I recently discovered that krabarchive.com has archived recordings from the 1976 Pacific Northwest Asian American Writers Conference. KRAB-FM was a Seattle based non-commercial, volunteer-run radio station that was on the air from 1962 to 1984. KRAB Production Assistant Karen Berge coordinated, recorded and produced the 1976...
I'm mentioned in this New Yorker article in which "a literary critic and a psychotherapist study broken narratives and missing words to understand what a diverse cohort has in common." Read an excerpt: "In 1971, the writer Shawn Wong was browsing a used bookstore when he came...
Left to right: Frank Chin, Myself, and Ben Fee at the Oakland Museum during the 1975 Asian American Writers Conference, organized by CARP (Photo by Pok Chi Lau). Vince Schleitwiler asked prominent writers and scholars, myself included, to recommend our favorite overlooked pieces of Asian American...
Tracy Brown wrote an article for Tribune News Service concerning the controversy of Penguin Classics' publication of John Okada's "No-No Boy." Here's an excerpt: "Wong says the publication history behind 'No-No Boy' is an important part of Asian American history and that Penguin has disregarded that part...
Northwest Asian Weekly's Mahlon Meyer interviewed me about my battle with Penguin Random House over the copyright of John Okada's "No-No Boy." Read an excerpt: "University of Washington (UW) professor and novelist Shawn Wong last week said his battle with Penguin Random House over the copyright...
Photo by Lydia Ely Thelonious Goerz wrote an article for The Daily of the University of Washington about the recent outrage and legalities surrounding Penguin Random House's publication of "No-No Boy" by John Okada. Read an excerpt: "According to Wong, after he had alleged that Penguin had violated...
The ASA released a statement in support of Univeristy of Washington Press's edition of John Okada's "No-No Boy." Here's an excerpt: "We encourage our members to use the occasion of this renewed attention – however contestatory – to No-No Boy to (re)engage the novel. The themes prominent in it, including...
My original mail orders for the 1976 CARP edition of No-No Boy. Photo by Tara Fickle. Vince Schleitwiler wrote a piece for International Examiner about the publication history of John Okada's "No-No Boy" and the social media storm caused by Penguin Classics' decision to publish their...
Photo from Densho In this excerpt from "John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered Work of the Author of No-No Boy," I recount discovering "No-No Boy" and the process of getting republished. Here's a snippet: "There was no Asian American studies. I was the only Asian American writer...
Photo of John Okada South China Morning Post wrote an article about the copyright and moral concerns surrounding Penguin's recent publication of John Okada's "No-No Boy." Read an excerpt: “Penguin’s edition not only tramples on my copyright for the Okadas but also sidesteps paying royalties to the...