Graphic Narrative

My Family History Isn’t the Ming Dynasty

"Family Time," a graphic narrative by Kat Y Tang

My Family History Isn’t the Ming Dynasty

Family Time

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About the Author

Kat Tang is a graduate of Columbia’s MFA program where she taught as an Undergraduate Writing Fellow. Born in China, relocated to Japan, and raised in California, she is fascinated by how we make and fake human connection in a technologically evolving world. Her short stories and graphic narratives have appeared in Electric Literature, The Margins, Pigeon Pages, and elsewhere. She currently lives in St. Louis, Missouri (but is moving to New York in July).

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