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I’d read a newspaper article many years earlier that said the biggest stars in the universe were the brightest, but these bright stars would also die out fastest, their own fiery energy consuming itself. The smaller the star, the longer its life, the lesser its burn. The journalist had quoted a Soviet astronaut who said, “No matter how far we reach into space, we’ll never get far enough,” and I thought it was strange that even Soviets didn’t know everything. They might have launched Sputnik, but they weren’t any closer at reaching the universe’s limits than the rest of us. Lao K yelled for me, this time followed by Li-Ming’s insistent voice. I lowered my head to my chest, but the image of the brightest stars still burned my retina, lingering for a few minutes longer until I rounded the corner and saw my American daughter and her Chinese mother, my wife, waiting for me in the doorway. “Carry me upstairs,” Li-Ming requested and although there was much more we needed to say, I gathered her body in my arms. I paused for a few breaths at the stairwell, readjusting my hold, worried suddenly by the lack of weight, how it was easier to lift her now than earlier that afternoon. “Hurry up,” Li-Ming said, as if she also sensed how much smaller she’d become, how now I was the one who had to carry us home. Raised in New England, Kaitlin Solimine has considered China a second home for almost two decades. She's been a Harvard-Yenching scholar, a Fulbright fellow, the Donald E. Axinn Scholar at Bread Loaf, and winner of the 2012 Dzanc Books/Disquiet International Literary Award. She wrote and edited Let's Go: China (St. Martin's Press) and her work has been featured in Guernica, Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, The Hairpin, and The World of Chinese Magazine. Her essays are forthcoming in anthologies published by Earnshaw Books and The Places We've Been. Find her at www.kaitlinsolimine.com. 48
ISSUE 15 | SPRING 2013 FEATURED ARTIST Jordan Josafat ARTIST STATEMENT As an artist, I believe that staying versatile, consistent, humble, & true to myself are the keys to success. With my work, I focus on many different approaches to gain attention from all types of audiences. Whether it may be nostalgia, color & contrast, mechanics, or just plain imagery, these are all ingredients I take into consideration while creating a piece or a body of work. I try not to focus on one style thus being versatile. It keeps my mind fresh and the work never gets boring. There’s always something for me to do. Sometimes I create for myself, sometimes I create for other people, and sometimes I just create because I can. 49
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Page 4 and 5: MISSION STATEMENT Kartika Review se
Page 6 and 7: EDITORIAL Eugenia Leigh Dear Reader
Page 8 and 9: Purvi Shah’s “Tree Risings” d
Page 10 and 11: The Home Front Jordan Josafat 10
Page 12 and 13: lip as she tried to swing her swoll
Page 14 and 15: “Masayuki! Tsune, sit quietly. Be
Page 16 and 17: simple wedding was kept. Along with
Page 18 and 19: Etsuko had backed out the door slow
Page 20 and 21: SKIN DEEP Anu Kandikuppa To: Kinder
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Page 26 and 27: To: Ms. Clayton and Ms. Simpson Fro
Page 28 and 29: To: General Manager, Crayona Compan
Page 30 and 31: “Yes,” I said, “though I’m
Page 32 and 33: THOUGHTS OF SINKING Kaitlin Solimin
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Page 36 and 37: never touched any of the girls inap
Page 38 and 39: the next generation couldn’t best
Page 40 and 41: Chenxi climbed up the silver ladder
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Page 44 and 45: else. For now, this tall, slow Amer
Page 46 and 47: “That’s true,” I said. I hate
Page 50 and 51: Bomb the Morons 50
Page 52 and 53: Into the Wild 52
Page 54 and 55: Runaway Train 54
Page 56 and 57: PAROUSIA I Karen An-Hwei Lee Red bu
Page 58 and 59: QUARANTINE Henry W. Leung My feet p
Page 60 and 61: THE TRANSFUSION OF YUKIYO KANAHASHI
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Page 64 and 65: Platonic knowledge is joyful recoll
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Page 68 and 69: the story of how I began studying J
Page 70 and 71: Jackson Bliss earned his MFA from t
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Page 74 and 75: AUTHOR INTERVIEW WITH MONIQUE TRUON
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Page 78 and 79: KR: What is the physical act of wri
Page 80 and 81: CONTRIBUTOR BIOS FICTION Sharon Has
Page 82 and 83: ART 82 What The Jordan Josafat Jord
Page 84 and 85: Nonfiction Editor, Jennifer Derilo
Page 86 and 87: Kartika Review is a national Asian
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