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The Mash-Up Americans

The Mash-Up Americans is your guide to the hyphen-America world we all live in. Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer talk culture, identity, what makes us who we are. Get to know yourself, America.

At The Mash-Up Americans we are celebrating and challenging the raucous, colorful, complicated country we live in by asking all the important, awkward questions: What does it mean to be an immigrant in America? What cultural baggage do we bring to sex and relationships? Why is Korean skincare so popular? When does something get upgraded from the ethnic aisle?

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Day 10: We Like Your Hat Feb 26, 2026

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No kindness is ever too small. Thank you for Small Kindnesses to Danusha Laméris, from Bonfire Opera, published by University of Pittsburgh Press in 2020.

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Day 9: Being Somebody Feb 25, 2026

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You are always important, and you are always somebody, from Emily Dickinson.

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Day 8: Creating Dangerously Feb 24, 2026

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A reminder that we always need art by Edwidge Danticatt, from Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist At Work, published by Princeton University Press in 2010. Learn more at edwidgedanticat.com.

This Lunar New Year we’re trying something different - 30 days of short daily episodes with art, poetry, and words of wisdom and humor. Happy Year of the Fire Horse everyone!

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Day 7: Fools Feb 23, 2026

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Yiddish proverbs always get it in very few words. For more wisdom and delight -

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Day 6: Your job Feb 22, 2026

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A poem from Victoria Chang, from The Trees Witness Everything, published by Copper Canyon Press in 2022. Learn more @fattery12.

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Day 5: The Five Remembrances Feb 21, 2026

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Today are the five remembrances from the Upajjhatthana Sutta (“Subjects for Contemplation”). They are meant to be recited each day.

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Day 4: Lotus Feb 20, 2026

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A meditation from Thich Nhat Hanh, from No Mud, No Lotus, published in Parallax Press in 2014. Learn more at plumvillage.org.

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Day 3: Sun in the Face Feb 19, 2026

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Mary Oliver'sWhy I Wake Early Published by Beacon Press in 2010. Learn more at maryoliver.com.

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Day 2: Plums Feb 18, 2026

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Today, a poem by Gayle Brandeis. Learn more at gaylebrandeis.com.

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Day 1: Looking Up Feb 17, 2026

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A few words of wisdom from the great Irish wit Oscar Wilde.

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