Podcasts about Carlos Bulosan

In America is in the Heart, Carlos Bulosan describes his good fortune at landing a job in a library where he could be close to books: “I was beginning to understand what was going on around me, and the darkness that had covered my present life was lifting.” Ursula Le Guin writes of a library's sacredness: “its accessibility, its publicness.” She calls the public library a public trust, and continues: “A great library is freedom,.” We're honored to be joined in conversation with Emily Drabinski, past president of the American Library Association, and a brilliant and intrepid defender of the public square.

Happy Thanksgiving from The Seth Leibsohn Show! Seth reads "Freedom From Want" by Carlos Bulosan, originally published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1943. Producer David Doll discusses Peter Singer's Thanksgiving criticism piece "Consider the Turkey." Elayne Bennett, longtime educator, founder and president of the Best Friends Foundation and Best Men, and wife of former Secretary of Education Bill Bennett, calls-in to the show to discuss her Thanksgiving rules of the table.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mayo es el mes de la Herencia Asiática-Estadounidense y de las islas del Pacífico (AAPI, por sus siglas en inglés) dedicado a celebrar los logros y las contribuciones de los asiáticos y los isleños del Pacífico que residen en Estados Unidos. Esta conmemoración, que se originó después de la acción del Congreso de EE. UU. en 1997, sirve para resaltar la magnitud de las comunidades asiáticas y de las islas del Pacífico, la cual abarca más de 30 países donde se hablan más de 100 idiomas diferentes y donde las experiencias son igualmente variadas. Desde las historias de migración hasta sus historias de resistencia durante la época colonial, el trabajo de figuras prominentes como la Dra. Haunani Kay Trask, Carlos Bulosan, Yuri Kochiyama, Grace Lee Boggs, Pauline Park y Justice Mary I. Yu refleja la resiliencia continua de estas comunidades e identidades. 

Shawn Wong discovered the first Japanese American novel, No-No Boy, at a used bookstore for 50 cents, after being told by his English professors that Asian American literature didn't exist. He sought out the author, John Okada, and he fought to have the book republished and distributed far and wide, to unearth the legacy of Asian American writers. But all the mainstream publishers rejected it. So Shawn started to print, distribute, and sell the novel himself with friends,often from the trunk of his car. The Asian American community turned up, ordering books by mail, telling their friends, and sending checks with handwritten letters- a testament to a generation hungry for their own stories.Correction, 10:30 a.m., 6/6/2023: The audio version of this story misstates the name of the protagonist in No-No Boy. The character's name is Ichiro Yamada.Related Links: Shawn WongBook notes: A talk with UW English professor, author Shawn Wong about his UW Press book series for Asian American authorsRelated reading:Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers by Frank Chin, Jeffery Paul Chan, Lawson Fusao Inada, and Shawn WongToshio Mori's Yokohama California was Ahead of its Time via International ExaminerHisaye YamamotoWakako YamauchiNisei Daughter by Monica SoneEat a Bowl of Tea by Louis ChuJanice MirikitaniFrontiers of Love by Diana ChangAmerica is in the Heart by Carlos BulosanUncle Rico's Encore: Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle by Peter BachoDancer Dawkins and the California Kid by Willyce KimPremonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry edited by Walter LewPinoy Poetics: A Collection of Autobiographical and Critical Essays on Filipino and Filipino American Poetics edited by Nick CarboThe World I Leave You: Asian American Poets on Faith & Spirit edited by Leah Silvieus and Lee HerrickWe can only make Ten Thousand Things because listeners support us. Make the show happen by making a gift to KUOW.And we want to hear from you! Leave us feedback online.Ten Thousand Things is produced by KUOW in Seattle. Our host, writer, and creator is Shin Yu Pai. Whitney Henry-Lester produced this episode. Jim Gates is our editor. Tomo Nakayama wrote our theme music. Additional music in this episode by Taika. Search for Ten Thousand Things in your podcast app!Partial funding of Ten Thousand Things was made possible by the Seattle Office of Arts and Culture Hope Corps Grant, a recovery funded program of the National Endowment for the Arts, plus support from The Windrose Fund.

