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Dec.07.2011
A Literary Harvest: featuring “New California” writers Andrew Lam, J. Tony Serra, STEPHEN MEADOWS, and WINNER of the James D. Houston Award, Mariah K. YoungFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media Contact: Natalie Mulford Tel: (510) 549-3564, ext. 309 Fax: (510) 549-1889 ...
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Oct.26.2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- Numerologists and The History Channel, known for its occult versions of world events, will have their heyday with two digits that, when arranged in certain sequence, foretold the fortunes of America. They are 9/11, of course, and now, 99:1.
The former entered American psyche like a...
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Sep.23.2011
New America Media, Commentary, Andrew Lam, Posted: Sep 23, 2011
SAN FRANCISCO -- “If you are going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.” So goes the hit song from 1967 that painted the city as a mecca of openness and freedom. Today, however, the lyrics might...
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Sep.08.2011
Post 9/11, Is Coming to America Still Worth the Journey?
New America Media, First Person, Andrew Lam, Posted: Sep 08, 2011
EDITOR'S NOTE: Shortly after September 11, 2001, New America Media editor and author Andrew Lam received a letter from his cousin in Vietnam, posing a...
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Aug.16.2011
Fifteen years ago when scientists postulated that a Martian meteorite named Allan Hills might contain evidence of microscopic fossils of bacteria, the news was received with a mixture of astonishment and skepticism. This week, NASA researchers supported that theory by finding evidence that suggests...
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Jul.13.2011
ANDREW LAM, ANGIE CHAU, and ISABELLE PELAUD
on Vietnamese American Identity, Literature and California
Start: Jul 14 2011 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm.
THE BOOKSMITH
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, California 94117
The San Francisco Chronicle described ANGIE CHAU's Quiet As They...
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Jun.15.2011
In the age of globalization, there’s a caveat that often rings true: “You know your culture is a big hit when somebody else is trying to sell it back to you!” Nowhere is this more obvious than the example of the run away box office smash, Kung Fu Panda, and its sequel. A wildly successful animation...
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May.09.2011
Matthew de MoraesGuest contributor to Nguoi Viet Tay Bac - A Vietnamese American paper in Seattle, Washington
When asked about the importance of the “gold boom” in California, one would most likely omit the effect it had on ethnic minorities- especially the Vietnamese living in the United...
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Apr.13.2011
http://asiasociety.org/events-calendar/maxine-hong-kingston-conversation-andrew-lam
Apr 21, 2011 | 6:00pm to 8:00pmNorthern CaliforniaMechanic’s Institute, 57 Post Street, San Francisco
Asia Society/Mechanics' Institute Members: free. Non-members: $12.
To register, please email rsvp@milibrary.org ...
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Mar.30.2011
In Japan’s most popular cultural genres known as manga (comic books) and anime (animation films and series), there’s a recurrent theme in which the country is routinely devastated.
Tokyo, home to more than 30 million people, is destroyed so often in the Japanese collective imagination there’s an...
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Mar.19.2011
http://newamericamedia.org/2011/03/letter-from-fukushima-a-vietnames
New America Media, First Person, Ha Minh Thanh, Posted: Mar 19, 2011
Editor’s note: This letter, written by a Vietnamese immigrant working in Fukishima as a policeman to a friend in Vietnam, has been circulating on Facebook among...
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Mar.13.2011
SAN FRANCISCO--What everyone’s been saying for a while about the Bay Area, the 2010 Census has confirmed. The East is acquiring greater weight in the life of the region because the Asian American population is surging. Politically and culturally, the result is something of a rumbling mid-Richter...
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Mar.09.2011
If you want to know all about Southeast Asian cultures, politics, history and diasporas, the Southeast Asian Diaspora Conference at San Francisco State is taking place March 10-11, and it is a free event.Discussions vary from Khmer arts to Hmongs’ resettlement in the West, from exploration of the...
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Feb.17.2011
1. Feb. 20th, 2011. Fresno
Valley Wordfest: Sunday, February 20th, 7:00 pm, Alice Peters Auditorium
http://mfafresno.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/valley-wordfest-sunday-february-20th-700-pm-alice-peters-auditorium-2/
Please join the San Joaquin Literary Association in kicking off SJLA’s first...
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Dec.23.2010
Andrew Lam, Vietnam-born author of "East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres" and "Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora,"l discuss the cultural consequences of immigration from Asia to the West including the effects of Asian taste, cuisine and martial arts on...
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About Andrew
Andrew is a syndicated writer and an editor with the Pacific News Service, a short story writer, and a commentator on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." He co-founded New America Media, an association of over 2000 ethnic media in...
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