kat chow

“A certain kind of sorrow lingers because a part of us wants it and wills it to persist, and Chow artfully and intelligently maps which kind of grief this is.“ Beyond thrilled to wake up on pub day to this thoughtful review of SEEING GHOSTS, out now ✨ nytimes.com/2021/08/24/boo…

I've been interested in how people are reversing language attrition — the forgetting of a language by a once-fluent speaker. It happens *fast* when a family moves to a new country, within three generations. I wrote a little about it in @TheAtlantic: theatlantic.com/family/archive…

Hi all—back on X for a minute to ask: Are you trying to learn/re-learn your heritage language? If so, I'd love to hear from you! forms.gle/xczYWLgjeF1ioR…

We're throwing a Lunar New Year celebration with @HachetteUS. Come along to this reading & party featuring @curtischin, @katchow, @ninejoseph, Subhashini Kaligotla, @SaharMuradi, & @salesses, & hosted by @ymmayer. 🧧 Thursday, February 15th, 6–9 PM ET. kundiman.org/calendar-1/lun…

@lmillernpr @SimonBooks Lulu!!! Congrats

just a lil news for a friday

lots to unpack about this woman who's dedicated all this time to getting books banned, but where to even begin— washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

@Tanvim @Slate you're not gonna share a lil' preview of your hot, poss. controversial takes on sabyasachi? cc: @M_Karimjee

this was an excellent convo HIGHLY recommend a listen to the @slate plus segment where @Tanvim and I talk about the show MADE IN HEAVEN.

@julieebeck thank you Julie!!

this @katchow piece is fascinating and beautiful, on the intimacy that a heritage language provides, and how to pass on a language you don't speak fluently

@bourreelam 💛

This @katchow piece stabbed me in the heart. As a fading Cantonese speaker, I'm planning for my cousins in Hong Kong (or my husband's in Japan) to take my son for summers when he's older. I just don't know any other way to do this than how we did it. theatlantic.com/family/archive…

@SChaoMD @swchow just so much attitude, that one has

Come for cute story of my sassy 3 year old, stay for the insightful discussion on how difficult it is to pass an important part of culture to future generations. @katchow @swchow

@ihatejoelkim Joel ... you NEED to get these tongs. They're weighted, so they have this amazing mechanism so you can open/close them one-handed. I use them all the time, more often than a spatula. surlatable.com/r246sle-lockin…

I realized while reporting this story, that really my questions weren't just about language acquisition — but the *labor* required to teach a culture and heritage.

so fascinating to talk with parents and linguists to try to understand if it's possible to reverse language attrition — which happens fast: in many cases, a heritage language becomes all but extinct by the time a family’s third generation is living in a new country.

for @TheAtlantic, I got bullied by my toddler niece and explored what it means to teach your kids a language you've lost.

@_nilanjana_ @Tanvim It's really quite rude and one day I hope she will APOLOGIZE TO ME (in English, or at least, that I understand Mandarin by then)

@Tonyhkchow she's the over achieving Chow, for sure!

we’ve been trying (and failing) to teach our kids Canto. am kinda in awe of @katchow’s sister and her persistance and determination to teach their kids mandarin here. all I want is for my kid to be able to order dim sum not in English… theatlantic.com/family/archive…

"Efforts to suppress languages other than English were present even in the country’s earliest days....In the U.S., bringing a heritage language back into a family usually comes down to the efforts of individuals." Thank you for sharing our story @TheAtlantic @katchow.

this incredible piece by @katchow hit me right in the heart, as someone on a journey to learn an endangered language so i can hopefully pass it down one day. 🩵 theatlantic.com/family/archive…