit. it was exciting. i haven’t submitted anything to a literary magazine since high school!
I ran across your essay in Heyday’s New California writing and then saw that it first appeared in Kartika. Thank you for writing such a moving essay. I’m so glad you wrote it.
Hi Natalia–thank you so much for the kind words! It’s an incredible anthology and I’m so honored to be a part of it. Are you on Twitter? Maybe we can connect there. I’d love to hear more about you and your work. –Tamiko