Personal Narrative

Protected: I Lost Myself When I Lost Hong Kong

If returning to America was like getting on a lifeboat, why did I feel like I was drowning?

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About the Author

Tiffany is a Taiwanese American writer who writes essays about belonging in an increasingly closed world. She has spent half her life in the States and the other half in places with subjective levels of self-autonomy (Taiwan, Hong Kong, and now Puerto Rico). Tiffany has attended writers workshops with Tin House, Kenyon Review, Writer's Center, and Kearny Street Workshop. Find her at tiffhuangx.com.

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