“Music and singing keep us alive, give us hope. If we can feel, we know we can live.”
― Viet Thanh Nguyen, The Sympathizer

 

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Calypso Editions Author Interview.  (May 11, 2021) – For insights into the making of Wild Geese Sorrow, my publisher Calypso Editions interviewed me recently. I was asked about writing in general, political commitments, and current projects too. Thank you to Danielle Nouriazad who was a wonderful interviewer!

Beginnings of Asian Studies at UC Berkeley.  (May 4, 2021) – I was interviewed by students in Professor Harvey Dong’s Chinese American History class regarding my involvement in the forming of Asian American Studies at Berkeley. What an intelligent and awesome group! If you’re interested in history check it out here.

Beautiful artwork!  (February 25, 2021) – Go to my Online/Poetry page and look under Rusted Radishes: Beirut Literary and Art Journal for a series of four Angel Island poems with wonderful imagery. These pages were put together in 2020 by Rima Rantisi and the journal team in Lebanon. Thanks so much Rima!

Another new one.  (February 20, 2021) – Ethnic Studies Library, UC Berkeley launch of the Asian American Political Alliance Oral History Project online, with a personal interview on my involvement with AAPA and the 1969 TWLF Strike.

New page!  (January 30, 2021) – Ethnic Studies Review essay about a year ago on my personal experiences during the 1969 Third World Liberation Front Strike and the founding of Asian American Studies at UC Berkeley.