Homeseeking: Tracing Trauma and Memory
The sweeping epic Homeseeking by Karissa Chen is mostly about something strongly felt but not completely tangible: the immigrant’s phantom limb. It centers on conflict, love, and family. An emotional echo from a location left behind that shapes identity and emotional life, a metaphor for an endless sense of absence. Chen’s characters have such unseen significance. Memories of home, their previous…















