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A Day in a Life of a Not Quite New York Hapa Who Is Told She Looks Like Winnie Cooper From The Wonder Years

8:15 a.m. Alarm. Cotton mouth. The side effects of the sertaline (a Zoloft generic bec…

Leah Nanako Winkler • Feb. 15, 2010

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On Isolation

I saw her picture on my computer screen after I pseudo-accidentally hacked into my boyfriend’…

Leah Nanako Winkler • Nov. 18, 2009

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The Hapa Advantage

“Hybrids are better”—Shayne KaoFor as long as I’ve lived here, New York Cit…

Leah Nanako Winkler • July 24, 2009

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Am I Unstable? Or am I just a Hapa?

I have an early memory of a “bowing war” that occurred between my Japanese grandmother …

Leah Nanako Winkler • March 6, 2009

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Suupaa Gaijin Justin Baldwin

Justin Baldwin hands me a business card. He is endearingly tense as he begrudgingly mingles at a be…

Leah Nanako Winkler • Jan. 29, 2009

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A Racial Criteria: Love, Family and Long-Term Consequences

Now, more than ever, we have the technology and freedom to manufacture and accommodate the specific…

Leah Nanako Winkler • Sept. 24, 2008

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The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York: Teaching and preserving the dance of traditional Japan

The Japanese folk performing art tradition, minzoku geinô, includes the dramas, dances, and m…

Lauren Miyamoto • June 3, 2008

Analyze My Face: Hapas, exoticism and the entertainment industry

I have hazel eyes. My skin is pale, my nose is tall and my hips are hopelessly wide. At first glanc…

Leah Nanako Winkler • May 14, 2008

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Quarter Life Identity Crisis

My quarter life identity crisis began out of nowhere on the late night G train back to Bedford Stuy…

Leah Nanako Winkler • April 4, 2008

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Tomokazu Matsuyama: Brooklyn’s Edo Period

The Brooklyn neighborhood Williamsburg crosses into Greenpoint just after the empty expanse of McCa…

Alexandra Chang • Jan. 23, 2008

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