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Topic “Issue 24: Survival”

The Last Page: Game Show Survival!
Louie Chin | Tue, May 8th- 4:48pm | Comics, Issue 24: Survival, Comic

Filling the Void

Above: Dinh V. Nguyen, the 61-year-old owner of the Ocean View shrimp boat in Biloxi, MS, said there has been no work since the BP oil spill. It costs roughly $5,000 to $7,000 to outfit a vessel before leaving dock, Nguyen said, and if the US...

Corky Lee | Fri, May 4th- 4:40pm | Community, Exposure, Issue 24: Survival, History, Media, Photography

It's Complicated

ANGIE WANG describes herself as an "illustratress and cartoonista," a nod to the influence of fashion and comics in her work. The Portland, OR-based artist is compelled by feelings of terror and regret, particularly in horror and science fiction...

Sita Kuratomi B... | Tue, May 8th- 12:46pm | Art & Design, Artwell, Issue 24: Survival

The Understudy

You tell people that you are a serious actor. That even though you have the range to tackle comic roles, that you excel at the dramatic. You feel justified in telling people this because as you sit on the empty stage with the other cast members,...

Timothy Tau | Tue, May 8th- 4:27pm | Issue 24: Survival, Fiction

An Identity Under Wraps

Growing up in Northern California, I remember chatting with my father as he tied his pagri. We started in the bathroom where he brushed and tied up his beard under his chin. We then moved to the dresser mirror in my parents’ bedroom, where he...

Meeta Kaur | Wed, May 9th- 9:54am | Issue 24: Survival, First Person

The Learning
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Ian Wang | Sun, Nov 13th- 3:23pm | DVD, Issue 24: Survival

Clap Your Hands to the Geek

Adam Warrock — the Korean American attorney turned pop culture-obsessed rapper who won 2011’s Kollaboration Atlanta, the city’s annual Asian American talent show — is nothing if not hard to define. Whether rapping about This American Life’s Ira...

Sylvie Kim | Tue, May 8th- 3:43pm | Music, Issue 24: Survival

Oh, This Old Thing?

Growing up in 1980s Southern California, Minh-Ha Pham remembers accompanying her mother as she shopped. But instead of returning with arms full of shopping bags, her mother brought back a head filled with inspiration. “We were poor so we didn’t...

Lisa Wong Macabasco | Tue, May 8th- 12:32pm | Fashion, Style, Issue 24: Survival

Hustle and Grow

In the spring of 2009, three guys stood over a five-gallon paint bucket holding seven fresh oyster mushrooms. University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business students Alex Velez and Nikhil Arora were in the kitchen of Alice Waters’...

Jeff Kang | Tue, May 8th- 5:09pm | Food, Issue 24: Survival

Watch This

Whether to fundraise, bring awareness to the rescue of North Korean refugees or help build the first secondary school in Lenana, Kenya, Eddie Lee knows how to make viral videos that captivate the public.

Angela Pang | Wed, May 9th- 1:12pm | President Obama, Q+A, social media, video, youtube, Activism, Q+A, Issue 24: Survival, Media

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