Just heard from the editors at the Missouri Review. Now I know when my short story, “Tomorrow in Shanghai,” will be appearing. It’s this March in the Spring 2010 issue! Here’s the first line of the story as a teaser: “Zhang Xiaobing would not have called himself a bad person, should anyone have been given [...]
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SF Urban Waterfall Video
Posted in Asian American Art, movies, pictures, Uncategorized, video, tagged San Francisco films, San Francisco Muni, Ts'ai Ming-liang, waterfall on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This video clip reminds me of imagery from a Ts’ai Ming-liang film. Muni Waterfall (It’s actually flooding in the San Francisco Van Ness MUNI station.) Props to my friend, the designer George Lew, for sending me the link. He knows I love Ts’ai Ming-liang films…and ironic images.
Rick Steves & China A to Z
Posted in China, Chinese women, family, Interviews, Questions from readers, U.S.-China relations, Uncategorized, winberg chai, tagged China economy, China travel, Chinese women, Interviews, Olympics, One Child Policy, Rick Steves, Travel, Travel tips, U.S.-China relations on November 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was interviewed by travel guru Rick Steves for his radio show about the book CHINA A TO Z, which I co-authored with my father. However, I just realized that I never put a link to that interview on my blog. So here it is, folks! You can listen to the hour-long radio show or [...]
China A to Z in China Sprout catalog!
Posted in China, photos, pictures, Uncategorized, tagged China, China A to Z, China catalogs, China Sprouts on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was happily surprised to find that the popular catalog on all things Chinese (from calendars, dolls, clothes and books, etc.), is carrying our book China A to Z. China A to Z link If you have sharp eyes, you will notice the covers are slightly different! (No, I’m not going to tell you what’s [...]
Cool Disgrasian blog I started reading
Posted in Uncategorized on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I only recently found http://www.disgrasian.com/, a very cool blog written by Jen Wang and Diana Nguyen. Their blog covers everything from how come an iPhone’s voice recognition app can’t recognize the surname *Nguyen*? to sex traffickers in the news to cool pop culture stories. Their motto: You’re a disrace. To the race. Very witty posts. [...]
Does Hollywood Hate Asians?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Anna May Wong, Asian Americans, Bruce Lee, Chow Yun-fat, Clint Eastwood, Gran Torino, Hollywood, Hollywood Asians, Iris Chang, Jet Li, Keanu Reeves, Lucy Liu, Maggie Cheung, Media, Michelle Yeoh, movies, yellowface, Yuki Kudo on September 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I recently wrote this article “Does Hollywood Hate Asians?” for The Jakarta Post’s Weekender Magazine (August 2009 issue). Many people in Asian nations are perplexed why there aren’t more (any?) Asian stars in America, whereas there are stars of so many other races and ethnicities. Indeed, it is a mystery…or is it? [Please note: In [...]
GLAMOROUS ASIANS study guide
Posted in Asian Pacific American, Saving Sourdi, Study Guide, Uncategorized, tagged Asian American Literature, book club questions, Glamorous Asians, Saving Sourdi, Study Guide, Teaching guide on May 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My publisher requested that I come up with a list of questions that could be used by teachers and students discussing my book GLAMOROUS ASIANS: SHORT STORIES & ESSAYS. I’ve put the questions here in case readers are interested. I’m also going to include a pdf file for teachers that will be easy to download [...]
HAPA GIRL video on University Press blog
Posted in Uncategorized on April 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Found out today that Temple University Press is featuring my home movie/reading video for HAPA GIRL on the new blog for the Press! You can check it out here: http://templepress.wordpress.com/
