Hyphen Consumption Issue in Stores, Mailboxes Soon

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December 15, 2008

Hyphen's next issue is almost back from the printer and should be on newsstands and in subscribers' hands in the next week or so.

To preview the issue, see my editor's note and two of our many interesting stories. They are posted on the home page under the features ares.

Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth put the spotlight on global warming a few years ago. And along those lines, mass consumerism, the environment and green living are topics we touch upon in our Consumption Issue.

To go along with our theme, we have a story focusing on poor and homeless people, many of them elderly Asian American women, who scoop up the bottles, cans and other recyclables. They are caught in a controversy over who has rights to the trash we discard. It's a topic that's made headlines recently.

In Redux, we take a look at Asian American comedians who mine ethnic humor for laughs, walking a fine line between funny and offensive. Margaret Cho, Henry Cho, Dat Phan and Russell Peters offer their insights.

There's more in The Consumption Issue:

Porn star Hung Lo, who wants to empower Asian American men
Oscar-winner Jessica Yu and others on the legacy of Asian American documentary makers and success in the narrative genre
In First Person, a daughter reflects on her mother's sacrifices
In Literature, "Malia's Fare" takes us for a ride in Hawaii

To get it all subscribe and support Hyphen. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, stop by our issue release and holiday happy hour this Thursday

Posted by Harry at December 15, 2008 11:33 AM