The Untold Stories of a Chinese and Puerto Rican Woman

Meet Regional Emmy nominated Kimberly Ming in one of the most intimate settings, her speaking to you. Ming takes you on a journey using short stories and spoken word poetry to explore concepts of race, culture, and belonging as someone who is Chinese and Puerto Rican. She uses writing as a tool to create a home for herself and others within mixed and multicultural spaces.

Below is a preview of a poem she writes to describe who this audiobook is for: POEM: FOR YOU For you, who has an ear for multicultural storytelling.

For you, poet that wants to explore new ways of sharing your genius with the world,

For you, mixed person who is searching for personal understanding, acceptance, and celebration,

For you, non mixed person and mixed person who is curious about a Chinese and Puerto Rican woman’s mixed experience,

For you, Nuyorican or boricua of the diaspora told you aren’t really Puerto Rican because you weren’t born on la isla.

For you, Boricua de la isla que celebras cada Boricua whether we speak Spanish, Spanglish, English or other.

For you, Chinese American girl, excited to see there’s someone like you out there, doing her thing, sharing her voice,

For you, the only one. The only Black kid raised in a white neighborhood. The only Asian kid raised in the Latino neighborhood. The only mixed kid in the family. And the list goes on and on for us, the only ones.

For you, who... [poem continues inside the audiobook]

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Lydbog: 18. januar 2024