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I am a freelance writer who also teaches Mandarin Chinese in South Florida. My work has been published or is forthcoming on the TED-Ed platform and in numerous publications including but not limited to Business Insider, The Manifest-Station, Eclectica, Psyche, and Sangam Literary Magazine. I was born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. In my free time, I enjoy reading, writing, listening to music, and studying languages.
A vibrant showcase of international literature, The Brussels Review - Summer 2025 presents a sweeping collection of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that challenges, surprises, and endures. With contributors from five continents, this issue offers a panoramic view of contemporary literary voices, each distinct in style
To showcase the ongoing relevance of a liberal arts education to students, programs should emphasize the roles of generalists, as opposed to specialists, in a society's infrastructure. Gina Elia on the ongoing urgency of John Henry Newman
The following morning, Klink seemed totally fine, hopping about in the sunshine. He apparently had already forgotten the events of the preceding night. I told myself, "It was nothing." Still, I cou...
Called "teru teru bozu" in Japanese, the dolls are representative of the age-old human desire spanning cultures around the world to control the environment.
My husband and I have been long-distance for the majority of our marriage. We've learned that I'd prefer to live together, and next year, we will.
Trace the history of Chinese characters, and find out how this writing system has changed and evolved over thousands of years. -- According to legend, in the 27th century BCE, the Yellow Emperor of China charged his historian, Cangjie, to develop a system of writing. Sitting alongside a riverbank, Cangjie noted the imagery that surrounded him. From this, he created the first Chinese characters. So, how has Chinese evolved in the last 3,000 years? Gina Marie Elia explores the history of...
My personal essay about my father's death is in the pdf of the Winter 2023 issue of Sangam Literary Magazine, which is available at this link.
Travel Writing by Gina Elia, Eclectica Magazine v28n1
The best way to show students how the term "modernity" is wielded in this way is to highlight the variety of lifestyles that exist parallel to each other in the same era... Gina Elia responds to the Genealogies of Modernity podcast
What might a traveller along the Mekong Delta learn about the beliefs and traditions behind the country's elevated tombs?
With all of the recent hype about ChatGPT replacing everybody's jobs, I decided to conduct an experiment to see how effective the AI bot would be teaching an
Li Bai towers over Chinese literature. But few have attempted, in English, to explain the man behind such household poems as “Quiet Night Thoughts,” “Waking from Drunkenness on a Spring Day,” and “Drinking Alone by Moonlight” — how an itinerant drunk with political aspirations would end up becoming the greatest poet in Chinese history.
Gina Elia, High School Mandarin teacher at North Broward Preparatory School, shares her top tips for supporting your child's language learning at home.
Su Xuelin's novel Thorny Heart is a reminder of the freedom with which different Chinese communities decided what could be counted as "modern" or as "traditional." Gina Elia examines the relations of modernity, religion, and tradition in early 20th Century China