Andrew Tsao – Medium

Andrew Tsao

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The Narrative Arc

The Snake on the Chessboard

My 2025 is dedicated to improving at chess at age 65

Mar 18

Chess pieces in sihouette

Mar 18

Published in
Beyond the Scoreboard

My Basketball Heart is Still Aching

Remembering the Seattle Supersonics, almost 50 years later.

Feb 5

1979 Seattle Supersonics basketball team at the Seattle waterfront

Feb 5

Published in
Beyond the Scoreboard

The Outer Limits of Baseball

How much does it actually cost to buy a World Series title?

Jan 21

Pitcher holding two baseballs by his side.

Jan 21

Published in
The Bigger Picture

Dreaming of David Lynch

How his cinema invites us to experience ourselves.

Jan 20

David Lynch with camera

Jan 20

Published in
The Narrative Arc

The Lunar New Year and Grief

My Chinese American family’s encounters with luck — good and bad

Jan 17

Chinese New Year lanterns

Jan 17

Money, Sex and Power

How our international adversaries might be exploiting our American national obsessions.

Oct 29, 2024

world map

Oct 29, 2024

President Narcissus

The disastrous self-gaze of media-made presidents.

Jul 16, 2024

man gazes in pool

Jul 16, 2024

Published in
The Bigger Picture

A Simple Game of Fingers

How some traditions carry the memories of a generation

Mar 2, 2024

A Simple Game of Fingers

Mar 2, 2024

Published in
The Narrative Arc

Battling the Blood Demons of Taipei

The powerful magic of sweet steamed buns

Feb 29, 2024

Battling the Blood Demons of Taipei

Feb 29, 2024

Published in
The Narrative Arc

The One-Armed Swordsman

My heroes have always been swordsmen

Jan 10, 2024

man in snow, struggling.

Jan 10, 2024

Andrew Tsao

Andrew Tsao

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Essay, critique, baseball, memoir. Writer, producer, director. Former drama professor. Founder: thestudioseattle.com. Producer and host, tendingthefire.com

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