Michael Kahan and Sora Frankel discuss the year she spent in Indonesia as a teacher, 1965-66.

In 1965-66, Sora Frankel and her husband Aaron Frankel taught at the Joint Embassy school in Jakarta. In this conversation, Sora discusses teaching in the school, dealing with the results of the uprising of 1965, and employing household servants.

Michael Kahan with Sora Frankel discussing early years of her marriage, motherhood, and career.

Sora Frankel discusses the early years of her marriage. Her husband, Aaron Frankel, and she lived with her parents in laurelton, queens during and after World War II. He held a number of jobs in jewelry and related fields, while...

Grandma’s Journey from Boston to California

My grandma was born in Boston, and she later moved to New Hampshire. She attended University of Michigan when her husband Ian was fighting in the Gulf War. She remembers all of the political turmoil that was happening when she...

So Imma Unicorn (Sorta)

In this interview, conducted in November 2016 in St. Louis, Missouri, Christopher Pearson (35) interviews his friend and colleague Colette Love Hilliard (33) about how she discovered a deep passion for writing blackout poetry while recovering from surgery for her...

Asian in Urban Education: High School Teachers Talk Race

Takeru and Esther are young Asian-American high school teachers in the south coast of Massachusetts. They teach next to each other in a community whose diverse population is not reflective of their racial or ethnic background. As they end their...