In 2018, I wrote a radio story called “My Dad's Friendship with Charles Barkley” for NPR’s Only A Game about my late father and his unlikely friendship with a retired basketball player.
If you liked this story, you might like reading the follow-up essay I wrote for Father’s Day called How to Grieve in Front Of Millions Of People, or this story about the Chinese Church in Iowa City, where my dad hosted New Year’s parties, or this story I wrote about Vedant Gupta, a 13-year-old sports media influencer, whose dad is also greatly entertaining.
Email me at hi.shirleywang[@]gmail.com if you like!
Dumb Asian Smart Blonde
Flaming Hydra
The Museum of Innocence
Flaming Hydra
Strangers on Tour
Flaming Hydra
It's Been a Lonely Winter for the Iowa Caucuses
Flaming Hydra
It's a Small Aisle After All
99 Percent Invisible
A flower sat facedown on the sidewalk. I flipped it over for someone else to find.
Popula
Proof of Love
Popula
How the Iowa Caucuses Work
NYT Opinion
We weren’t really sure which fans we had been seeing on the streets
Popula
How we got here
Popula
In the multicultural city of Macau, China, a DIY literary scene thrives
The Little Village
Hair art's one-woman show
The Little Village
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