Issue 15: Road Trip - Fall 2008
Features
Reflections on life where there are no Chinatowns, where sushi is made with 'whaat rahs' and where Asian Americans can be black or white.
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Seven years after 9/11, Asian Americans reflect on how their lives and communities have changed.
Artwell
Graffiti, calligraphy and sumi inks influence work of mural painters.
First Person
A Chinese American woman weighs good will against personal mores in considering egg donoration.
Music
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Talking Through Tin Cans
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Hip-hop artist Nomi's social conscience flows with the Filipino American community.
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Film
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Socheata Poeuv's New Year Baby documents her family's return to Cambodia's killing fields.
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Books
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Revolutionary Political and Cultural Ties Between African Americans and Asian Americans
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A Quest for Love in the New India
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A hospital full of Asian American doctor-writers is reviving the medical narrative genre.
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Digital Culture
On the hunt for virtual Asian American communities.
FRONT OF THE BOOK
A visual landscape of Asian American cultural influences in mainstream America.
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From Peru to New Zealand, author Jennifer 8. Lee traveled the world in search of the best Chinese restaurant outside of China.
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Hyphen's sensei of sensibility answers your questions about Asian culture.
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How to make your own movie-esque road trip.
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Melissa Li and Kit Van's Good Asian Drivers tour is unleashing powerful queer spoken word and folk songs across the country.
Media & Pop Culture
More TV ads are featuring Asian Americans, but are they debunking stereotypes?