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There is a severe lack of Malaysian literature in English. Although having grown up in Malaysia, I read mostly American and British literature. Malaysian literature is almost completely unheard of in Malaysia, let alone anywhere else in the world. This project was an effort to discover Malaysian literature and to write some of my own. Over the course of three semesters, I read literature in English written by Malaysians and other cross-cultural authors. Through these readings, I learned the different ways authors wrote about their own cultures. I performed 45 minutes of creative nonfiction writing every day for 15 weeks. I wrote about my struggle for identity during my teenage years and my time here as a Malaysian Chinese in the U.S. When We Find Home is a collection of six personal essays which explores the issues of cultural identity and finding a place to belong.