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Audio Excerpt of personal essay “Foreign Domestic”, The Seventh Wave, Issue 11, Summer 2020.

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Get to know this voice: @rashaanalexis. 📝🙌🏽🎙. . . In her stunning essay, "Foreign Domestic," Rashaan likens her family's arrival to the States to the introduction of the eucalyptus plant to California; both now an indelible part of the country and land, even though their roots were formed in foreign soil. 🌱Tap the 🔗 in bio to experience her piece in full. . . . . #writersofinstagram #writers #writer #essay #essayist #quotes #quotable #words #wordsofwisdom #community #inspiration #antiracism #racism #blm #immigrants #diaspora #amreading #writersreading #rashaanmeneses

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SMC MFA Creative Writing Reading Series with Shanthi Sekaran, April 4, 2018.

The Emerald Tablet’s “Under the Influence” (80 Fresno Street, SF), February 2015.

PAWA Arkipelago Literary Reading Series: Growing Up Filipino II: More Stories for Young Adults, San Francisco Book Launch at the Bayanihan Community Center, 2009.

 

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