Author: Thao Thai

I couldn’t describe, exactly, the layout of the trailer my family moved into when we arrived in the United States...

This fall, I briefly lost my sense of smell...

If I tried to speak to Mom in Vietnamese, my stepfather would demand, “In English!”

The Indian-American author on aging, parenting a teen, and dressing like a sexy assassin.

"I just really want to be seen."

If we can stain walls with crayons and marinara sauce, can the soul of a home be marked by the residents who came before?

“Do you believe in God?” my six-year-old daughter asked in the middle of dinner.

Would I choose my husband, if we met today for the first time? Would he choose me?