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Mar 28, 2017 Anarchy in Asian America at USC with Gregg Araki, Jon Moritsugu, and Roddy Bogawa

by Martin Wong

On Friday, I attended a panel of underground filmmakers called Anarchy in Asian America featuring Gregg Araki (Totally Fucked Up, The Doom Generation, Mysterious Skin), Jon Moritsugu (Mod Fuck Explosion, Fame Whore, Scumrock), and Roddy Bogawa (Junk, Some Divine Wind, I Was Born, But...

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Oct 21, 2016 Imprint Picks: And China Has Hands

by Martin Wong

Is forensic literature a thing? Last night I went to a book release event celebrating the work of H.T. Tsiang, an uncompromising self-published novelist whose works have been uncovered and republished by indie house Kaya Press. And China Has Hands was originally released in 1937 and provides a laundryman's view of New York's Chinatown. I...

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Nov 24, 2014 8 Quesions with: Sunyoung Lee of Kaya Press

by Martin Wong

Of course, I would eventually meet Sunyoung Lee. She and I dove into indie publishing around the same time and have specialized in digging up and sharing Asian and Asian American culture that isn't lame. And she happens to be the publisher at Kaya Press, which not only released my friend Ed Lin's badass debut...

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Nov 18, 2014 Night Market Noir: Ed Lin, Naomi Hirahara, and Steph Cha talk murder

by Martin Wong

My pal Ed Lin was in SoCal last weekend to attend Bouchercon, an annual gathering of mystery writers and fans from around the world. Did you know about that scene? I didn't and and totally should have checked out the annual event because it was based in Long Beach this time around. Crap. Luckily, Ed...