Hyphen magazine - Asian American arts, culture, and politics

The Red Chamber will probably not be called a “masterpiece” like the classical text that inspired it. However, it is an enjoyable read and a good introduction to those interested in the original classic, The Story of the Stone...

I don’t read much of what could be categorized as dick-lit, and the men in The Dead Do Not Improve are not overly sensitive, politically correct, or even tactful.

Professor Parreñas-Shimizu talks about her latest book, Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies.

Jenna Le’s Six Rivers oozes with nostalgia for her distant motherland and her intellectual ancestors, yet, by writing so vividly about these far-off people and places, Le conjures them closer.