The Conversation
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (22)
- King: “So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? “ This is a common fallacy: The...
- Asian Dude: kinda funny how you all don’t even bother to debunk any of the points I bring up, you just fixate...
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Frank Chin debates Yunte Huang on the topic of Charlie Chan (9)
- Nancy: If Earl Derr Biggers made Charlie Chan more like the real Chang Apana (the Chinese detective in Hawaii that...
- Larry: Somebody give Yunte Huang his “Oriental 4 Life” card. Huang’s claim that Charlie Chan is an...
- neaato: goddamn! thank you bigwowo!!!!!! glad you shared w/ us this linkage. here was my comment to the commentators:...
- The Happy Post (21)
- RiceCakeRabbit: I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- N: @RiceCakeRabbit I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- RiceCakeRabbit: There is an essence of imprinting when it comes to the IR pairing disparity – and this is why the...
- B.J. Penn disappoints (5)
- jaehwan: Notty, I don’t know if you’ve seen this Bellator submission, but it’s pretty sick:...
- jaehwan: I agree. A point that someone made on one of the forums is that Edgar is really a featherweight, and he did...
- Nottyboy: I don’t want to write off Edgar yet. He has some really good takedowns and great speed. Still,...
- “This is a Bust” by Ed Lin (Review) (2)
- Podcast: URB4N talks about Interracial Relationships (86)
- etain: Yes, I meant that there were 24,000 more marriages involving Asian women than Asian men in 2008. And I still...
- MojoRider: jstele wrote: “Just date who you want. Who cares if there are more Asian women dating outside their...
- uRB4N: Oh, Jesus. Use some deductive reasoning for crying out loud. He obviously means 24,000 more Asian women than...
- Building Subcultures and Accepting Emotions (282)
- King: “How was that King? Enough f-bombs for you? You know certain topics just get me fired up.” Haaa!!!...
- AF/AM couple: N, No, I meant either AFs or AMs I come into contact with (so AF/AM), not an AF/WM couple, but I can...
- N: @AF/AM couple I assume you meant AF/WM in the first line? I got slightly confused reading it. But I do encounter...
- Western Schools in South Korea (10)
- dan: Not sure how I feel about this. If the entire city is more modern, clean, and well funded than any other...
- john: This is a bad idea. It will be like those Indonesian who don’t know Indonesia becuase their parent sent...
- mama nabi: This is interesting – my mom pitched this exact same idea (I remember helping her come up with a...
- A Great Wall (3)
- Dinobot: I heard from somewhere that the construction of Zheng He’s fleet deforested large parts of China,...
- Ngo Bao Chau, First Vietnamese Fields Medal Winner (4)
- Why Am I Doing This? (Review) (14)
- jaehwan: us_Asians, I had a few words to say about David Henry Hwang in the comment section of this post:...
- MojoRider: @us asians, indeed, Eva Cassidy is the best all around female vocalist I’ve ever heard. I...
- us asians: Just some additional thoughts + @Alpha Asian says: I agree with your comment that the “just felt right”...
- White on Rice (Review) (17)
- angrybritishchinese: @simon tsui The audience i saw it with were also rolling in the aisles and shitting bricks. but...
- Simon Tsui: I am disappointed in your review. I watched White on Rice in the movie theatre during the premiere in...
- Tiger Woods and His White Women (22)
- jaehwan: And then it was over. http://www.golf.com/golf/tours _news/article/0,28136,2012613, 00.html?hpt=T2 Sheesh,...
- Chinese economy surpasses Japan (6)
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (22)
Tag Archives: books
Where the Money Goes in Publishing
I’m literally years away from finding out what happens when you complete a novel and market it, but if you’re wondering exactly where the money goes when you buy a book at Barnes and Noble, click the image above or … Continue reading
Transparency by Frances Hwang
bigWOWO Rating: Asian American Gold Transparency is a collection of short stories written by Frances Hwang. I picked it up at the suggestion of Akrypti, who said that she loved Frances Hwang. The short stories contained within the book often … Continue reading
James Patterson, Inc.
There’s a great article in the NY Times Magazine this week about James Patterson, the country’s biggest selling author. I had seen his name in the bookstores, but holy cannoli, I had no idea how big Patterson was. I think … Continue reading
The New Art of Book Promotion
Most of the people on this site are either bloggers, writers, or both. I thought you all might find this Washington Post article interesting: Novice Authors Must Promote Themselves, Since Publishers Won’t. Here’s a paragraph and a half from the … 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
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
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
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