https://xpressenglish.com featuring the world's best short stories Mon, 06 Jan 2025 11:11:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://xpressenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-bookworm-32x32.jpg https://xpressenglish.com 32 32 https://xpressenglish.com/railroad-standard-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=railroad-standard-time Wed, 24 Feb 2021 23:21:31 +0000 https://xpressenglish.com/?p=47377 Short Story by Frank Chin. A semi-autobiographical story about a Chinese-American man who, as he drives to and from his mother’s funeral, reflects on the clash between traditional Chinese and ‘modern’ American culture, and the need to move away from long-held stereotypes of Chinese-American men and women.

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