Mayo es el mes de la herencia asiática-estadounidense y de las islas del Pacífico dedicado a celebrar los logros y las contribuciones de los asiáticos y los isleños del Pacífico de Estados Unidos. Esta conmemoración, que se originó después de la acción del Congreso de EE. UU. en 1997, sirve para resaltar la magnitud de las comunidades asiáticas y de las islas del Pacífico, la cual abarca más de 30 países donde se hablan más de 100 idiomas diferentes y donde las experiencias son igualmente variadas. Desde las historias de migración hasta sus historias de resistencia durante la época colonial, el trabajo de figuras prominentes como la Dra. Haunani Kay Trask, Carlos Bulosan, Yuri Kochiyama, Grace Lee Boggs, Pauline Park y Justice Mary I. Yu refleja la resiliencia continua de estas comunidades e identidades.  Los estudiantes de la Escuela Primaria Free Orchards estuvieron muy contentos este abril, gracias a una propuesta de subvención de Hillsboro School Fundation que fue escrita por el maestro de Educación Física Dan Waterman y otorgada en mayo de 2019. La subvención fue solicitada para que los estudiantes de cuarto grado recibieran lecciones de natación y de medidas de seguridad en el agua durante el mes de abril de 2020. Sin embargo, debido a la pandemia, la implementación de la subvención debió ser suspendida hasta este año. Finalmente, el lunes, 10 de abril de 2023, se llevó a cabo la primera de las nueve lecciones que se brindarán a los 46 estudiantes de 4.º grado de Free Orchards en el Centro Acuático y Recreativo de Shute Park. Los estudiantes son trasladados en autobús escolar al club los lunes, martes y jueves, donde se ponen sus trajes de baño y participan en una lección de natación de 30 minutos dirigida por un instructor certificado. Muchas gracias al Sr. Waterman por su gran iniciativa, a Hillsboro School Foundation por su generoso apoyo, incluidos los trajes de baño para los estudiantes que los necesitaban, y a Nike School Innovation Fund por proporcionar las toallas de baño para los estudiantes. Nuestra actualización del bono es sobre la eficiencia energética. Como resultado de las inversiones del bono en equipos que promueven la eficiencia energética, el distrito celebró el Día de la Tierra recaudando hasta ahora $5 millones en incentivos de programas estatales (que se destinan al fondo general) y ahorros continuos de energía en nuestras instalaciones. Lea más en la última edición del boletín de primavera de Una Mirada al Interior de las Escuelas de Hillsboro. La publicación de Noticias de la Semana se elabora y se envía por correo electrónico a las familias y a los miembros del personal de HSD cada semana durante el año escolar. Por favor, agregue esta dirección de correo electrónico a su lista de «remitentes seguros» para asegurarse de recibir siempre la publicación más reciente. Además, por favor no deje de agregar a sus enlaces favoritos el sitio web de nuestro distrito (hsd.k12.or.us) y la página del año escolar 2022-23 (hsd.k12.or.us/202223schoolyear) para mantenerse informado sobre lo que está sucediendo en nuestro distrito y en las escuelas.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, dedicated to celebrating the achievements and contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders of the United States. Originating after U.S. Congress action in 1997, this commemoration serves to highlight the vastness of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities, which spans more than 30 countries where over 100 different languages are spoken, and where the experiences are equally as varied. From the migration stories to their stories of colonial resistance, the work of prominent figures such as Dr. Haunani Kay Trask, Carlos Bulosan, Yuri Kochiyama, Grace Lee Boggs, Pauline Park and Justice Mary Yu reflect the continued resilience of these communities and identities.  During the month of May and integrated into the curriculum throughout the school year, we celebrate our AAPI community intentionally and honor their gifts, cultures, diverse histories, and continued contributions to the Hillsboro School District and our nation. In our schools and classrooms, we take time to explore the rich history and culture of people who are AAPI. We continue to teach, learn and unlearn, reflect on and even condemn the violence and hatred that has been directed at the AAPI community. We work to rebuild our classroom communities as we elevate the stories, contributions, and experiences of the AAPI communities with love, empathy, and inclusivity. Our featured students are Free Orchards swimmers! Students at Free Orchards Elementary School were in for a treat this April, thanks to a Hillsboro Schools Foundation grant proposal that was written by P.E. teacher Dan Waterman and awarded in May of 2019. The grant called for fourth grade students to receive swimming and water safety lessons in the month of April 2020; due to the pandemic, however, implementation of the grant was on hold until this year. Finally, on Monday, Apr. 10th, 2023, the first of nine lessons for Free Orchards' 46 fourth graders took place at the Shute Park Aquatic and Recreation Center. Students are bussed to the Center on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays where they change into swimwear and participate in a 30-minute swimming lesson led by a certified instructor. Many thanks to Mr. Waterman for his great idea, to the Hillsboro Schools Foundation for their generous support - including swimsuits for students in need - and to the Nike School Innovation Fund for providing towels.  Our bond update is on energy efficiency. As a result of bond investments in energy-efficient equipment, the District celebrated Earth Day by garnering $5 million so far in state program incentives, which go to the general fund, and continuing energy savings in our facilities. Read more in the latest issue of our District newsletter: A Look Inside Hillsboro Schools. Hot News is produced and emailed to HSD families and staff each week school is in session. Please add the address to your “safe sender” list to make sure you always receive the latest issue. Please also bookmark our district website: hsd.k12.or.us and the 2022-23 School Year page: hsd.k12.or.us/202223schoolyear to stay informed about what's happening in our district and schools.

We're headed to the Pacific Northwest as Jon takes over this week to present on the incredible author, activist, poet laureate, and change maker, Carlos Bulosan. He discusses the impact of Bulosan's work on communities around the United States and across the decades. 

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, dedicated to celebrating the achievements and contributions of Asians and Pacific Islanders of the United States. Originating after U.S. Congress action in 1997, this commemoration serves to highlight the vastness of the Asian and Pacific Islander communities, which spans more than 30 countries where over 100 different languages are spoken, and where the experiences are equally as varied. From the migration stories to their stories of colonial resistance, the work of prominent figures such as Dr. Haunani Kay Trask, Carlos Bulosan, Yuri Kochiyama, Grace Lee Boggs, Pauline Park and Justice Mary I. Yu reflects the continued resilience of these communities and identities. Our featured event is Bringing Mooberry Families Together Again. On Wednesday, April 27th, Mooberry Elementary School held four events in one evening: Día de los Niños, Student Culture Fair, Art Gallery & Projects, and Mooberry Community Corral Raffle Tables. HiIghlights included a performance by HSD's Una Voz mariachi band, performances by 3rd and 4th graders, games & activities, free pizza for kids, and more! The Mooberry community greatly appreciated this opportunity to be together in person and celebrate their amazing students! www.hsd.k12.or.us

