(Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times) Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times arts critic, wrote a piece about the controversy surrounding Penguin's recent publication of John Okada's "No-No Boy". Here's an excerpt: “My position is that Penguin should withdraw the distribution and recall all copies,”...
June 2014 reprint of 'No-No Boy' published by University of Washington Press Chris Fochs wrote a piece for NBC News about the controversy surrounding Penguin Random House's recent publication of John Okada's "No-No Boy."Read an excerpt: "Legalities aside, Wong said the publishing history of “No-No Boy”...
(AP Photo) The Los Angeles Times' Tracy Brown wrote a piece on the publication history of John Okada’s “No-No Boy,” and the backlash caused by Penguin Classics' recent publication of the book. Read an excerpt: “ ...
Photo by David Ryder for The New York Times Alexandra Alter wrote a piece for the New York Times about the history of John Okada's "No-No Boy", our work in the 70's to copyright and republish it, and the controversy surrounding Penguin's recent publication...
Frank Abe, Co-editor of "John Okada: The Life and Rediscovered work of the Author of No-No Boy," covered the campaign to get people, particularly academic faculty, to continue supporting the UW Press edition of "No-No Boy." Here's an excerpt: "Buyer beware: The edition of No-No Boy published by...
Do you like wine and film? Come and support The Red Badge Project (theredbadgeproject.org) in Walla Walla on June 30th. We'll have wine, winemakers, filmmakers, veterans, pilots, writers, readers, librarians, and actor Tom Skerritt all in one place! Click for more info and to buy tickets...
The University of Washington Graduate School interviewed me about how I work. This series was inspired by Lifehacker's How I Work. Read the interview. Back to Press...
This story by Mary Kollar appeared in "Perspectives" newsletter. A snippet: "A statue of the philosopher Giordano Bruno stands prominently in the Campo di Fiore in Rome. UW student Jordan DeSanto stands at the philosopher’s feet and teaches me, Professor Shawn Wong and 13 UW students about Bruno’s...
A piece that ran in Perspectives newsletter about the Red Badge Project: "When actor Tom Skerritt learned that more American soldiers were committing suicide than being killed in Afghanistan, and that many felt no one was listening to their story, he was determined to help. He...
A piece about a former student of mine, Jane Yang, and our time teaching basketball players in China. A snippet: "It’s a Tuesday afternoon in late September, and sophomore Jane Yang is teaching a classroom full of UW basketball players how to say “Beat Texas” in Mandarin....