LOOSE CANON: 2004 marks the anniversary of two seminal Asian American publications: "Aiiieeeee!" and "The Joy Luck Club." Hyphen takes stock of the state of fiction. By Claire Light
PHOTOSYNTHESIS: Vietnam, revisited. Photos By Binh Danh
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST AS A CHANGED MAN: Graffiti artist David Choe finds God in a Japanese prison. By Todd Inoue
LEATHER DADDIES, DANDIES, COWBOYS AND SPIES: Asian American drag kings center stage. By Laurie Koh
SURVIVING THE CHOPPING BLOCK: How Asian American arts organizations are creating something out of nothing. By Samantha Chanse

Editor's Note
Recipe: How to Avoid the Asian Glow
Comics: Asian Fetish. By Sonny Liew
TAKE OUT | STUFF TO TAKE HOME
Recycled journals, neuron-inspired jewelry, dolls for dudes and Adrian Tomine's "Optic Nerve."
REDUX | ANOTHER LOOK AT MEDIA
NO MONKEYING AROUND HERE: Evil Monito means business when it comes to pop culture and politics. By Nish Nadaraja
ADVENTURES OF THE THRIFTY ASIAN: A website chronicles finds at a 99 Cents Store. By Donna Suh

NEWS BITS: Protesting Details' "Gay or Asian", the He family's custody battle, Fortune 500 companies fail the grade, the average gay Asian American, and a huge ecstacy bust.
SUGAR HIGH: Diabetes: Another reason life in America is bad for you. By Jennifer Huang
TABLE TOPS: Ping pong prodigies Justen and Alex Yao take it to the next level. By A.C. Chen
LUSTY LADY: The seduction of burlesque bombshell Miss Scarlet Fever. By Heather Kelly
JAIN, CHU, AND CHAO: Meet three Asian Americans in the Bush Administration.

REVEALING STORIES: Documentary directors go the distance. By Chuleenan Svetvilas
TALKING TO TAMLYN: Hollywood's most enduring Asian American riffs on botox and kissing Dennis Quaid. By Jennifer Huang
WHERE DID YOU GO CHAD HUGO? An N.E.R.D. show prompts a public display of Asian-ness. By Todd Inoue
DON'T CALL IT CHILD'S PLAY: Children's book authors speakup. By Lisa Ko
TOP FIVE: Jessica Hagedorn
REVIEWS: Books and albums

PONOPONO GIRLS' SCHOOL DROPOUT By Dan Taulapapa McMullin