131: "It's really exciting to be introduced to books that are pertinent to our culture and to be able to discuss them in community." A book club invitation with Jen, Nani and Caitilin Damacion Surprise! In celebration of the holiday weekend, we bring on returning guest Caitilin Damacion to invite you all to the Tsismis with Jen and Nani (TJN) Book Club! They share the significance of discussing a book together vs. reading independently, Jen and Nani's growth since they started co-hosting together, and give a sneak preview into their book discussion of Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon. Listen to the continuation of our conversation on TJN Ep. 017: "These women literally spent and risked their lives to do this work. We owe it to them and to ourselves to take an interest." Initial impressions of Little Manila is In the Heart https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/787075 (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/787075) Join our book club by buying us a minimum of one cup of boba at http://www.buyusboba.com/ (http://www.buyusboba.com/) Participate in the book club discussion by purchasing a copy of Little Manila Is in the Heart: The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon at https://www.amazon.com/Little-Manila-Heart-Community-California/dp/0822353393 (https://www.amazon.com/Little-Manila-Heart-Community-California/dp/0822353393) Subscribe to our newsletter to get notified of our next book club get together: http://eepurl.com/cO0bif (http://eepurl.com/cO0bif) Connect with Caitilin Damacion at https://caitilindamacion.com/ (https://caitilindamacion.com/) or listen to her previous episodes with us: TJN Ep. 015: "The pinoys have only one objective: to marry someone with economic security." Discussing America Is In the Heart by Carlos Bulosan with Caitilin Damacion https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jenandnani/015-tjn-exclusive-the-pinoys-one-objective-marry-someone-economic-security (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/jenandnani/015-tjn-exclusive-the-pinoys-one-objective-marry-someone-economic-security) TFAW Project Episode 089: "My politics are informed, first and foremost, by my identity as a Filipino American woman." Bonus Episode with Caitilin Damacion and Dr. Aileen Orlino Dinkjian https://www.tfawproject.com/episode/089 (https://www.tfawproject.com/episode/089) TJN Episode 001: [Archived] Anti-Asian Hate Roundtable Discussion with TFAW Project & Friends https://player.captivate.fm/episode/4b63217d-ece2-426d-8d18-d16c045672b3 (https://player.captivate.fm/episode/4b63217d-ece2-426d-8d18-d16c045672b3) -- Read what's new with our show: https://mailchi.mp/4cbcd6c91e48/tfawproject (https://mailchi.mp/4cbcd6c91e48/tfawproject) FREE ONLINE COMMUNITY: Receive the latest stories and life lessons from our community by subscribing to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/cO0bif (http://eepurl.com/cO0bif) WE ARE NOW ACCEPTING GUESTS FOR 2021! Apply today: https://forms.gle/6cyCnXdNQMDznFt58 (https://forms.gle/6cyCnXdNQMDznFt58) ABOUT US: Welcome to the Filipino American Woman Project - A Podcast Show that shares stories and life lessons told by individuals living (or have lived) in America, that are of Filipino descent and identify as female or non-binary. UPCOMING BOOK: Special thanks to the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis for the opportunity to present our academic paper, Pinay Podcasters: Building a Self-Sustaining Community Through Storytelling, Collective Healing & Learning, and Collaboration. The initial draft is now available! Read more at http://pinaypodcasters.com/ (http://pinaypodcasters.com/) RECOGNITION: December 2020, we were nominated and received an Honorable Mention at the Asian American Podcaster's Inaugural Golden Crane Podcast Awards. August 2020, Jen Amos participated as a speaker on behalf of TFAW Project for PodFest Global, which now holds the GUINNESS WORLD...

130: "I trust that the feelings I'm having right now will be taken care of with whatever comes next." Season finale and wrapping up FAHM with Jen and Nani With mixed feelings, but mostly feeling satisfied, Jen and Nani wrap up season three of The Filipino American Woman Project for 2021 and reflect on the final content that was collectively produced by our community for Filipino American History Month. With no clear details on when we'll be starting season four, we encourage our community to stay in touch with us via: Newsletter - http://eepurl.com/cO0bif (http://eepurl.com/cO0bif) Text message or voice message - 415-484-8329 Our new book club at http://www.buyusboba.com/ (http://www.buyusboba.com/) Buy us a minimum of one cup of boba and notify in the notes that you want to join us! Special thanks to Kirby Araullo for hosting "Color Our Roots" on Thursday, October 28th, 2021! Purchase any of his books at a discounted price when you visit https://www.kirbyaraullo.com/ (https://www.kirbyaraullo.com/) and use promo code: TJN15. For a replay of Kirby's Live show: https://mailchi.mp/091e71570a00/tfawproject-7965525 (https://mailchi.mp/091e71570a00/tfawproject-7965525) Recap + Resources from FAHM (in chronological order): Ep. 126: "I'm happy to be in a space where Filipino American History Month is more about celebrating it as opposed to fighting for it." Celebrating FAHM for the 3rd year with Jen and Nani https://www.tfawproject.com/episode/126 (https://www.tfawproject.com/episode/126) Ep. 013: [TJN Exclusive] "My sense of responsibility to myself, my people, and my community is a lot greater than my fears." A deep dive into podcasting with Jen and Nani https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/731412 (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/731412) Ep. 127: “That's part of my calling as an artist; going with the flow of how the world changes through storytelling.” Broadway performing, life pivots, & choosing curiosity over shame with Jesca Prudencio https://www.tfawproject.com/episode/127 (https://www.tfawproject.com/episode/127) Ep. 128: "Happy Filipino American History Month!" October Events and Exclusive content only available on Tsismis with Jen and Nani https://www.tfawproject.com/episode/128 (https://www.tfawproject.com/episode/128) Ep. 014: [TJN Exclusive] "History is not just about throwbacks to the past. History is about what's happening now and what we're doing for the future." Interview with Kirby Araullo https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/746564 (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/746564) Facebook & YouTube Live - Coloring Our Roots with Kirby Araullo https://mailchi.mp/091e71570a00/tfawproject-7965525 (https://mailchi.mp/091e71570a00/tfawproject-7965525) | Use Promo Code "TJN15" when you purchase a book at https://www.kirbyaraullo.com/ (https://www.kirbyaraullo.com/) Ep 015: [TJN Exlusive] "The pinoys have only one objective: to marry someone with economic security." Discussing America Is In the Heart by Carlos Bulosan with Caitilin Damacion https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/758489 (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/p/758489) | Connect with Caitilin at https://caitilindamacion.com/ (https://caitilindamacion.com/) Read our farewell newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/6e2098877aaa/tfawproject (https://mailchi.mp/6e2098877aaa/tfawproject) Follow our co-hosts in the off season! Follow Jen at http://thejenamos.com/events (http://thejenamos.com/events) or https://holdingdownthefortpodcast.com/ (https://holdingdownthefortpodcast.com/) and Nani at https://notesbynani.com/ (https://notesbynani.com/) -- ABOUT US: Welcome to the Filipino American Woman Project - A Podcast Show that shares stories and life lessons told by individuals living (or have lived) in America, that are of Filipino descent and identify as female or non-binary. UPCOMING BOOK: Special thanks to the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies at UC Davis for the opportunity to present our academic paper, Pinay Podcasters: Building a Self-Sustaining Community Through...

