Blog Archive: April 2012
Blog Archive: April 2012
A. Rey Pamatmat's 'Thunder Above, Deeps Below' at Bindlestiff Studio
Dreams, memory and the supernatural fuse with the gritty
realities for young people of color living on the streets in A. Rey Pamatmat’s play Thunder Above,
Deeps Below.
Books: Survivors, Broken People, and the Lonely
Lee explores and highlights several aspects of Koreans and Korean Americans that are never discussed outside of the confines of those cultures.
Cherry Blossom Festival Celebrates US-Japan Relations
Washington, DC, celebrates the 100th anniversary of Tokyo's gift of 3,000 cherry trees as a symbol of friendship between the US and Japan. But in the midst of the festivities, let's not forget our darker history.
'Talk'ing Back: The Problematic Inclusion of Asian Americans in John Derbyshire's Racist Essay
John Derbyshire addressed his racist anti-black how-to guide to his mixed race Asian/white children -- and, by extension, to white and Asian parents alike.
Hyphen TV: Baby Chez
Romancing the Wok
My Immigrant Passover
The 70th Anniversary of the Fall of Bataan
Monday marks the 70th anniversary of the largest surrender in both American and Filipino miltary history. Writer Cecilia Gaerlan has made it her mission to raise awareness about this significant yet little-known event.
Books: Flip for a Wish
E.C. Myers' debut novel Fair Coin
is an instructive example of this attempt to bridge -- or perhaps simply
to transcend -- the gap between ethnic YA and speculative YA.