A Book Review by David Chau The characters in Ha Jin’s latest collection of short stories, A Good Fall, are suspended between desire and obligation, their personal freedoms often impaired …
Jim Wong-Chu
Jim Wong-Chu
Jim Wong-Chu is a published poet, author, editor, and historian. He is well- known as a co-founder of the Asian Canadian Writers Workshop, Ricepaper Magazine, Pender Guy Radio Program, Asia Canadian Performing Arts Resource (ACPAR), literASIAN: A Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing, and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Festival. He has also co-edited several anthologies of Asian Canadian writers.
By Gillian Sze and Fred Wah POET GILLIAN SZE SPEAKS WITH GOVERNOR GENERAL LITERARY ARTS AWARD WINNING POET FRED WAH ABOUT HIS LATEST BOOK OF POETRY, IS A DOOR. …
By Deanne Beattie Milton K. Wong is, in person, every bit the leader you might imagine him to be. By reputation, he is known as a quick and resourceful businessman …
By Jenny Uechi Personal Mobility Segway and Honda go head to head eight years after Segway came out with an ingeniously-designed yet horrifically-geeky personal transporter. For those of you who …
“Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship”
A Book Review by Jessica Rose Just after 2:00 PM, on May 23, 1989, 25-year old Lu Decheng clutched a paint-filled egg in the palm of his hand, as he …
By Stephanie Lim WEDDING GUEST LIST: CHECK, WEDDING VENUE AND FOOD: CHECK, WEDDING DECORATIONS AND FLOWERS: CHECK, WEDDING CAKE: CHECK, WEDDING PHOTOGRAPHER: CHECK, WEDDING—MAIDEN OR HUSBAND’S NAME: DECISION. For many …
By Jenny Uechi Vegetarian Boy Meets Carnivore Girl No, it’s not some PETA campaign for girls who want to meet hot guys by embracing vegetarianism. Rather, soshoku danshi or “vegetarian …
Monkey Majik
While many young ESL teachers in Asia brag about being treated like superstars by their students, Canadian brothers Maynard and Blaise Plant have actually gone beyond the confines of their classrooms to become full-fledged pop stars in Japan…


