What happens when a group of young Pinoy and Pinay writers, artists, and students — Flips — take the means of production into their own hands.

What follows is my introduction to the reprint/re-issue of Liwanag, the 1975 Filipino American arts anthology, which I am just so honored to have written. I. What happens when a group of young Pinoy and Pinay writers, artists, and students — Flips — take the means of production into their own hands.  They create a …

For the Smithsonian APA Center: “What’s This Thing About Orientals Together On A Bus”

What’s This Thing About Orientals Together On A Bus “Well, here we are, Orientals together on a bus.”—Hisaye Yamamoto, Seventeen Syllables “Oriental was a rug that everyone steps on, so we ain’t no Orientals. We were Asian American.”—Richard Aoki 1. “Asian American Literature” had already arrived. Just like José Garcia Villa wrote, “Have come, am …