A Broad and Ample Road

Reading Middlemarch: Coming into Middle Age

Plus, a recap of events in November and book club details

Dec 14 • Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu

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November 2025

A Poignant Event Mourns Taiwan's Execution of an Innocent Man

Plus, our upcoming events in Taipei; and, a shout-out to our friend Eric Chung, who's running for office in Michigan

Nov 3 • Broad and Ample Road, Michelle Kuo, and Albert Wu

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October 2025

FilmStack Inspiration Challenge Day 63: Two Takes of Contemporary Taiwan

We recommend two marvelous Taiwanese films, On Happiness Road and Au Revoir Taipei; plus a panel this week on Invisible Nation

Oct 19 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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Inspired by "Shovel Heroes"; Plus, Three Taiwanese Stories About the Death Penalty

And: upcoming events with Carol Steiker, scholar & death penalty abolitionist, New Bloom, and Invisible Nation event

Oct 12 • Michelle Kuo, Albert Wu, and Broad and Ample Road

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September 2025

A Sense of Dread: Isolationists under Trump Lay the Groundwork for Abandoning Taiwan, Marking a Radical Departure in Foreign Policy

Hello everyone,

Sep 21 • Michelle Kuo, Albert Wu, and Broad and Ample Road

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Underdog Stories in the Shadow of Empires

Two Taiwanese Graphic Novels about Memory and History

Sep 14 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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What do the ghosts want?

On worshipping the marginal and "improperly dead."

Sep 7 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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August 2025

Hear Our Voices: An Interview with Radhika Natarajan

How Do You Talk About Anti-Imperial Struggle With Kids? (And Other Big Questions)

Aug 31 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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Invisible Nation & A Chip Odyssey: Reviews of two bestselling films in Taiwan

Plus, book club details

Aug 11 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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June 2025

End of Semester (Blues)

Notes from the classroom, plus book club on Natalia Ginzburg's Family Lexicon

Jun 16 • Michelle Kuo, Albert Wu, and Broad and Ample Road

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May 2025

Finding His Sound: Minyen Hsieh Reflects on Jazz, Identity, and Taiwanese Democracy

Plus, links and book club on Karissa Chen’s Homeseeking

May 21 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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April 2025

A Tough Case: Taiwan Deports a Chinese Influencer Who Calls For Annexing Taiwan

Plus, our next Book Club: Hisham Matar’s The Return

Apr 7 • Albert Wu, Michelle Kuo, and Broad and Ample Road

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