Should an author write characters of a different race than his own? Is that exploitation? Appropriation? Race denial? Or is it the author’s right? A conversation with Bill Cheng and Christine Lee Zilka on writing outside one’s race.
Sensory Issues
Sometimes facing your child’s issues means facing your own issues. In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt Salesses breaks down over sensory problems he didn’t know he had.
25 Ways Moving Is as Stressful as Death
The “Love, Recorded” Guide to Staying Sane (and Married) While Moving, in 25 Points.
The Place Where We Were
“T. seemed to me an entirely wholesome child, as if he could never have survived public school. Perhaps that is how I set myself apart from him. Perhaps I was trying to scare him.” An excerpt from Daddy Cool.
Where Our Voices End and the System Begins, or: The Limits of What We Make Happen
What power do our voices really have? Will the American system ever be a system of equal rights?
100 Words on Love: The Power of Invisible Molecules
I taught the boy that to launch a kite, you let the wind do the work. I told him the air had a weight of its own.
Put the Canoe in the Paddle
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” the baby turns terrible two, Minnie Mouse is the new Gangnam Style, and nature defies nature.
Raising a Daughter in 1950s America, Today
Yesterday, America went back in time. What does the Supreme Court decision and the Wendy Davis filibuster mean for the “future”?
Father’s Day/Week/Life
It’s the “Love, Recorded” Father’s Day, but hasn’t it been Father’s Day every day?
Mother’s Day, not Father’s Day
In the latest “Love, Recorded,” it’s Mother’s Day, but what about teh fatherz?
Fear in Watertown
“Love, Recorded” during one crazy week in the Boston area. Was the fear the same for everyone?
The Return of Love
The “Love, Recorded” column returns: Matt’s wife comes back from Korea, but this time, it’s different.
Different Racisms: On Jeremy Lin and Singular Models
Matthew Salesses wonders how he can explain to his daughter that no matter what talents she grows up to possess, much of the world will see her in only one way.
Asian American Men and Masculinity: A Conversation
Matthew Salesses sits down with the editors of an anthology of Asian American writing to discuss the intersection of maleness and being Asian American.
I Will Be Alone But Not Alone
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt must deal with his old fears as he prepares for three months without his family.
Fear in America
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt fears for his daughter’s future, in America and outside of America, in private and in public, and in the aftermath from the recent school shooting.