Category Archives: Editor’s Notes
The Year of the Tiger Mother: An Amerasia Journal-Hyphen Magazine Online Collaboration
Amerasia Journal is pleased to join forces with Hyphen Magazine‘s “Across the Desk” blog to crosspost a series of commentaries on Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which first appeared in the print version of the current issue … Continue reading
More Asian American perspectives on 9-11: Asian American Literary Review special issue
Our friends at The Asian American Literary Review have just published their latest issue commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9-11. Please see the press release from AALR below for information about the special issue, which includes the journal’s contact information… … Continue reading
“Word & Image: Russell C. Leong”
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press announces the release of a special issue of Amerasia Journal marking the retirement of long-time Senior Editor Russell C. Leong. Guest edited by James Kyung-Jin Lee (Asian American Studies, UC Irvine) and King-Kok … Continue reading
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Amerasia Journal Events at AAAS in New Orleans, Friday, May 20, 2011
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the Amerasia Journal editorial staff would like to invite you to two special events at the Association for Asian American Studies annual conference in New Orleans. (1) AAAS Roundtable “Amerasia Journal: Past, Present, … Continue reading
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Historical Note: Japanese Americans Support Black Civil Rights Struggle
Twenty years after Japanese Americans had left the World War II concentration camps, the Black Civil Rights and Black Power Movements stirred Japanese Americans into a four-year movement to repeal the law that gave the U.S. President executive fiat to … Continue reading
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Frank Emi of Heart Mountain Draft Resisters Passes On
Frank Emi, one of the prime movers of the Heart Mountain Draft Resisters, passed away on December 1, 2010. His funeral will be December 10, 2010 at the Nichiren Buddhist Temple, 2810 East Fourth Street, Los Angeles at 10:00 a.m. … Continue reading
Russell C. Leong E-Book Series Demo
For those of you interested in the Russell C. Leong Literary E-Book Series and want to know what an E-Book is, we filmed a demo of what it looks like as an app on the iPad. We will be developing … Continue reading
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“Is the World Becoming More Free?”
Thinking about my friends’ children, what kind of a world they would inherit? Would the world be more free? What form would democracy take, East or West? What would my child dream? When my child grew up, would their sweat … Continue reading
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Introducing The Russell C. Leong Literary E-Book Series
Russell Leong writes: The E-Book Series will continue the UCLA tradition of publishing Asian America’s most distinguished literary writers. Amerasia has published stories, letters, poetry, essays, and interviews by and with: Carlos Bulosan, Frank Chin, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jessica Hagedorn, … Continue reading
Welcome! Amerasia Enters the Big Blog Universe!
Welcome to the Amerasia Journal blog! We’ve launched a transnational blog to expand the Amerasia‘s universe of writers, readers, scholars, cultural workers, and activists. You are “the ones we have been waiting for,” to paraphrase Alice Walker. Now: Hot-button topics … Continue reading
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