Book Review and Thoughts on “Water Tossing Boulders”
By Stan Lou OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates January 9, 2017 Some of you may know that I read and follow Chinese and Asian American literature faithfully and have written several book reviews. I am also an American…
Chinese American Authors: What They Write About and Why
Stan Lou led a round-table conversation about Asian American literature and explored ideas about what and why authors write in this genre. He was joined by Veronica Li, a long time OCA member and author of Confucius Says and Andrew Lam, a medical…
Andrea Yee: Stories from Gold Mountain — A Mother’s Tails
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV4z2lpSnEQ Andrea Yee from Berkley, California recounts stories of a son in California from the perspective of a mother's spirit. Part of the program at the DC Chinese Community Church by the 1882 Foundation after the Chinese Railroad Workers…
Panama Hotel – Asian American Authenticity in a Bitter Sweet Story
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Stan Lou, (first posted April 2, 2012) When I first read Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, written by Jamie Ford, I immediately placed in on my personal…
Excerpts about Talk Story from Writing Like an Asian
Writing like an Asian: Thoughts on writing, composition, and issues of identity by Jee Yoon Lee (from her November 29, 2013 blog) (Q1) How did you become involved with the 1882 Foundation and the Talk Story Events? The 1882 Foundation is a continuation…