Dickson Lam is the author of Paper Sons: A Memoir, winner of the 2017 Autumn House Press Nonfiction Prize. The memoir is set in San Francisco and explores his transformation from a teenage graffiti writer to a high school teacher working with troubled youth while navigating the secret violence in his immigrant family’s past. Visit his website: https://dicksonlam.net/

Writer Juan Alvarado Valdivia speaks with Justin Goldman, Deputy Editor of Hemispheres Magazine, the inflight publication for United Airlines.