Searching for Susie Wong: A Great-Granddaughter’s Journey through Time, Space, and Imagination
By Linda Wing. Posted June 2, 2023. Introduction In this 1912 photograph, a woman sits still, her hair pulled back in a timeless style. She is wearing a shimmering silk jacket; her earrings and necklace are made of Chinese gold. She looks us right in the eye, serenely, with a hint of a smile on…
The Real Americans of World War II: Friends of the American Way
By Susie Ling. Posted June 1, 2023. “In the 1960’s at McKinley Junior High, kids would start fights with me because of what my father and my grandfather were doing,” said Christopher Carr. “When I became an officer for the Pasadena Police Department in the 1970s, Japanese Americans would stare at my name tag. When…
They Come At Night – Short Story by Charlie Chin
By Charlie Chin. Posted May 31, 2023. “Will you please stop and come to bed?” My wife is always annoyed at my habit of checking that the doors are locked, that the windows are shut, and that there’s a working night light in the hallway before I lie down. I don’t blame…
Reclaiming Our Radical Working-Class History During APAHM
by Eddie Wong. Posted May 24, 2023 I get it – Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) is a time to celebrate Asian Pacific American Pride, which takes many forms from corporate sponsorship of events (a not-so-subtle way of virtue signaling via product placement but still an improvement over ignoring us entirely) to community-based festivals…
MOSF 18.4: “Joy Ride” and Asian Pride!
“Joy Ride” dives into all our communal cringes and pulls out comic gold and Asian pride. It’s the kind of film that makes me say “we gonna be alright.” The girls’ (and nonbinary’s) trip from “Joy Luck Club” to “Joy Ride” teach us how to feel, speak and shout joy in that still developing language of Asian American that’s being birthed in our souls.
MOSF 18.3: CAAMFest 2023 Shorts – Finding Our Way Home in an Emotional Multiverse
There are 60 shorts in 14 programs in CAAMFest 2023. Here’s a review of some!
KDP – Union of Democratic Filipinos’ Rich History Illuminated in New Website: Interview with KDP Leader Melinda Paras
Interview by Rocky Garcia with Eddie Wong. Posted May 9, 2023. Introduction: In September 2022, the KDP Legacy Website was launched offering a comprehensive look at one of the most significant organizations in the Filipino American community and in the American Left. The website not only highlights the many organizing drives KDP conducted for Filipino…
Pu Tai – Short Story by Charlie Chin
by Charlie Chin. Posted May 8, 2023. I’m on my own during the weekends. My wife Esther is usually busy volunteering at the Jewish Temple, both our children, Alan and Susan, moved to Connecticut, so we only see them on birthdays and holidays. Every now and then, I use the free time to…
Jade Wave Rising Exhibit Demonstrates the Power and Beauty of Asian American Women
by Eddie Wong. Posted April 30, 2023 Jade Wave Rising: Portraits of Power curated by Yeu Q Nguyen is a powerful exhibit that offers a variety of creative expression in the visual and performance arts. This exhibit, presented by the Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA) and the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center (APICC), takes…
Seeing Ourselves at the Intersections: Interconnected Histories, Culture, and Art at the Cheech and Riverside Art Museum
by Celia Viramontes. Posted April 25, 2023. “[The] Japanese Mexican experience…there is very little documentation, there is very little record, and it’s not part of the national history so it’s hard for us to engage with these kinds of histories.” ”[i] Fig. 1. Photo: Kingo Nonaka, Tijuana 1933. (Courtesy of Nonaka Family Archive) The black and…