Graphic Narrative

My Family History Isn’t the Ming Dynasty

"Family Time," a graphic narrative by Kat Y Tang

My Family History Isn’t the Ming Dynasty

About the Author

Kat Y Tang is a former lawyer turned Fiction MFA candidate at Columbia University. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Margins, Pigeon Pages, Driftwood Press, and elsewhere. Kat has been nominated for a PEN/Dau Best Debut Short Stories prize and a Best of the Net Award. She spends most of her time thinking about writing and sometimes she even writes. She is hard at work on her first novel, and can be found at www.tangkat.com.

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