Bobby Lee Sighting

April 12, 2007

He sat down a couple tables away from me. I knew he was in town to promote his new movie Kickin' it Old School because Hyphen had an interview scheduled with him. I was way distracted from my meal (and usually it's hard to distract me from food) because I think he's hilarious. Just thinking about him kind of cracks me up. I thought about introducing myself to him. I guess I have an excuse since I'm the editor of a magazine, but I always feel lame about bothering famous people.

Anyway, there's a good story about Bobby Lee in Jeff Yang's Asian Pop column this week: Mad Man.

And stay tuned to Hyphen for our interview with him, coming soon.

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In non-Bobby Lee related news, I'll be speaking at Oberlin College this weekend for their heritage month celebration (which is a month early). They have a bunch of events scheduled through the month, which is themed "Arts, Activism and Asian America." I'll be speaking about ethnic media. Saturday, April 14th, 1:30 pm at Wilder Hall. Hope to meet some Hyphen readers there!

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Melissa Hung

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Melissa Hung is the founding editor of Hyphen. She was the editor in chief for the magazine's first five years and went on to serve in many other leadership roles on the staff and board for more than a decade. She is a writer and freelance journalist. Her essays and reported stories have appeared in NPR, Vogue, Pacific Standard, Longreads, and Catapult, among others. She grew up in Texas, the eldest child of immigrants. Find her on Twitter and Instagram.