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Amy Dong

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Amy Dong is an award-winning author whose works have been published in Scholastic’s Best Teen Writing of 2016 and NYU’s The Call for Corporate Action. She graduated as valedictorian of her class at NYU after taking an unexpected medical leave of absence and spending her remaining time traveling across 5 continents and 29 countries. After earning her bachelor’s degree, she taught English in Taiwan as a Fulbright Scholar. In trying to make sense of her tumultuous and unpredictable first two decades of life, Amy has found that the most powerful antidote to self-doubt and fear has been listening to others’ stories while examining her own.

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Twenty-One Years Young: Essays

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it's been two weeks since i started teaching english at 北安 (beian junior high). i'll give myself some more time before writing a full-blown reflection on my work as a fulbright english teaching assistant here because I have too many thoughts at present to assemble them in any coherent or meaningful way.

for now, i will simply claim that these past two weeks have been some of the most transformativ

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The Testaments (The Handmaid's Tale, #2)

by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)

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House of Leaves

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One or two of the essays are brilliant and stand the test of time - including the essays about turtles, the golden rule, and love. Some miss the mark and left me feeling underwhelmed, including the ones about home being two places and being a WASP (i ...more
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