February is Black History Month. So today I am talking about a couple of movies and books to check out and to help you get engaged. The topic...racism. Yeah, it's deep, but I am not talking too crazy about it. I'm just here to throw things out there that can give you an insight into how anyone non-white might feel. Obviously, there are different experiences of life we all have felt and have gone through throughout our lifetime, these are just some experiences put to movie and books. "One Night In Miami" Amazon, "Who Killed Malcolm X" Netflix, "The White Savior" Amazon, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Malcolm X with Alex Haley, "America Is in the Heart: A Personal History" by Carlos Bulosan. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/randy-budano1/support

The image of the US as leading a good war to establish liberal democracy and move towards racial equality dominate the discourses of the Cold War. In her work, A Violent Peace: Race, U.S. Militarism, and Cultures of Democratization in Cold War Asia and the Pacific (Stanford University Press, 2020), Christine Hong attempts to debunk the idea of good war and warfare-welfare state that allowed women and racial minorities to participate in national politics by showing how the US government was able to launch total war that blurred the boundaries of home and abroad through the “principle of indistinction.” The supposed blurring of colorline through military desegregation and multilateral, multi-racial alliances hid fortification of the US empire as necropolitical war target broadened through indistinction of civilian, women, and children as possible enemies. The US counterinsurgency eroded democratizing, decolonizing movements abroad based on color lines, and rhetorical racial equality at home was accompanied by increased policing of “high-crime” areas where minorities resided. Hong theorizes a range of struggles such as Black freedom, Asian liberation, and decolonization as “homologous responses to unchecked US war and police power at home and abroad… [The] alignment, participation, and complicity with the US military… blurred the color line, giving a redemptive liberal veneer to US war politics in Asia and the Pacific” (8-9). Through rich analyses of literary texts of Ralph Ellison, Carlos Bulosan, and James Baldwin, Hong examines how POC authors contested the promise of liberal democracy while military-industrial complex and colonial violence sought to erase decolonizing struggles. Hong further draws attention to commercialization of hibakusha’s bodies as well as photographs of Miné Okubo to critique the construction of peace as American property. Hong’s groundbreaking work spans Asian American studies, critical Asian studies, and critical empire studies, challenging us to question the modernity that had been presented to us through seeming homogeneity of American liberal democratic ideals. Christine Hong is Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include transnational Asian American, Korean diaspora, U.S. war and empire, and comparative ethnic studies. She is also a board member of the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, an executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, a coordinating committee member of the National Campaign to End the Korean War, and a member of the Working Group on Peace and Demilitarization in Asia and the Pacific. She is currently organizing a teaching initiative to end the Korean War. Da In Choi is a PhD student at UCLA in the Gender Studies department. Her research interests include reproductive justice movement, care labor and migration, affect theory, citizenship, and critical empire studies. She can be reached at dainachoi@g.ucla.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The image of the US as leading a good war to establish liberal democracy and move towards racial equality dominate the discourses of the Cold War. In her work, A Violent Peace: Race, U.S. Militarism, and Cultures of Democratization in Cold War Asia and the Pacific (Stanford University Press, 2020), Christine Hong attempts to debunk the idea of good war and warfare-welfare state that allowed women and racial minorities to participate in national politics by showing how the US government was able to launch total war that blurred the boundaries of home and abroad through the “principle of indistinction.” The supposed blurring of colorline through military desegregation and multilateral, multi-racial alliances hid fortification of the US empire as necropolitical war target broadened through indistinction of civilian, women, and children as possible enemies. The US counterinsurgency eroded democratizing, decolonizing movements abroad based on color lines, and rhetorical racial equality at home was accompanied by increased policing of “high-crime” areas where minorities resided. Hong theorizes a range of struggles such as Black freedom, Asian liberation, and decolonization as “homologous responses to unchecked US war and police power at home and abroad… [The] alignment, participation, and complicity with the US military… blurred the color line, giving a redemptive liberal veneer to US war politics in Asia and the Pacific” (8-9). Through rich analyses of literary texts of Ralph Ellison, Carlos Bulosan, and James Baldwin, Hong examines how POC authors contested the promise of liberal democracy while military-industrial complex and colonial violence sought to erase decolonizing struggles. Hong further draws attention to commercialization of hibakusha’s bodies as well as photographs of Miné Okubo to critique the construction of peace as American property. Hong’s groundbreaking work spans Asian American studies, critical Asian studies, and critical empire studies, challenging us to question the modernity that had been presented to us through seeming homogeneity of American liberal democratic ideals. Christine Hong is Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include transnational Asian American, Korean diaspora, U.S. war and empire, and comparative ethnic studies. She is also a board member of the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, an executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, a coordinating committee member of the National Campaign to End the Korean War, and a member of the Working Group on Peace and Demilitarization in Asia and the Pacific. She is currently organizing a teaching initiative to end the Korean War. Da In Choi is a PhD student at UCLA in the Gender Studies department. Her research interests include reproductive justice movement, care labor and migration, affect theory, citizenship, and critical empire studies. She can be reached at dainachoi@g.ucla.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The image of the US as leading a good war to establish liberal democracy and move towards racial equality dominate the discourses of the Cold War. In her work, A Violent Peace: Race, U.S. Militarism, and Cultures of Democratization in Cold War Asia and the Pacific (Stanford University Press, 2020), Christine Hong attempts to debunk the idea of good war and warfare-welfare state that allowed women and racial minorities to participate in national politics by showing how the US government was able to launch total war that blurred the boundaries of home and abroad through the “principle of indistinction.” The supposed blurring of colorline through military desegregation and multilateral, multi-racial alliances hid fortification of the US empire as necropolitical war target broadened through indistinction of civilian, women, and children as possible enemies. The US counterinsurgency eroded democratizing, decolonizing movements abroad based on color lines, and rhetorical racial equality at home was accompanied by increased policing of “high-crime” areas where minorities resided. Hong theorizes a range of struggles such as Black freedom, Asian liberation, and decolonization as “homologous responses to unchecked US war and police power at home and abroad… [The] alignment, participation, and complicity with the US military… blurred the color line, giving a redemptive liberal veneer to US war politics in Asia and the Pacific” (8-9). Through rich analyses of literary texts of Ralph Ellison, Carlos Bulosan, and James Baldwin, Hong examines how POC authors contested the promise of liberal democracy while military-industrial complex and colonial violence sought to erase decolonizing struggles. Hong further draws attention to commercialization of hibakusha’s bodies as well as photographs of Miné Okubo to critique the construction of peace as American property. Hong’s groundbreaking work spans Asian American studies, critical Asian studies, and critical empire studies, challenging us to question the modernity that had been presented to us through seeming homogeneity of American liberal democratic ideals. Christine Hong is Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include transnational Asian American, Korean diaspora, U.S. war and empire, and comparative ethnic studies. She is also a board member of the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, an executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, a coordinating committee member of the National Campaign to End the Korean War, and a member of the Working Group on Peace and Demilitarization in Asia and the Pacific. She is currently organizing a teaching initiative to end the Korean War. Da In Choi is a PhD student at UCLA in the Gender Studies department. Her research interests include reproductive justice movement, care labor and migration, affect theory, citizenship, and critical empire studies. She can be reached at dainachoi@g.ucla.