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...
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....
I am one of the artists featured in “Mary Randlett Portraits," a book of intimate portraits. From UW Press: "Randlett's portraits are known for their effortless intimacy, illuminating her subjects as few ever saw them-something noted by many of those whom she photographed. The portraits are accompanied by...
This is an interview I gave about how and why I became a writer in the late 1960s, being one of the few Asian American authors at the time. Here, I also discuss my first novel, "Homebase."...
Here in this short video, I talk about the number one piece of advice I'd give university freshman — engage in an intellectual conversation outside of class with their professors and teachers....
This profile details my work with the Red Badge Project. The Red Badge Project is "a nonprofit in partnership with the military [which] teaches soldiers in the Warrior Transition Battalion to express themselves through photography, filmmaking and creative writing. The battalion is comprised of active-duty,...