Hyphen magazine - Asian American arts, culture, and politics

Introducing the Asian American Literary Review's special issue, commemorating the 10th anniversary of September 11.

What Yang misses in calling these the values and behaviors of Asian people -- is how very American they are. In the sense that they are behaviors an Asian person may ‘select for,’ in an American context that encourages and rewards them (to a point). 

Hyphen was at Barack's former stomping grounds last Saturday, yes indeed. I met with an impressive group of student leaders over lunch: They know their social history, their coalition politics, and they have big plans for their APIA classmates.

Long after we have tired of responding to Chua's piece, it will still find its way to Asian parents like my own. Whatever we may believe of Chua now, the damage is done.

Which of the following is a good reason to donate:

• People on your gift list are do-gooders/don't need more stuff.
• Year-end tax-deductible write-offs.
• Community orgs doing vital, meaningful work.
• Your faithful Hyphen staff swear by these causes.
• Any of the above.

Crazy, but true: That there question has no wrong answer!

We thought you might want to know that two of this year's acclaimed film festival features are available to view online, for free, for a limited time. See below for reviews from our writers earlier this year. And click on their titles to see the films. 

9500 Liberty will be available until election day, Nov 2.

UPDATE AUGUST 10: Made the third cut of 5 finalists! Now let's get them the WIN!

For years now, whenever non-Asian people have attempted to bond by announcing to me that their spouses are some flavor of Asian, I've made a mental W sign and probably rolled my eyes. Usually they're implying that they're cultural insiders because of these spouses, a notion I've found to be just so much baloney.

But I probably can't afford to be quite so dismissive going forward because, I dunno, am I doing something similar?

Starting this week, folks, we're supercharging our political coverage with the help of our friends at the Asian American Action Fund. Their team of bloggers includes lawyers, at least one judge, and some major policy wonks -- so we're psyched to borrow their X-ray vision on the parties, the leaders, the legislation that Asian Americans should know about.

And in return we're excited to lend them our favorite hoodies and vintage shades. Can't infiltrate the arts and culture scenes like we do without the right get-up.

Actually, we're talking about Asian Americans online: the bloggers, the journalists, the YouTube celebs, and you -- the readers and viewers of above fare. And here's the kind of stuff we'll be dishing:

With newspapers and magazines folding like dominoes around us, what's a journalist to do? Much less one who thinks this niche called Asian America needs covering?

If bloggers (and KevJumba) are the rising voices of Asian American media, then does great responsibility come with great power?