{"id":8884,"date":"2021-10-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/?p=8884"},"modified":"2021-10-13T03:30:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-13T10:30:46","slug":"introducing-lr-issue-9-2-asian-american-futures-arrivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/13\/introducing-lr-issue-9-2-asian-american-futures-arrivals\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing LR Issue 9.2 (Asian American Futures: Arrivals)!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/index.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"977\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Issue9_2CoverOT.png\" alt=\"Cover image of LANTERN REVIEW Issue 9.2, Asian American Futures: \u201cArrivals,\u201d featuring Mendy Kong\u2019s illustration \u201cwarm\u201d: view from inside a room with a pale peach wall and white-framed abstract artwork. Sunlight comes from an unseen window to create four rectangular yellow shadows below the frame. To the left of the frame is an open doorway, in which we can see another window casting similar yellow shadows onto the ground near a seated person with long, dark hair. Two small, succulent-like plants are visible below the window, as well as a small stool holding a white cup\" class=\"wp-image-8886\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Issue9_2CoverOT.png 800w, https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Issue9_2CoverOT-246x300.png 246w, https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Issue9_2CoverOT-768x938.png 768w, https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Issue9_2CoverOT-82x100.png 82w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Lantern Review&nbsp;<\/em>Issue 9.2: Asian American Futures, \u201cArrivals\u201d<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We&#8217;ve been looking forward to sharing our youth folio issue with you all year, and this morning, we&#8217;re thrilled to finally announce its release. The second installment in our 2021 season celebrating &#8220;Asian American Futures,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Issue 9.2<\/a> (titled &#8220;Arrivals&#8221;), features work by fourteen young poets and visual artists, all of whom were between the ages of fourteen and twenty-four at the time of submission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fair warning: this issue is truly a stunner. Poets <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/SloanAsakura.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sloan Asakura<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/JirehDeng.html\" target=\"_blank\">Jireh Deng<\/a>, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/Diana.html\" target=\"_blank\">Diana<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/AliciaKwok.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Alicia Kwok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/JulianParaynoStoll.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Julian Parayno-Stoll<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/LourdesRamos.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lourdes Ramos<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/ShebatiSengupta.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Shebati Sengupta<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/EstherSun.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Esther Sun<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/SydWestley.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Syd Westley<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/RachaelLinWheeler.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rachael Lin Wheeler<\/a>\u2014along with visual artists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/ElwingGao.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elwing Gao<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/MichaelKhuth.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michael Khuth<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/MendyKong.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mendy Kong<\/a> (our cover artist), and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/cairomo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cairo mo<\/a>\u2014astonish and delight with work that is as deeply resonant as it is beautifully crafted. As we observe in our editorial note, these talented emerging voices aren&#8217;t just writing <em>about<\/em> Asian American futures\u2014their work represents the generation that <em>is <\/em>boldly shaping the future of Asian American letters now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We hope you&#8217;ll enjoy making your way through this powerful issue\u2014and that you&#8217;ll help us celebrate by passing on the word! Leave us a comment below to tell us what you think, or find us on&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lanternreview\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lanternreview\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, or&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lanternreview\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;(@LanternReview).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peace and light always,<br>The&nbsp;<em>LR&nbsp;<\/em>editorial team<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/issue9_2\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read our youth folio,&nbsp;<em>Lantern Review&nbsp;<\/em>Issue 9.2: Asian American Futures, \u201cArrivals.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GormanCover.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GormanCover.jpeg\" alt=\"Cover of CALL US WHAT WE CARRY by Amanda Gorman\" class=\"wp-image-8885\" width=\"134\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GormanCover.jpeg 267w, https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GormanCover-200x300.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/GormanCover-67x100.jpeg 67w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 134px) 100vw, 134px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALSO RECOMMENDED:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780593465066\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Call Us What We Carry <\/em>by Amanda Gorman (Viking, forthcoming in Dec 2021)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Please consider supporting a small press or independent bookstore with your purchase.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As an Asian American\u2013focused publication,&nbsp;<em>Lantern Review<\/em>&nbsp;stands for diversity within the literary world. In solidarity with other communities of color and in an effort to connect our readers with a wider range of voices, we recommend a different collection by a non-Asian-American-identified BIPOC poet in each blog post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been looking forward to sharing our youth folio issue with you all year, and this morning, we&#8217;re thrilled to finally announce its release. The second installment in our 2021 season celebrating &#8220;Asian American Futures,&#8221; Issue 9.2 (titled &#8220;Arrivals&#8221;), features work by fourteen young poets and visual artists, all of whom were between the ages [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[17],"tags":[1359,1360,1412],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8884"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8920,"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8884\/revisions\/8920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lanternreview.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}