Category Archives: pop culture
Book reviews: End-of-summer reads about JAs and Japan
When the Japanese Canadian newspaper Nikkei Voice asked me to write about my favorite recent books related to Japan, I realized that I’ve read some books in the past year that I never got around to writing about, and was also finishing an innovative new book, or to be precise, a new ebook. In any […]
Being JA v2.0 is here, and I’m so glad to be JA!
During a recent trip to San Francisco to attend the annual conference of the Asian American Journalists Association, I squeezed in two readings from the new revised edition of my book, “Being Japanese American.” The two events reminded me why I wrote the book in the first place and why I love speaking to JA […]
“Fresh Off the Boat” could be the tipping point on TV for Asian Americans
There’s a new ABC sitcom being aired starting in February that I can hardly wait to see. I’m hoping “Fresh Off the Boat” will finally be a show where I can see people like me acting the way my family acts, with funny American situations but filtered through an Asian cultural perspective. I expect it’ll […]
Want to get a photo in v2.0 of my book, “Being Japanese American?”
Japanese American friends: Help me make the revised edition of “Being Japanese American” the best book it can be! I’m looking for photographs of the Japanese American experience, to include in the revised 2015 edition of my book, “Being Japanese American.” Not just portraits but photos that capture our lives as JAs. Here are some […]
Sandra Oh’s next career move: producing, raising funds for animated feature “Window Horses”
Earlier this year, Sandra Oh made a graceful exit from the hit television series “Grey’s Anatomy” after 10 seasons as the talented, loyal, driven and mercurial surgeon Cristina Yang. In the final episode of the 10th season, Oh’s character left the Seattle hospital where the drama takes place, and took a job at a clinic […]