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The image of the US as leading a good war to establish liberal democracy and move towards racial equality dominate the discourses of the Cold War. In her work, A Violent Peace: Race, U.S. Militarism, and Cultures of Democratization in Cold War Asia and the Pacific (Stanford University Press, 2020), Christine Hong attempts to debunk the idea of good war and warfare-welfare state that allowed women and racial minorities to participate in national politics by showing how the US government was able to launch total war that blurred the boundaries of home and abroad through the “principle of indistinction.” The supposed blurring of colorline through military desegregation and multilateral, multi-racial alliances hid fortification of the US empire as necropolitical war target broadened through indistinction of civilian, women, and children as possible enemies. The US counterinsurgency eroded democratizing, decolonizing movements abroad based on color lines, and rhetorical racial equality at home was accompanied by increased policing of “high-crime” areas where minorities resided. Hong theorizes a range of struggles such as Black freedom, Asian liberation, and decolonization as “homologous responses to unchecked US war and police power at home and abroad… [The] alignment, participation, and complicity with the US military… blurred the color line, giving a redemptive liberal veneer to US war politics in Asia and the Pacific” (8-9). Through rich analyses of literary texts of Ralph Ellison, Carlos Bulosan, and James Baldwin, Hong examines how POC authors contested the promise of liberal democracy while military-industrial complex and colonial violence sought to erase decolonizing struggles. Hong further draws attention to commercialization of hibakusha’s bodies as well as photographs of Miné Okubo to critique the construction of peace as American property. Hong’s groundbreaking work spans Asian American studies, critical Asian studies, and critical empire studies, challenging us to question the modernity that had been presented to us through seeming homogeneity of American liberal democratic ideals. Christine Hong is Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include transnational Asian American, Korean diaspora, U.S. war and empire, and comparative ethnic studies. She is also a board member of the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, an executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, a coordinating committee member of the National Campaign to End the Korean War, and a member of the Working Group on Peace and Demilitarization in Asia and the Pacific. She is currently organizing a teaching initiative to end the Korean War. Da In Choi is a PhD student at UCLA in the Gender Studies department. Her research interests include reproductive justice movement, care labor and migration, affect theory, citizenship, and critical empire studies. She can be reached at dainachoi@g.ucla.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The image of the US as leading a good war to establish liberal democracy and move towards racial equality dominate the discourses of the Cold War. In her work, A Violent Peace: Race, U.S. Militarism, and Cultures of Democratization in Cold War Asia and the Pacific (Stanford University Press, 2020), Christine Hong attempts to debunk the idea of good war and warfare-welfare state that allowed women and racial minorities to participate in national politics by showing how the US government was able to launch total war that blurred the boundaries of home and abroad through the “principle of indistinction.” The supposed blurring of colorline through military desegregation and multilateral, multi-racial alliances hid fortification of the US empire as necropolitical war target broadened through indistinction of civilian, women, and children as possible enemies. The US counterinsurgency eroded democratizing, decolonizing movements abroad based on color lines, and rhetorical racial equality at home was accompanied by increased policing of “high-crime” areas where minorities resided. Hong theorizes a range of struggles such as Black freedom, Asian liberation, and decolonization as “homologous responses to unchecked US war and police power at home and abroad… [The] alignment, participation, and complicity with the US military… blurred the color line, giving a redemptive liberal veneer to US war politics in Asia and the Pacific” (8-9). Through rich analyses of literary texts of Ralph Ellison, Carlos Bulosan, and James Baldwin, Hong examines how POC authors contested the promise of liberal democracy while military-industrial complex and colonial violence sought to erase decolonizing struggles. Hong further draws attention to commercialization of hibakusha’s bodies as well as photographs of Miné Okubo to critique the construction of peace as American property. Hong’s groundbreaking work spans Asian American studies, critical Asian studies, and critical empire studies, challenging us to question the modernity that had been presented to us through seeming homogeneity of American liberal democratic ideals. Christine Hong is Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include transnational Asian American, Korean diaspora, U.S. war and empire, and comparative ethnic studies. She is also a board member of the Critical Ethnic Studies Association, an executive board member of the Korea Policy Institute, a coordinating committee member of the National Campaign to End the Korean War, and a member of the Working Group on Peace and Demilitarization in Asia and the Pacific. She is currently organizing a teaching initiative to end the Korean War. Da In Choi is a PhD student at UCLA in the Gender Studies department. Her research interests include reproductive justice movement, care labor and migration, affect theory, citizenship, and critical empire studies. She can be reached at dainachoi@g.ucla.edu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of the Artists at Play Podcast we discuss the importance of Filipino novelist Carlos Bulosan and ALLOS, a play about his life and work.Joining us for this lively conversation, facilitated by AAP's Marie-Reine Velez, are Noel Alumit (actor, author, pastor), Lucy M. Burns (Associate Professor at UCLA's Asian American Studies Department), Ginger Leopoldo (Artistic Director, Circa Pintig) and Giovanni Ortega (writer of ALLOS).With topics spanning the farm labor movement and the role of art and activism in Carlos Bulosan's work and the Filipinx American artist community, our amazing panel turned the gathering into a virtual party.Noel Alumithttp://noelalumit.comLucy BurnsRappin’ with Ten Thousand Carabaos in the Dark, poems by Al Robles California Dreaming: Movement and Place in the Asian American Imaginary Ginger LeopoldoCIRCA Pintig Upcoming Events with CIRCA Pintig Talinhaga Laban sa Tirano: Raising Voices Against Tyranny Giovanni Ortegahttps://giovanniortega.comEpisode Credits:Edited by Nicholas PilapilPodcast theme by Eloise WongProduced by Marie-Reine Velez

Tampok sa talakayan dito tungkol sa pagkain ang nobelang America Is in the Heart (1946) ni Carlos Bulosan at ang maikling kuwentong “Fastfood” (1997) ni Roland B. Tolentino.

