This Post is About Asian Americans (or, I Have No Proper Title)

I am currently taking a graduate-level course on Asian-American literature, which includes a considerable amount of theory, criticism, historical documents, and so on.  While reading the preface to Aiiieeeee!, an anthology of Asian-American writers edited by Frank Chin, Jeffery Paul Chan, Lawson Fusao Inada, and Shawn Hsu Wong, I came across the following quote: Seven generations […]

Hugo Award 2012: The Winners (w/ Brief Commentary)

And the winners are… (Disclaimer:  Most of the reactions below are “initial” reactions.  Easily offended people will probably be offended.  Such is life.  ðŸ˜› ) Best Novel  Among Others, Jo Walton (Tor) A Dance With Dragons, George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra) Deadline, Mira Grant (Orbit) Embassytown, China Miéville (Macmillan / Del Rey) Leviathan Wakes, […]