Tag: Apart

Never Tear Us Apart: Where Were You When Michael Hutchence Died?

Iremember it like it was yesterday, much clearer than other things that happened to me 25 years ago. Still, today when I saw this reminder of the INXS front man’s untimely demise a quarter century ago, I had to consult my meticulously kept journals from that year. Thank god I never b...

Snapshots of the Migration Estrangement That Tore My Asian-American Family Apart

In an unmarked manila envelope that smells of mildew, I discover letters from opposite sides of my family’s Chinese-American divide. One is from my paternal great-grandfather W. Herbert Trescott, the other from my grandfather Liu Chengyu. These two consolation notes are emblematic of the divis...