Arnel Calvario shares his knowledge of leadership in the dance community in this episode. Learn why the dance community needs more leaders and educators. Arnel explains the importance of excellent leadership and what it takes to become a good mentor.  In this episode you will learn about:What led Arnel to create Kaba Modern.How going to school, majoring and getting a doctorate at USC inspired him to create more in the dance community.The leadership summits in which dance leaders around the world have been a part of.What it takes to master your leadership skills to help your dancers grow.The differences in the dance community from the early 2000’s vs now.  Show Notes: Arnel Carvario has been a part of the dance community and industry for a long time. He created Kaba Modern, which is still well known in the dance world. Arnel has been managing well known dance crews and created a business out of it. Other than managing dance crews, his main focus has become to empower dance leaders to recreate by having leadership workshops online. Arnel’s lane of education is teaching roots before branches.  Question Highlights:You’re a doctor of occupational therapy, tell us more about it? What motivated you to focus on that?What’s your favorite part about being a leadership coach?What do you do to help you get through tough times in life? How did you overcome them?What do you hope for the dance world involving social justice regarding the current events? Any changes? What changes?What are some podcasts or books that you recommend?  About Arnel: Believing in using his talents & resources to promote community outreach,“respect for all people,” artistic expression, and education, Dr. Arnel Calvario hasdedicated himself to the CA dance scene since his college days. In 1992, he foundedUC Irvine’s own Kaba Modern.  In 1998, he joined Culture Shock® Los Angeles. In 2002, Arnel also founded KM Legacy as part of celebrating Kaba Modern’s 10 year anniversary. He managed Kaba Modern, Fanny Pak, the Beat Freaks, & Kinjaz and provided consultation services to Quest Crew and Poreotics during their runs on MTV’s hit show America’s Best Dance Crew. Arnel also helped manage Kinjaz during their 2017 run on NBC’s World of Dance. He currently serves as an advisor for Kaba Modern, as the Board President of Culture Shock International Foundation, and as an active member of the Kinjaz. Arnel has also been featured as a guest writer for the L.A. Times as a critic for America’s Best Dance Crew Season 5, served as co-coordinator for the annual Hip Hop International World Battles for the past 10 years, is the US elite judge for the annual Hip Hop International World Championships, and is a contributing author for the book, EMPIRE of FUNK which was released January 2014.  Arnel launched his “Dance Therapy Program for Children with Special Needs” in April 2014 in collaboration with Culture Shock LA & the DEA. This is a grant-funded, after-school program that serves 1 st , 2 nd , & 3 rd graders enrolled in special day class programs in the Long Beach Unified school district. His hope is to continue to combine occupational therapy techniques with dance art to serve more children with special needs in collaboration with Culture Shock LA and one day extend this program into a summer dance therapy camp. Arnel is also one of the leaders working to expand outreach program development for Kinjaz through their clothing line Kin Aesthetik and also their newly opened space, Kinjaz Komplex. Within the past year, he has been a guest lecturer at UC Irvine, USC, Grossmont College, Cal State Fullerton, and UCLA. He also continues to teach his ROOTS B4 BRANCHES dance workshop and LEADERSHIP TOOLS for the DANCE LEADER workshops, judge dance competitions, and participate in program development internationally today. He does all this while continuing to work full-time as a Doctor of Occupational Therapy for Long Beach Unified School District Related Services.  Book Recommendations:Can't Stop Won't Stop by JEFF CHANGBecoming by MICHELLE OBAMAAmerica is in the Heart - CARLOS BULOSANThe Dangerous Art of Blending In - ANGELO SURMELIS In Her Purpose - 40 Principles of Asian Women Redefining Success in their Own Terms - ROSE BUADO & JENNIFER REDONDO-MARQUEZBook of Awakenings by MARK NEPO Follow Arnel:Instagram ( link to: www.instagram.com/arnelcalvario ) https://youtu.be/43QCBwZRftk   https://youtu.be/sjgJBlN3pHI?list=PL767E0D35A1D92BA0https://youtu.be/vm3eGZqihsE?list=PL3E02926EC33D6F42  

Spirituality. Connectivity. Are you connecting with the audience? Is the role you're playing connecting with you? Norman and i talk about this and many other topics (like the Living Document of POC Experiences) with Lauren Grace, talented actress and artist now living in San Diego. Lauren, whom I formally worked with while doing Othello (the Guerilla Shakespeare Company), is now working with the Rainforest Art Project (www.rainforestartproject.org), where she teaches kids to connect with their inner selves through art. You can watch one of her videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQWWi... She and her husband also are serving the community by making and selling masks - you can find more here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/80452477... SHOUTOUTS: Mattie Mae (written by Jeannie Barroga) Wednesday, July 22nd at 8pm PST PM me for a Zoom Link Radio Golf (August Wilson) Saturday, July 25th at 5pm PST PM me for a Zoom Link Kwento Times Staged Readings - by Bindlestiff Studios Ang Espiya by Reg Clay Allos - a Story of Carlos Bulosan by Giovanni Ortega Mr. KiliKili's Mom & His Secret Asawa by Conrad Panganiban Saturday, July 25th at 8pm https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CVLU5uoWRUefEjOYdTrnGg Mostly every week, Norman Gee (Twitter: @WhosYrHoosier) and I (Twitter: @Reg_Clay) interview creative artists from the bay area to talk about their latest projects, their lives and their future. We also get into politics, philosophy and general stuff. Hang out with us and enjoy The Yay - sponsored by Central Works - reinventing theatre one play at a time.

