I recently heard from Kris R. Noam, a doctoral candidate in sociology at the University of California, Irvine, who is conducting research on second-generation American-born Chinese parents, and is looking for participants for her interview-based study. Here's a short blurb about her research:
We're getting poetic up here. It's time for another installment of Angry Poetry Corner, a regular weekly spotlight on the work of API poets -- not necessarily angry -- curated by Cara, our Angry Asian Intern. Because you could use a little more poetry in your life.
Sad news... Last week, search and rescue crews found the body of a man who disappeared and died while hiking in the Sierra Nevada: Missing San Rafael hiker found dead.
A little while ago, I wrote about the tragic death of Sho Funai, a 23-year-old engineer who was killed in a hit-and-run accident in Ocean Beach, San Diego earlier this year. Funai's family was calling for the judge to impose the maximum sentence on the driver who hit and killed him, then drove away.
It's looking like we might get to see both Harold and Kumar on television in the near future. 
Some tragic news of a suicide in Virginia... Last week in Colonial Heights, a military officer was found dead at a gun range. He apparently killed himself: Man who died at Colonial Heights shooting range identified as Fort Lee officer.
This week, the first court martial in the death of Private Danny Chen began in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Sergeant Adam M. Holcomb is one of eight soldiers implicated in the repeated physical attacks, mental abuse and racial taunts that ultimately drove Chen to take his own life: Army Prosecutor Details Racial Abuse That Preceded Soldier's Suicide.
So get this. The Library of Congress recently kicked off its multiyear "Celebration of the Book" with an exhibition, Books That Shaped America, exploring "the important and varied ways that books influence our lives." Yaaaay. I love books.
Calling all you lovely Angry Asian Poets! It's time to get even more poetic up in here. We want your poems to showcase on the Angry Poetry Corner. 
We're getting poetic up here. It's time for another installment of Angry Poetry Corner, a regular weekly spotlight on the work of API poets -- not necessarily angry -- curated by Cara, our Angry Asian Intern. Because you could use a little more poetry in your life.
Whoa. It's the end of an era. The Seattle Mariners have traded outfielder Ichiro Suzuki to the New York Yankees: Ichiro traded to Yankees.
Last week, news broke that administrators at UCSF have been dealing with a racially charged incident prompted by a noose found hanging in a storeroom earlier this month: Noose hung in UCSF warehouse.