Open Thread: What Do You Want from HYPHEN?

I'm writing this on Saturday, with a deep, shady hangover from our Issue 7 release party. Were YOU there? I drank a little too much. It was hard not to, because I got into a very exciting discussion with our Advisory Board member Sonny Le (whom I keep trying to get onto our blog). Sonny's one of those eyes-everywhere-ears-everywhere community consultants who has the breadth to see the big picture, and the detail-orientedness to have a thousand peculiar stories at his fingertips. He's a Hyphen type of guy.

In the space of an hour, Sonny came up with enough stories to fill the next two issues of Hyphen. It wouldn't kill us to have a few more Sonny Le's out there. So I'm opening up this space to hear about what you folks wanna know, the kinds of stories you wanna hear. Or the kinds of stories you wanna tell us, or that you want us to tell for you. How've we been doing? What do you think of our redesign? What stories have we been telling that you're glad you got to hear? What are we doing wrong? What's still missing? What terrific thing is happening in your neck of Asian American that we should know about? What have you got for us?

As we speak, Issue 7 is winging its way along the postal routes to our subscribers and the lovely indie newsstands that carry us. If you don't have a subscription, now's a great time! And check in here to help us shape your magazine!

Comments

Melissa wrote on Mon, 10/03/2005 - 2:29pm

I drank a little too much too. :)

Clara wrote on Thu, 10/06/2005 - 1:12pm

I thought the story with reality tv stars was funny. Didn't care much for the anthologies book story. Totally dry and boring.

m.s. wrote on Thu, 10/06/2005 - 2:22pm

that's a little harsh :( i do like the new design. it's much cleaner and easier to read. i do wish you'd do more profiles on people, though. i have to admit, i didn't read the anthologies thing, because there weren't any names i knew in it. (i'm shallow, i know ;))

Roshan wrote on Fri, 10/07/2005 - 3:54pm

I'll tell what i want Hyphen!My new issue...damn the mail is slow. I wanted to go to the party too but missed it. When's the next one?

Melissa wrote on Fri, 10/07/2005 - 4:58pm

Roshan, do you live locally? The mail is so unpredictable. Bulk Mail has strange rules and behaves bizarrely. I know some people as far away as New York have already gotten their issues in a week's time. Yet sometimes it takes 3 weeks.As to our next party, not sure yet. We might have an event in December.

Roshan wrote on Fri, 10/07/2005 - 11:04pm

I'm in Mountain View. Do all issues come in a manilla envelope? (The last one did, that's why i ask...)

erin wrote on Tue, 10/11/2005 - 3:07pm

this issue's coming in a white envelope.

dazvenginzks wrote on Fri, 08/01/2008 - 2:51pm

I've recently joined and wanted to introduce myself :)