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Book: A Cup of Coffee and a Murder

Higashino’s latest novel Salvation of a Saint plays out far more traditionally than his previous The Devotion of Suspect X, with a whodunit plot, several possible suspects, alibis, wronged women, and implausible...

Noah Cho | Thu, May 16th- 11:19am | Keigo Higashino, Salvation of a Saint, Books Section, Fiction, Reviews

Is This My American Dream? 'Stuck Elevator' at San Francisco's ACT

Stuck Elevator is a musical theater production that explores one immigrant's vast American dream.

Joy Tang | Sat, May 4th- 8:40pm | A.C.T., American Conservatory Theater, Musical, Stuck Elevator, Performing Arts, Reviews

Books: Familiar Melody, New Song

Steph Cha’s Follow Her Home is a fresh evolution of hardboiled fiction.

Maurene Goo | Thu, Apr 18th- 5:35am | Follow Her Home, Steph Cha, Books Section, Fiction, Reviews

Books: A Little Bark and No Bite

Kim Wong Keltner is determinedly disputing Chua’s claims with her first work of nonfiction.

Joyce Chen | Thu, Apr 11th- 10:27am | Kim Wong Keltner, Tiger Babies Strike Back, Books Section, Reviews

Books: Lost in Japantown

It's 1920 in Los Angeles, and Japanese immigrants are spending another restive night trying not to die an ignoble death in a foreign country.

Jee Yoon Lee | Thu, Apr 4th- 5:39am | Andrew Leong, David L. Ulin, Lament in the Night, Shoson Nagahara, Books Section, Fiction, Reviews

Books: Zen Buddhist Priesthood Becomes Her

Ruth Ozeki’s A Tale for the Time Being makes you question your experiences as a reader, as a person on this earth, and as a being in time and space.

Jenny Yap | Thu, Mar 28th- 8:28am | A Tale for the Time Being, Ruth Ozeki, Books Section, Fiction, Reviews

Books: Between Reality and Magical Realism

If there was ever literary proof that the need for love and validation drives all human actions, then Peter Tieryas Liu’s haunting collection of short stories would provide it.

Joyce Chen | Wed, Apr 10th- 4:39pm | Peter Tieryas Liu, Watering Heaven, Books Section, Fiction, Reviews

CAAMFest 2013 Interviews: Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem of 'Memory of Forgotten War'

Memory of Forgotten War features testimonies of four first-generation Korean Americans survivors of what is known in the US as the "forgotten war." Co-directors Deann Borshay Liem and Ramsay Liem discuss the making of a documentary...

Terry K Park | Tue, Mar 19th- 1:40pm | Blogger Column, CAAMFest 2013, documentary, Korean War, Q+A, Culture, Diaspora, Film, Film Festivals, History, News & Politics, Profiles, Reviews

CAAMFest 2013 Reviews: Stephen Maing's 'High Tech, Low Life'

High Tech, Low Life, directed by Stephen Maing, is a documentary trailing two of the first citizen journalists and bloggers in China.

Lisa Wong Macabasco | Sun, Mar 17th- 12:58pm | CAAMFest 2013, citizen journalism, Steven Maing, technology, Activism, Film, Film Festivals, Media, Reviews, Social Issues, Social Justice

CAAMFest 2013 Reviews: Easy, Riders: Tian-Hao Hua's 'Go Grandriders'

Go Grandriders, directed by Tian-Hao Hua, is a heartwarming documentary following a gang of octogenarians on a two-week tour of Taiwan via scooters....

Lisa Wong Macabasco | Sun, Mar 17th- 12:58pm | CAAMFest 2013, seniors, tian-hai hua, Film, Film Festivals, Reviews
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