This episode shares the healing perspectives of Potri Ranka Manis Queano Nur , RN, MA, Founder/Artistic Director and Tradition Bearer of Kinding Sindaw, storyteller, a Bai a Labi sa Borocot (royal descent) by the representatives from, the 17 Pagawidan a Ranao in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. Potri is a recipient of the following awards and recognition: Gawad Award-Cultural Center of the Philippines, Carlos Bulosan award of Migrante Philippines for poetry, Association of Women Consul of NY, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall recognition, and a Fansclub recognition of Excellence, KInding Sindaw. Her stories and thoughts expressed in this episode are reflective of her life as an artist, a healer, a leader, a mother, a sister, an aunt, and a friend to many. As an activist she intentionally finds ways to transform negative experiences into positive ones. Her creativity to provide the best care for her patients and anyone who comes to her for help help her overcome any limitations that she never considers anything as failure. She encourages everyone to feel beautiful, dance, smile and sing no matter how difficult the situation may be. Quantum Affirmation: Willingness to Forgive- I am compassionate and understanding toward others. I forgive others for their wrongdoing or hardness of heart toward me. Forgiving frees me from feelings of resentment and anger. I forgive myself for my own negative actions toward others. (Read if aloud 3x in the morning, noon and evening. Feel the words.) You can follow her in facebook or instagram Potri Ranka Manis. or go to https://www.kindingsindaw.org/ Contact for Grace Asagra : https://linktr.ee/GraceAsagra Complimentary coaching call: https://mailchi.mp/846b3db7f4ac/book-coaching-call-with-grace-asagra Apple podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/quantum-nurse-out-rabbit-hole-from-stress-to-bliss/id1522579988 Quantum Nurse Grace Asagra YOU-Tube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UClqd7GO0k-pjBvSO-C22EW Immune Supplements for Individualized Program https://prlabs.co

Today In Episode 13 I have featured is Mika who is a military kid who has not only has lived in Hawaii but has live in the different states currently is in Washington which has been a culture shock since it is predominantly white people in the area that she currently resides. In this episode, she will talk about her Fil-Am narrative about her journey as a Pinay. Stay connected with me and follow @reclaimingfilipinxidentity. Some of the cool resources to stay rooted is check out this Pinay Lit of 'America is in the Heart" by Carlos Bulosan, Latinos in Asia by Anthony Ocampo, Stories of Pilipinx American in San Diego by Alfredo Leano. https://anchor.fm/filipinxidentity/support --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/reclaiminfilipinxidentity/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/reclaiminfilipinxidentity/support

In this episode, we continue our lesson on measurements in Tagalog as we deep dive into the colonial period and modern times. We learn about how Filipinos nowadays end up mixing different measurement systems with different uses.Go Filipino Recommends: "America Is In The Heart," a classic semi-autobiographical novel by Carlos Bulosan, narrating the real-life stories of the Filipino migrant workers during the United States' Great Depression. Apple iBooks = https://apple.co/2mubPDC Amazon = https://amzn.to/30g9iz8 Support "Go Filipino" by listening to this podcast using the free RadioPublic app for iOS or Android. The more you listen, the more I get paid: https://radiopublic.com/go-filipino-lets-learn-tagalog-Wkzw9ySupport my podcast for as little as $1 a month: https://www.patreon.com/gofilipinopodBuy my merch: https://www.teepublic.com/user/gofilipinopodAnswer a quick survey so advertisers get to know more about my listeners: http://bit.ly/gofilipinosurvey Follow this podcast on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: @gofilipinopod. For inquiries, send me an email: gofilipinopod@gmail.com Special thanks to "Rainbows" by Kevin MacLeod.

Summer, ackk ^ June! ^ Marin Headlands ^ Discomfort, be gone! ^ Hindi Tayo ang mga Inaapi ^ “If You Want to Know What We Are,” Carlos Bulosan

The Filipino poet and labour organiser Carlos Bulosan, whose family immigrated to America in the Great Depression, entitled his autobiographic novel America Is in the Heart. Elaine Castillo’s fine debut novel “America Is Not the Heart” is a portrait of Filipino diaspora, specifically the migration of three-generations of women to San Francisco’s Bay area – the not so picturesque part. Tender and funny, and marked by a kind of declamatory vernacular (and a smattering of the native Philippine languages of Tagalog, Ilocano and Pangasinan), Castillo ranges across civil strife and torture, social inequity, mystery, romance, and bisexuality. She joins Kiran Dass in conversation.

