Becoming AppalAsian Quitab Editions They steady themselves in the

They steady themselves in the sky ("It's a night of fat

” the “tinted windows of history” in our own mothers’ nostalgia

Comparisons open into comparisons like petals from otherworldly flowers

—Lana Hechtman Ayers

In Christina Seymour’s splendid

Becoming AppalAsian Quitab Editions They steady themselves in theBecoming AppalAsian is a homage to Lisa Kwong's parents, ancestors, ancestral land, homeland, and chosen land. China influences the cadence through which she experiences all spaces, whether that be Radford, Virginia where she worked as a waitress in her parents' restaurant or in Bloomington, Indiana as an artist and academic in a predominantly white University town. Lisa carries the pride of her father's quest to achieve the American Dream as a