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Love, Mon: 'My Mom is a Fob' in Print

Dot Lin - January 4, 2011

Taking inspiration from the January 4th release of My Mom is a Fob [1], the book based on the popular blog from creators Serena Wu [2] and Teresa Wu [3], the Asian American Writers' Workshop is throwing a mother-loving book bash that same day [4]

with the two authors plus luminaries such as novelist Ed Lin [5] (This Is a Bust), New York Times journalist Jennifer 8. Lee [6] and spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai [7] (listen to tracks from her new album Further She Wrote [8]). Everyone will be talking about his or her favorite mother-moments. Mom, this one's for you.

Tickets are still available, and bringing moms gets you a discount [9].

Mymomisafob.com [10] and its "sister" site Mydadisafob.com [11] feature funny, endearing and quirky communications (or, miscommunications) from Asian immigrant parents. Some of the emails and texts can be rather wacky, but others ring frighteningly true to the second-generation experience.

Click here for my favorite "mom" moment [12] and "dad" moment [13] from the sites. Someone should write a book on how Asian parents embrace the melodrama in life with unbridled enthusiasm. I mean, just watch the Asian soap operas. I do!

Recently, my mother sent me a package with a note on which was hastily written, "Love, Mon." (An equally hasty "Love, Mon" email, probably typed in a panic, followed shortly thereafter). It amused me to envision her in such a hurry that she would type/write her own name wrong. I mean .. not that "Mom" is her actual name. Oh, Mon...

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Links
[1] http://www.amazon.com/My-Mom-Fob-Earnest-Asian-American/dp/039953640X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1294115271&sr=8-1
[2] http://serenastudio.com
[3] http://byteresawu.com
[4] http://aaww.org/index.html#january4
[5] http://www.edlinforpresident.com/
[6] http://www.jennifer8lee.com/
[7] http://www.yellowgurl.com/
[8] http://kellytsai.bandcamp.com/album/further-she-wrote
[9] http://www.aaww.org/
[10] http://mymomisafob.com
[11] http://mydadisafob.com
[12] http://mymomisafob.com/2008/10/23/all-in-a-days-work/
[13] http://mydadisafob.com/2009/09/05/crazy-hypothetical-situations
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