Jinku stays by her dying mother’s side nine weeks, then finds a stack of journals written in her mother’ native tongue, a language in which she only ever heard her mother speak two words.
Tag Archive for Parents
Poetry
Starry, Starry Night
A vivid picture of a soldier’s return, through the eyes of a child.
Short Story
The Instance of a Cigarette Falling
A young filmmaker tells the story of his struggle to cope with death, remarriage, and, above all things, love.
Poetry
Mistake
An encounter with an abused friend.
Short Story
Tears of Glass
Brushing fifteen years of dust off a piano the narrator’s mother used to play.
Poetry
Mamma Says
Sometimes, there are people you love, regardless of whether you’re supposed to.
Poetry
Father
A young man’s anger at his father, contempt for the reality that he is assuming his image, and failing attempts to give up his love for the man.