Episode 4: "The Chinatown Museum" by Christina Yu & "Bilaadi" by S. Chakraborty

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Christina Yu holds an A.B in English with Creative Writing from Dartmouth College and an M.F.A in Creative Writing from Notre Dame where she was the Diversity Fellow and Nicholas Sparks Fellow at Hachette Book Group. Her work has previously appeared in venues such as Fence, New Letters, Indiana Review, the Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories anthology, and the Painted Bride Quarterly, among others, and has been nominated and cited in several Best American anthologies. Renée Chambliss has been to Chinatown in San Francisco often. It's one of the perks of living in northern California. Her kids love it and could spend all day shopping there. Plastic num-chucks, parasols, tea sets, lion puppets: there's so much to buy and they want everything! When she's not saying "no, you can't have that", to their endless requests, Renee is narrating audiobooks and wishing she could carve out some writing time. Find out more about her at rechambliss.com." S. Chakraborty lives in Queens, NY with her daughter and husband. She is working on her first novel. Her other published short stories are "The Djinn" in Expanded Horizons and "Yerushalom" in Crossed Genres. Lora Nicolas is an NYC based actor and singer. She recently won the 2014 BroadwayWorld Denver Best Actress award for her portrayal of Kim in Miss Saigon. She originated the role of Hannah in StinkyKids the Musical, the 2012 Off Broadway Alliance Award winner for Best Family Musical. Her regional credits include You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown as Lucy, Cinderella as Cinderella, West Side Story as Anita, Spelling Bee as Marcy Park, and Little Women as Meg among others. She was also on the national tour of James and the Giant Peach as Spider. She will be seen next in Bristol Valley Theatre's production of RENT, playing the role of Joanne. She is also currently pursuing some TV/Film, as well as commercial, print and voiceover work. www.loranicolas.com