kat chow

SEEING GHOSTS, out now via @grandcentralpub. ✨ hardly on here. repped by Jin Auh of The Wylie Agency.

[kat chow @katchow]

“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 ✨

https://t.co/3XTeNDTTe2

[kat chow @katchow]

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: https://t.co/ADgY0SXj1y

[kat chow @katchow]

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! https://t.co/m4s6ngm4bA

[Kundiman @kundimanforever]

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.

https://t.co/TjGXAlN3Hq

[kat chow @katchow]

@lmillernpr @SimonBooks Lulu!!! Congrats

[kat chow @katchow]

lots to unpack about this woman who's dedicated all this time to getting books banned, but where to even begin—

https://t.co/4oarUe50Ss

[kat chow @katchow]

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

[kat chow @katchow]

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.

[kat chow @katchow]

@julieebeck thank you Julie!!

[kat chow @katchow]

@bourreelam 💛

[Bourree Lam @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.

https://t.co/HKQyDmH7I1

[kat chow @katchow]

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

[kat chow @katchow]

@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. https://t.co/rUbcgzq2j6

[kat chow @katchow]

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.

[kat chow @katchow]

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

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

The key to teaching kids their heritage language is simple: Expose them to it often. The challenge is how to do that when the parents themselves don’t speak it well, @katchow writes: https://t.co/aCryQ0LZDy

[kat chow @katchow]

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.

[kat chow @katchow]

@_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)

[kat chow @katchow]

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

[Dr. Betty Choi @chalkacademy]

"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.

[Lenika Cruz @lenikacruz]

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. 🩵

https://t.co/uBDOXdF3tw