Hey, everybody. I'm back from vacation, fresh from many crazy adventures in the Motherland. I wouldn't call it a very relaxing trip, but I definitely appreciated the break. A huge thanks to all the wonderful guest bloggers who stepped up and contributed some really awesome entries while I was away. To recap, check them all out here:
Helen Gym: a new school year begins at south philly high
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai: kindness over genius
Brian Hu: who's allowed to be angry?
Kristina Wong: going green the wong way
Hari Kondabolu: fuck joel stein!
Ling Woo Liu: why korematsu day is important
Konrad Ng: the call of the mall
Eddie Kim: k-town's groundbreaking reality show
Parry Shen: the "don" scene
Pierre Kim: dear metrodad
Bobby Choy: random big phony
Oliver Wang: the ballad of chol soo lee
Lynn Chen: eat food. not too much. mostly chinese.
Kathy Khang: teaching leaders to understand social media
Jerry Ma: su*per*he*ro
Far East Movement: inspiring angry asian women
Kristina Wong: five reasons why I need you to be a "pawn-of-the-man" button pushing automaton through the month of september
Michael Kang: 3g upgrade
Joy Osmanski: roundtrip
L.S. Kim: back-to-school and the art of choice
David Choi: youtube and the asian movement
Tanzila Ahmed: from roots to city hall
Randall Park: fresh kid ice
Ryan Suda: a trip to knott's berry farm
Bao Phi: the yellow plague: asians and asian americans in post-apocalyptic and zombie fictions
Paula Yoo: roundtable interview on multicultural lit
Phil Wang: racism on youtube videos??
Karin Wang: the more things change, the more they stay the same - the asian american and "hot button" issues chapter
Gene Luen Yang: the illustrious and superlative fu chang
Jay Chen: confucius say... don't hate
Thanks again! I owe you all a drink. Now, back to blogging as usual. I came home to a massive pile of emails, and I have quite a bit to catch up on. Unfortunately, jet lag is seriously kicking my ass, so this is going to be slow. Your patience is appreciated.