Poet, scholar, Cubs fan. Author of DIASPORIC POETICS, 100 CHINESE SILENCES, RACE AND THE AVANT-GARDE; editor of Cambridge Companion to 21st C American Poetry.
Mar 31, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
4 more pre-1970 Asian American literary classics to read (that got left off my other thread): Hisaye Yamamoto, Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories; Toshio Mori, Yokohama, California; John Okada, No-No Boy; Chuang Hua, Crossings. Links in thread.
Hisaye Yamamoto, Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories rutgersuniversitypress.org/seventeen-syll…
Mar 31, 2021 • 13 tweets • 3 min read
Asian Americans have been here for over 150 years. So has our literature. From the poems of Angel Island to the first Japanese American novel, here’s a thread of 15 books of classic Asian American literature from before 1970.
Sui Sin Far, Mrs. Spring Fragrance and Other Writings press.uillinois.edu/books/catalog/…
Mar 29, 2021 • 18 tweets • 8 min read
Today's Asian American reading list: comics & graphic narratives! There's been an explosion of work by Asian American creators in recent years but the history goes back decades. Here's a thread of 15 books to get you started.
American Born Chinese by @geneluenyang us.macmillan.com/books/97803123…
Mar 28, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Grateful for this call to Black-Asian solidarity from Michael Eric Dyson. The reference to S.I. Hayakawa caught my eye, as Hayakawa is best known to folks in Asian American studies as a vocal opponent of the student activism that created ethnic studies. (thread)
Hayakawa was, as the Stevie Wonder song says, a prominent academic, but made his political name by trying to crush the Third World student strike as president of SF State in 1968-69. He became nationally famous by climbing on a protester sound truck to rip off the wires.
Mar 26, 2021 • 16 tweets • 8 min read
Poetry hasn't gotten much love on lists of Asian American books to read. Here's a thread of 15 classic & contemporary books by Asian American poets you should be reading right now.
Janice Mirikitani, Love Works @CityLightsBooks citylights.com/book/?GCOI=872…
Mar 21, 2021 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Twitter tells me it's #WorldPoetryDay. Here's a thread of 15 poems by Asian American poets to read & hear today. Feel free to add your favorites.
"Choi Jeong Min" by @fannychoir
Mar 20, 2021 • 22 tweets • 14 min read
Grateful to all of the Asian American scholars, writers, and activists, esp. Asian American women, who have been writing and speaking out in the media this week. Here's a thread of some of the best articles I've seen; feel free to add others I've missed.
By @DrJenHo: cnn.com/2021/03/17/opi…
