Writing is self-exploration, and a celebration of language. I write to understand who I am. I write to (hopefully) create something beautiful. I write, therefore I am.
It's been one of my bucket list items to tell a story at the Moth's StorySlam. After years of thinking about it, I finally did it in December 2023. Much to my surprise, I won. Because of that, I was invited to tell another story at the GrandSlam at the Huntington Theater in Boston on …
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Yesterday, we said our final goodbyes to my mother-in-law, Theresa Arthur, the family matriarch. She lived a life of love, strength, and service. She was 87.
I organized a storytelling event at our local community center, 19 Carter, over the last Thanksgiving weekend. I was one of the storytellers, and the theme of the day was "Family and Holiday". My story was about the first time me and my family had a Christmas Turkey dinner in the early 1980s. I wasn't …
Look what just came to my inbox: the recording of my StorySlam performance a couple of months ago, at the WBUR CitySpace in Boston! After years of listening to The Moth Radio Hour, I finally mustered up enough courage to go see the StorySlam live event — and put my name in the hat for a chance to …
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對於《蘋果》的被自殺，除了憤怒，還有感慨。因為隨著《蘋果》的消失，《飲食男女》也無可奈何的要結束。我離港赴美前的最後一份工作，就是在《飲食男女》當編輯，所以感受特別深。
Por Por means maternal grandmother in Cantonese. My Por Por left us last week, on Thursday, February 25th, 2021. It's never easy to say goodbye to loved ones, but I'm thankful she lived a full, blessed life. She was 95.
My piece about #BLM in the new online mag UNDOMESTICATED (October 2020).
You can read the online version of my article "10 Books by Women Authors Who Empower Other Women" in the April 2020 issue of Vogue Hong Kong on the Vogue Hong Kong website.
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Carmen Suen Writes 