The Untold Stories of a Chinese and Puerto Rican Woman
Kimberly Ming
Meet Regional Emmy nominated Kimberly Ming in one of the most intimate settings, her speaking to you. Ming takes you on a journey using short stories and spoken word poetry to explore concepts of race, culture, and belonging as someone who is Chinese and Puerto Rican. She uses writing as a tool to create a home for herself and others within mixed and multicultural spaces.
Below is a preview of a poem she writes to describe who this audiobook is for:
POEM: FOR YOU
For you, who has an ear for multicultural storytelling.
For you, poet that wants to explore new ways of sharing your genius with the world,
For you, mixed person who is searching for personal understanding, acceptance, and celebration,
For you, non mixed person and mixed person who is curious about a Chinese and Puerto Rican woman’s mixed experience,
For you, Nuyorican or boricua of the diaspora told you aren’t really Puerto Rican because you weren’t born on la isla.
For you, Boricua de la isla que celebras cada Boricua whether we speak Spanish, Spanglish, English or other.
For you, Chinese American girl, excited to see there’s someone like you out there, doing her thing, sharing her voice,
For you, the only one. The only Black kid raised in a white neighborhood. The only Asian kid raised in the Latino neighborhood. The only mixed kid in the family. And the list goes on and on for us, the only ones.
For you, who... [poem continues inside the audiobook]
Duration - 2h 23m.
Author - Kimberly Ming.
Narrator - Kimberly Ming.
Published Date - Wednesday, 10 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2023 InVinity Productions LLC ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Meet Regional Emmy nominated Kimberly Ming in one of the most intimate settings, her speaking to you. Ming takes you on a journey using short stories and spoken word poetry to explore concepts of race, culture, and belonging as someone who is Chinese and Puerto Rican. She uses writing as a tool to create a home for herself and others within mixed and multicultural spaces. Below is a preview of a poem she writes to describe who this audiobook is for: POEM: FOR YOU For you, who has an ear for multicultural storytelling. For you, poet that wants to explore new ways of sharing your genius with the world, For you, mixed person who is searching for personal understanding, acceptance, and celebration, For you, non mixed person and mixed person who is curious about a Chinese and Puerto Rican woman’s mixed experience, For you, Nuyorican or boricua of the diaspora told you aren’t really Puerto Rican because you weren’t born on la isla. For you, Boricua de la isla que celebras cada Boricua whether we speak Spanish, Spanglish, English or other. For you, Chinese American girl, excited to see there’s someone like you out there, doing her thing, sharing her voice, For you, the only one. The only Black kid raised in a white neighborhood. The only Asian kid raised in the Latino neighborhood. The only mixed kid in the family. And the list goes on and on for us, the only ones. For you, who... [poem continues inside the audiobook] Duration - 2h 23m. Author - Kimberly Ming. Narrator - Kimberly Ming. Published Date - Wednesday, 10 January 2024. Copyright - © 2023 InVinity Productions LLC ©.
Language:
English
OPENING CREDITS
Duration:00:00:10
WELCOME. BIENVENIDOS.
Duration:00:01:27
CREATING THIS PROJECT
Duration:00:01:55
SECTION 1
Duration:00:00:32
POEM: THE SILENT POEM
Duration:00:02:37
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
Duration:00:00:09
POEM: FOR YOU
Duration:00:02:03
THE ONLY ONE
Duration:00:01:36
POEM: MIXED ETHNICITIES POEM #100,932
Duration:00:03:15
NAME STORY: KIMBERLY HUA FORD
Duration:00:04:55
HOW DID YOUR PARENTS MEET?
Duration:00:05:56
POEM: I PROBABLY WOULDN’T HAVE
Duration:00:02:05
POEM: MOTHER, FATHER, AND M.E.
Duration:00:02:40
5TH GRADE CRIES
Duration:00:09:06
POEM: 5TH GRADE CRIES
Duration:00:01:12
POEM: MODEL MINORITY
Duration:00:03:08
BILL
Duration:00:06:47
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CORE BELIEFS
Duration:00:03:54
HOW I FOUND POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD + POETRY DEFINITIONS
Duration:00:05:01
POEM: A YEAR AGO
Duration:00:01:02
DEEPER INTO THE POETRY WORLD
Duration:00:11:07
POEM: BECAUSE
Duration:00:03:43
ETHNIC STUDIES
Duration:00:02:33
POEM: IN THE WORLD THAT I DREAM
Duration:00:01:29
SECTION 2
Duration:00:00:20
POEM: MOM DON’T CLICK THAT LINK
Duration:00:03:32
LANGUAGE | LENGUA | IDIOMA
Duration:00:03:12
POEM: MONOLINGUALISM
Duration:00:03:19
COMMUNICATION BARRIERS
Duration:00:02:21
ALWAYS SPACE FOR LEARNING (“TRABAJO, YO”)
Duration:00:05:44
POEM: WǑ ÀI NǏ (WUA-AIY-NĒ) NABU
Duration:00:02:55
GIVING MYSELF AND OTHERS GRACE WITH LANGUAGE
Duration:00:01:35
POEM: NOT YOUR TYPICAL MIXED GIRL
Duration:00:02:06
DO YOU IDENTIFY AS MORE CHINESE OR PUERTO RICAN?
Duration:00:02:30
POEM: DON’T ASK ME TO CHOOSE
Duration:00:02:14
PUERTO RICO SOUNDS (COQUI COQUI)
Duration:00:00:14
PUERTO RICO | LA BORIKÉN | QUE RICO
Duration:00:09:36
POEM: YO SOY BORICUA PA QUE TU LO SEPAS
Duration:00:02:09
EL SOL TAÍNO
Duration:00:01:55
POEM: THE OCEAN SPEAKS A DIFFERENT LANGUAGE
Duration:00:02:32
MULTICULTURAL MAMI
Duration:00:01:41
POEM: UNITY, UNIDAD.
Duration:00:01:28
MIXDGEN (MIXD GENERATION)
Duration:00:02:59
POEM: M.E. MIXED ETHNICITIES
Duration:00:02:10
I HAD A DREAM (CONCLUSION)
Duration:00:02:46
POEM: LA MARIPOSA
Duration:00:01:42
THE FUNDERS OF THIS PROJECT
Duration:00:05:30
ENDING CREDITS
Duration:00:00:16