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I agree with everything you said. About #1…I think...
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I wouldn’t say...
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Tag Archives: literature
The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas (Review)
bigWOWO rating: Literary Fiction GOLD
I need to begin by apologizing the Christos Tsiolkas, the Australian author of The Slap. Although I didn’t mention him or his book by name, a few posts ago I described his book as a great book but one not written in literary style, even though it was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize. I made that evaluation while being less than halfway through the book, and my reason for making that evaluation was that the language was straight-forward, there were lots of pop culture references, and I couldn’t yet see any deeper meaning. I said that I loved his book, and compared it to Nineteen Minutes by Jodi Picoult, another book that I love. Let that be a lesson–never judge a book by its first 200 pages (and I say this even though I LOVED the first 200 pages).
Kartika Wants to Find 500 Readers of Asian American Literature
TZ informed me about the 500 Project, where the Kartika Review is trying to get 10 Asian American readers of Asian American literature from each state in the U.S. to contact them. Check it out here. She wants you to send an e-mail to 500project@kartikareview.com and to list the following:
1. Full Name
2. Date of Birth
3. Ethnicity
4. Residence (City, State)
5. Occupation
6. Professional Affiliations (optional)
Then answer the following questions:
Universal Humans and the Privilege of Whiteness
In the YA Literature thread, King, Kobukson and I had an interesting discussion with Oriental Right, formerly known as Asian of Reason. Some of you remember AOR–he is a “human biodiversity” proponent from Johns Hopkins who believes that black people on average are not as intelligent as White people, and Asian men aren’t as masculine as White men. With all due credit to him, he defended these views in a podcast with me, Alpha, and King (who is black), which we recorded here: Podcast. Although everyone disagreed with his views and the logical leaps he took to stand behind his beliefs, people respected him for having the courage to step up.
Posted in Asian American, Features, Writing
Tagged human biodiversity, literature, racism, Writing
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Literature and Religion: Podcast with Kobukson
It’s been a LONG time since I’ve podcasted. Nearly a year. So I was happy to have been able to record a podcast with Kobukson. It was a great time, and I hope you’ll all give it a listen and hear what he has to say about literary sensibility and the values that come from religion. The podcast is 27.3 mb and runs for about an hour. Download it here, or play it here:
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Posted in Asian American, Podcasts
Tagged Asian American, Christianity, kobukson, literature, religion
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Some of the stuff I'm working on
As I mentioned in my last post about the Thymos book project, I finished my submission. Actually, I finished my first submission. I enjoyed writing it so much that I’m now working on a second submission. My second submission is an essay about why Asian American literature is different from mainstream lit, how it is similar to mainstream lit, and how I hope Asian Americans can join the dialogue when it comes to human issues, even though our situation is very unique. I’ve already rewritten the first page at least three times, so blog posts will continue to be more sporadic than usual.
Posted in Asian American, Podcasts, Writing
Tagged Asian American, literature, Portland, thymos
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The Ever Wistful Jaehwan
(Music above is Eye in the Sky by the Alan Parsons Project. It’s what I’m listening to right now.)
