By Leia Idliby May 21st, 2021, 10:42 am. Read the full article here. Teenaged Los Angeles band The Linda Lindas went viral for their performance celebrating AAPI Heritage Month, even gaining praise from Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello and Kid Cudi. The Linda Lindas — made up of Mila, 10, Eloise, 13, Lucia, 14, and Bela, 16 — […]
by Ellen Lee, AARP, May 18, 2021. Read the full article here. The story of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders is not a singular one. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders hail from more than 20 countries, reflecting a multitude of languages, traditions, cultures — and narratives. Collectively they represent the fastest growing racial group in the United States, […]
Read the full article here The literary nonprofit Aspen Words will host six writers over the next six months in Woody Creek, restarting a writers-in-residence program that had been on pause during the novel coronavirus pandemic. Five resident authors will give free public talks on the lawn of the Red Brick Center for the Arts […]
After the birth of her autistic child prevents a Korean-American woman from going to church, she beings a spiritual journey from Christian to pantheist. Read the original article. I would have made a good 17th-century melancholic. Even as a child I was dreary. I remember my mother yelling at me to smile more, like the […]
I am honored to be part of this important event that celebrates Asian American writers. Please read the following press release for more information. I hope you will join this Zoom call on Tuesday, March 30 1t 8:00pm (ET). Register here The Inaugural Katherine Min Fellowship Celebration will feature live readings and a memorial presented […]
When soldiers returned home, they brought with them stereotypes that became embedded in American culture “Fry ‘em out! Burn ‘em out! Cook ‘em!” You wouldn’t be faulted for guessing this dialogue is from a new cooking show. But it’s actually from the 1951 documentary, This Is Korea. Directed by distinguished filmmaker John Ford, the documentary was […]
Although the book is fiction, the main character Ellen experiences what I felt growing up in a non-ethnic community. Melanie shared that she wished she had known at the time that there was so much hate and prejudice in our community.
I keep reading about so many people who have identified with my book Finding My Voice. I am honored to be connecting to a new audience and helping so many find their own voice in a world full of noise. In a recent article in Minnesota Public Radio News (MPRNews) in partnership with Sahan Journal, […]
As a Asian-American writer in residence at Columbia University’s Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, I recently collaborated with Doug Chan, president of the Chinese Historical Society of America to write about multiple 19th-century outbreaks that caused San Francisco’s quarantine in Chinatown. While writing the article below, I realized that many of the […]