Becoming AppalAsian Quitab Editions in the spaces Merchant skillfully

in the spaces Merchant skillfully creates between what we are grateful for

Comparisons open into comparisons like petals from otherworldly flowers

” the “tinted windows of history” in our own mothers’ nostalgia

In Christina Seymour’s splendid

rivers and deserts

Becoming AppalAsian Quitab Editions in the spaces Merchant skillfullyBecoming AppalAsian is a homage to Lisa Kwong's parents, ancestors, ancestral land, homeland, and chosen land. China influences the cadence through which she experiences all spaces, whether that be Radford, Virginia where she worked as a waitress in her parents' restaurant or in Bloomington, Indiana as an artist and academic in a predominantly white University town. Lisa carries the pride of her father's quest to achieve the American Dream as a