The Conversation
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (20)
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Max: hmmm…I have a hard time believing “Asian Dude” is in fact Asian.
- Asian Dude: So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? Seems to me like a mountain 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” (20)
Tag Archives: Writing
YA Literature/Someone Like Summer by M.E. Kerr
As a writer, it’s always good to read words of other writers–to get ideas on delivery, to develop a sense of rhythm, and to see different perspectives. I’ve mostly been reading literary fiction, so I decided to take a break … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Writing, books
Tagged M.E. Kerr, racism, Someone Like Summer, Writing, YA Literature
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Ed Lin Writer's Workshop on Monday, May 3rd–AAJA, Thymos, and Friends of Portland Chinatown
If you’re in Portland on May 3rd and you love writing, you will want to attend the Ed Lin Writer’s Workshop, presented by the Asian American Journalists Association–Portland and Thymos, co-sponsored by Friends of Portland Chinatown. It is a writing … Continue reading
J.D. Salinger, RIP
J.D. Salinger, Rest in Peace. I loved his writing style in Catcher in the Rye, and his short stories were amazing for their boldness, imagination, and (believe it or not) symmetry. One last thing about Mr. Salinger. Everyone writes for … Continue reading
Show me the money
Saw this post by Phillip at offendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com. I found it through TMM who found it through AAM, and now it’s here on BW (oh wow, I didn’t realize that my site has the same initials as my name. Wow.) In … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American, Writing
Tagged Asian American, independent film, media, movies, Writing
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3 Steps to Novel Writing
(pic from here) Continuing our Strategy and Motivation series, Alpha-Asian has written about Overcoming Writer’s Block. As you all know, Alpha is a successful writer for bodybuilding magazines, as well as a successful self-publisher of fitness books. As an author, … Continue reading
Holden Caulfield shows his age
I don’t have time for a real Fathers Day post, so this will have to do for now. I saw this interesting article this morning about the Catcher in the Rye. The gist of the article is that kids these … Continue reading
Ray Bradbury in action
88 years old and still fighting. That’s how I hope to be. Ray Bradbury is fighting, speaking, and fundraising for public libraries in California. The famous sci-fi writer is helping to save the libraries, which are suffering due to declining … Continue reading
Writing Ethnicity
I saw this blog post from a gay White male author named Michael Thomas Ford on how it’s assumed that authors always write characters of their own race. This goes back to a point we made a while back about … Continue reading
Medium's Genius Screenwriting and Acting
If you didn’t catch the last Medium, you need to. Check it out here (look at the episode list and click on “Bring Me the Head of Oswaldo Castillo.) Not only was it an awesome episode; it also had a … Continue reading
