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Saif Ansari
Really, Abercrombie? Did you have to act a fool again? I get it: Hijabs don't exactly jive with the whole “mostly nude, mostly white, 20-something surfer...

Sylvie Kim | Wed, Nov 9th- 2:12pm | Front of the Book, Issue 24: Survival

Issue 23: The Bittersweet Issue Teaser Party in Los Angeles
Photos by Jeff Wong

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Hatty Lee | Mon, Nov 7th- 12:52pm | Front of the Book, Events, Issue 24: Survival

In April 2010, Akito Yoshikane was invited to edit Redux, Hyphen's section about the perennially hot-button topic of Asian Americans and the media.

Lisa Wong Macabasco | Mon, Oct 31st- 3:53pm | Front of the Book, Issue 23: Bittersweet

Catherine Traywick
Most of the designers author Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu interviewed (including notables like Phillip Lim, Derek Lam and Doo-Ri...

Sylvie Kim | Mon, Oct 31st- 2:44pm | Front of the Book, Ask a Model Minority Suicide, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Media, Politics, Race, TV

Biggest Loser Star Ada Wong Adjusts to Life After Reality TV

Ada Wong has gone from a 259-pound project coordinator to an athlete in training, a People magazine health columnist and a public figure in the health and fitness realm.

Sylvie Kim | Tue, Nov 8th- 4:23pm | Ada Wong, Biggest Loser, Front of the Book, Culture, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Immigration, Media, Profiles, TV

All That Jazz

Writer Angela Pang

Physicist, mathematician, composer and one of today's most acclaimed jazz artists — pianist Vijay Iyer is a modern-day renaissance man.

Angela Pang | Fri, Jul 29th- 12:52pm | Front of the Book, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Music, Profiles

Speaking in Tongues

Fresh out of college, I used to put "spoken word poet" on my resume. I know — this is the equivalent of adding something like "mime" or  "bucket drummer" to your work experience — but did I mention I was an angsty Asian college kid in...

Dino-Ray Ramos | Mon, Oct 31st- 3:59pm | Activism, Front of the Book, Issue 23: Bittersweet, Performing Arts

Rising Sons: Far East Movement Is Doing Big Things and Staying Fly

Far East Movement is the first Asian American group to top the charts with their song about big-time ballin’, replete with champagne bottle service, dancing ladies and a top-of-the-line Gulfstream plane.

Nicki Sun | Fri, Apr 1st- 3:11pm | Far East Movement, Front of the Book, Issue 22: Throwback, Music, Performing Arts

I See Asian People

In 1985, I was taken on a treasure-seeking adventure with Mikey, Brand, Mouth, Chunk, Andy, Stef, Sloth, the Fratellis and Data. If you are an ‘80s child, are drawn to retro cult appeal or just like the act of doing the truffle shuffle, then you...

Dino-Ray Ramos | Sun, Mar 6th- 10:09am | Front of the Book, Film, Issue 22: Throwback, Media, Race, TV

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