The Conversation
- Literature and Religion: Podcast with Kobukson (25)
- MojoRider: kobukson, thanks for your thoughts. to me, it’s one big epistemlogical mystery. Something happened...
- kobukson: correction: Scripture does NOT hold the view that matter=evil.
- kobukson: Mojorider: Kobukson, you had touched briefly upon Jesus being a feminist….very interesting. The Gnostic...
- Why Do Asian People Have Bad Eyesight? (1)
- B: Hi, this is actually a very good post – I was adopted from Korea and I have glaucoma…since I was a...
- YA Literature/Someone Like Summer by M.E. Kerr (23)
- jaehwan: Done!
- RiceCakeRabbit: :-s Sorry for the double post, feel free to delete one or the other…
- jaehwan: Sorry, RCR, my spam filter is weird. It’s supposed to be “learning” how to better identify...
- White on Rice (Review) (14)
- A handful of sugar, a pinch of salt, and a liter of water (15)
- Why Parents Hate Parenting (10)
- TZ: @ Leon: I love other people’s kids too but I’m not so good with them. At a company function I once...
- jaehwan: Alpha, I totally agree. I know lots of people who succumb to the pressure/promises of kids being some kind...
- MojoRider: I’ve no experience in being a father, I have no children of my own, but I am a godfather to a niece...
- Agent Cho: The Mentalist (7)
- 1001 Cranes by Naomi Hirahara (Review) (5)
- jaehwan: Thanks, G! Do you actually teach these books, or is it more of just a library where kids are free to take...
- g: Nice review, and you’re right, there’s lots of Asian American writers these days who are writing for...
- King: I think it’s just missing the “l” at the end. http://www.ted.com/talks/ch...
- Japanese Hamburg and Japanese Spaghetti (13)
- jaehwan: Thanks, Leon and TZ! I think what I’m going to do is just make larger portions with my omurice and my...
- Leon: TZ- Dammit, yours sound much tastier than mine.
I also wanted more rice than what could fit inside the wrap.... - TZ: Instead of peas, I use corn. A little sweeter that way. And I use shitake mushrooms. I also don’t put the...
- David Blackwell, First Black Tenured Professor at Berkeley, Dies at 91 (2)
- Teaching Apple to Really "Think Different" (45)
- The People I’ve Slept With, opening in SF, LA, NYC (1)
- kobukson: It’s an Asian American romantic comedy, which, as most of you know, is kinda rare. There’s an Asian guy...
- The Asian Rake and Jamie Yeo in Singapore (118)
- Asian woman sues Steven Seagal for sexual assault (22)
- jaehwan: Segal should go to jail for his bad acting. Or maybe gaol…in Australia.
- The Default Human Being (15)
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Category Archives: books
Blood in the Cage
I read Blood in the Cage this weekend. It’s the story of Pat Miletich and the UFC. Interesting content, and I liked Wertheim’s writing style. The story is basically the story of the fighters of the UFC, how they started … Continue reading
The Tree-Sitter
I picked up The Tree-Sitter by Suzanne Matson from the library–no recommendation, no big prizes (that I was aware of), no endorsements from any big name writers. I just read the synopsis on the front inset of the cover–story about … Continue reading
Miles from Nowhere
(picture from Nami Mun’s Facebook Group) Yes, the Asian girl runaway who becomes a drug addict and streetwalker has been done before. Yes, there’s no way that this novel will become a rallying cause for Asian American activists–”Another story about … Continue reading
Bitter and Sweet
I finished Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. It was a good book, very sweet and very cute. As one interviewer said of Jamie Ford’s book, it was written about a time when love was really love, and … Continue reading
Raising my Asian kids Jewish
I saw this story on the Omamas blog: A talk with Wendy Mogel, author of ‘Blessing of a Skinned Knee.’ The author is giving a talk at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center this Thursday (tomorrow) the 7th. I hadn’t heard of … Continue reading
My next Amazon purchase (along with the aforementioned Secret Identities)
(See Jamie Ford’s with Borders interview here.) I’d like to take a moment to embarrass some of my contributors. A few months ago, Winnovative, MinorityMilitant, Larry, and Jason sent me an Amazon.com certificate out of the blue. I was totally … Continue reading
CaucAsian PlayBoy/Better CaucAsian Kid
I saw this video while doing research on another book (which I’ll talk about soon). Nine year old Alec Greven wrote a book called “How to Talk To Girls.” It reminded me a lot of those Asian Pick Up Artist … Continue reading
Deep Pockets and Asian American Culture
(image from here) The NY Times had a great editorial about Bernard Madoff and the allure of money: If Looks Could Steal. In the editorial, Daphne Merkin, sister of a Madoff investor, talks about how we as a society respect … Continue reading
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Some Good News on the Community and Economic Front
Library usage up. At least something good is coming from this horrible economy. Will this create the educational revolution that we’ve all been hoping for since W brought his proud ignorance into the White House eight years ago? Could it … Continue reading
People Who See Dead People
(Picture from Amazon) I’ve been burning through books this week. Two books and half the fiction section of a lit journal in three days so far, and I’m about to start another book. After the next book or two, I … Continue reading
