Hyphen Magazine and The Asian American Writers’ Workshop are hosting the fourth annual Asian American Short Story Contest. This contest, with a grand prize of $1000, publication in Hyphen magazine, and the honor of short story of the year, is open to all writers of Asian descent living…
The creative force behind Secret Identities–the comic book anthology of Asian American superheroes–have started SIUniverse for Japan, an online auction to raise money for the ongoing relief efforts in Japan. Items up for bid include comics, books, action figures, CDs, DVDs, etc.–all donated by the creative talent behind…
The news is out: the script for the live-action adaptation of the manga classic Akira has been sent to a short list of actors that includes Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, James MacAvoy, Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake and Joaquin Phoenix. Take a moment to read…
Yes, it is finals week (if you couldn’t tell from the reduced number of my posts), and I have an essay due tomorrow as well as a final that I have not yet started studying for. But I would be remiss in my ~*American manners*~ if I did…
I totally forgot to talk about LCC’s Epic FAIL show last week, which is too bad, because it was pretty awesome. Here’s another event that, while not arts and entertainment related, will probably be as awesome: Ethnic Studies Now! at UCLA and Beyond. A symposium on the state…
The Chin Chens is a television show that details the life of a loving but unique family. They are unique because the family members come from different ethnic backgrounds. The father is Chinese and the mother is Vietnamese. THey have three children, two of whom have chosen to…