05.23.08
Posted in journalism at 2:32 pm by william_lee_intern
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Chang-rae Lee protagonist is the author of “Free food for Millionaires.” She is a Korean-American writer who makes the people thinks in love, life choices and pride. She is a cum-laude at Princeton University, but she doesn’t have a job and is shopaholic. Her parent is immigrants and has a business of laundry store.
“Free Food for Millionaires” is about a young, tough girl in early 20’s pursuing to be based in New York, but as the story goes on it is more on telling the story about the characters around her. It tells about how perfect the characters in the story and to know that the usual racism problems would affect them.
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05.13.08
Posted in journalism at 5:07 pm by william_lee_intern
Book Launch in Historic Filipinotown
Friday, May 30 at 7:00pm
Remy’s on Temple
2126 W. Temple St., Los Angeles
Author:
Marisa de los Santos
Contact Information:
Filipino American Library (FAL)
135 N. Park View St., Historic Filipinotown, Los
Angeles, CA 90026-5215
Contact Person:
Jonathan Lorenzo
Administrator
Phone: 213-382-0488
Web: http://www.filipinoamericanlibrary.org
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Marisa de los Santos, a Filipino-American, is the bestselling author in New York Times. The books that she will be launching are entitled “Belong To Me” and “Love Walked In.” The books are about classy kind of love, about family, loss and hope…
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04.29.08
Posted in journalism at 11:45 am by william_lee_intern
As quoted by Kingston from L.A. Times “I come from a culture that dreams are a part of”…
Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese-American author who imagines big and uses Chinese mythology in her writings. The editor David Ulin described her writings as very American; this novelist from Oakland says she described China like the one from her thoughts.
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04.28.08
Posted in journalism at 2:20 pm by william_lee_intern
Mary Woodward’s book entitled “In Defense of Our Neighbors,” is expected to be distributed by September after expected printing next Month. Her parents, Milly and Walt Woodward, who supported the Bainbridge Island’s Japanese American community during the wartime was the main character of Mary’s book.
Previously short funded for publishing, the book received several anonymous donors after popularization on the internet. It also that it reached Japanese newspapers which helped gain more audience.
Teens from Island Church, Kailey Strachan, left, and Kinsey Lowe braved snow and rain to promote a fundraising carwash Saturday.
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04.14.08
Posted in journalism at 9:34 am by william_lee_intern
The month April marks Phil Tajitsu Nash’s 10th year as an AsianWeek columnist and his 30th year as a regular contributor to Asian Pacific American community journalism. His article describes how many young Japanese Americans, including himself, were trying to fit into an American mainstream and he hopes to highlight some of the people, remember some of the events, and pay tribute to a community that has come a long way in 30 years.
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