This week, Liberty and María Cristina discuss The Confessions of Frannie Langton, Vessel, Star-Crossed, and more great books. This episode was sponsored by Audible; Delacorte Press, publisher of Hope and Other Punchlines by Julie Buxbaum; and Ritual. Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here. Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS or iTunes and never miss a beat book. Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even more new book news. Books discussed on the show: The Confessions of Frannie Langton: A Novel by Sara Collins How to Forget: A Daughter's Memoir by Kate Mulgrew Star-Crossed: A Novel by Minnie Darke Vessel: A Novel by Lisa A. Nichols The Things She's Seen by Ambelin Kwaymullina and Ezekiel Kwaymullina Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love by Keith S. Wilson What we're reading: Eileen Gray: A House Under the Sun by Charlotte Malterre-Barthes and Zosia Dzierszawska Imaginary Friend by Stephen Chbosky More books out this week: The Royal Secret: A Novel by Lucinda Riley The Naked Truth: A Memoir by Leslie Morgan The Missing Season by Gillian French Zenobia July by Lisa Bunker Where We Come From: A Novel by Oscar Cásares Talking to Strangers: Selected Essays, Prefaces, and Other Writings, 1967-2017 by Paul Auster The Organs of Sense: A Novel by Adam Ehrlich Sachs The Summer of Ellen by Agnete Friis and Sinead Quirke Kongerskov Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder by John Waters  Biloxi: A Novel by Mary Miller The Usual Suspects by Maurice Broaddus Missing, Presumed Dead by Emma Berquist Her Silhouette, Drawn in Water by Vylar Kaftan Bitcoin Billionaires: A True Story of Genius, Betrayal, and Redemption by Ben Mezrich Let Me Hear a Rhyme by Tiffany D Jackson An Illusion of Thieves by Cate Glass Birthday: A Novel by Meredith Russo The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia by Marin Sardy The Dreamt Land: Chasing Water and Dust Across California by Mark Arax White Peak: A Thriller by Ronan Frost Keep This To Yourself by Tom Ryan It's Hot in the Hamptons: A Novel by Holly Peterson Bright Burning Stars by A.K. Small Prairie Fever by Michael Parker The Dark Fantastic: Race and the Imagination from Harry Potter to the Hunger Games (Postmillennial Pop) by Ebony Elizabeth Thomas Sisters and Rebels: A Struggle for the Soul of America by Jacquelyn Dowd Hall Kingsbane (The Empirium Trilogy) by Claire Legrand The Queen: The Forgotten Life Behind an American Myth by Josh Levin Cari Mora by Thomas Harris Have You Seen Luis Velez? by Catherine Ryan Hyde Waisted: A Novel by Randy Susan Meyers Into the Jungle by Erica Ferencik Riots I Have Known by Ryan Chapman Little Glass Planet: Poems by Dobby Gibson Nima by Adam Popescu Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak Amelia Westlake Was Never Here by Erin Gough Empty Words by Mario Levrero, Annie McDermott (translator) The Vinyl Frontier: The Story of the Voyager Golden Record by Jonathan Scott Going Off Script by Jen Wilde The Pursuit of Miss Heartbreak Hotel by Moe Bonneau Hold My Hand by Michael Barakiva The Favorite Daughter by Kaira Rouda America Is in the Heart by Carlos Bulosan and Elaine Castillo The Book of Pride: LGBTQ Heroes Who Changed the World by Mason Funk

The pen is mightier than the sword, they say.  And in our history, the pen has certainly been very powerful.  The Illustrados who started the Propaganda Movement, which included Jose Rizal’s novels Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo, sparked the rise of Philippine nationalism and the Revolution during the late 19th century.  Carlos Bulosan with...

Two friends, three buildings, and the future of Stockton's Little Manila. Plus: What happened to the manongs? Credits. Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo. Co-producer is Patrick Epino. Cover art by Celina Calma. Title design by Paola Mardo. Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms. Music in this episode is by the Black Eyed Peas, Dee Yan Key, Mac Dre, Lee Rosevere, and Souls of Mischief. Special thanks to the students and teachers of Little Manila. To learn more about them and their work, head to littlemanila.org. Big thanks to my family, especially family historian Frances Pangilinan, with key assists from Gaya Lontok and Trixie Pangilinan-Mardo. Very, very special thanks to Rafael Bernardo Pangilinan. Help us build the future of Long Distance and join the Long Distance Radio Club on Patreon. Learn more about Long Distance at longdistanceradio.com.

Two friends, three buildings, and the future of Stockton's Little Manila. Plus: What happened to the manongs?Learn more at LongDistanceRadio.com.Support our work.CREDITS:Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo. Co-producer is Patrick Epino. Cover art by Celina Calma. Title design by Paola Mardo.Music in this episode is by the Black Eyed Peas, Dee Yan Key, Mac Dre, Lee Rosevere, and Souls of Mischief. Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms.Special thanks to the students and teachers of Little Manila. To learn more about them and their work, head to littlemanila.org. Big thanks to my family, especially family historian Frances Pangilinan, with key assists from Gaya Lontok and Trixie Pangilinan-Mardo. Very, very special thanks to Rafael Bernardo Pangilinan.

An alleged hate crime. An American dream. El Dorado. A visit to Stockton, California reveals the deep, dark history of Filipinos in America. Plus, host and producer Paola Mardo tells her long distance story.Learn more at LongDistanceRadio.com.Support our work.CREDITS:Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo. Co-producer and voice actor is Patrick Epino. Cover art by Celina Calma. Title design by Paola Mardo.Music in this episode is by Pedro Concepcion, Julián Felipe, Dee Yan Key, James I. Lent, Lee Rosevere, and Pavement. Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms.Special thanks to Katrina Alarkon, Joe Bernardo, Jakriza Cabrera, Gerlie Cullado, Elaine Dolalas, Renee Gross, Josie Huang, James Kim, Nick Liao, Erica Mu, Joel Quizon, Stepheny Southa, Ada Tseng, David Weinberg, Visual Communications, and the Mardo family.

An alleged hate crime. An American dream. El Dorado. A visit to Stockton, California reveals the deep, dark history of Filipinos in America. Plus, host and producer Paola Mardo tells her long distance story. Credits. Long Distance is written, mixed, hosted, and produced by Paola Mardo. Co-producer and voice actor is Patrick Epino. Cover art by Celina Calma. Title design by Paola Mardo. Theme Song is "Comin' Along" by C. Light and the Prisms. Music in this episode is by Pedro Concepcion, Julián Felipe, Dee Yan Key, James I. Lent, Lee Rosevere, and Pavement. Special thanks to Katrina Alarkon, Joe Bernardo, Jakriza Cabrera, Gerlie Cullado, Elaine Dolalas, Renee Gross, Josie Huang, James Kim, Nick Liao, Erica Mu, Joel Quizon, Stepheny Southa, Ada Tseng, David Weinberg, Visual Communications, and the Mardo family. Help us build the future of Long Distance and join the Long Distance Radio Club on Patreon. Learn more about Long Distance at longdistanceradio.com.

Off the Books is a show where emerging writers talk about the books that have influenced them. In this episode Elaine Castillo, author of the sexy debut AMERICA IS NOT THE HEART, talks about the unsentimental portrayal of whiteness in LUCY by Jamaica Kincaid; the power of detail in KITCHEN by Banana Yoshimoto; and the great Filipino tragedy of AMERICA IS IN THE HEART by Carlos Bulosan. She reads from the books before discussing to give you a delicious taste of these masterpieces. And to finish - a reading from her own work, which can only be described as the hottest sex scene we’ve ever been privy to. Discover wonderful books old and new and have your literary senses stimulated!

Off the Books is a show where emerging writers talk about the books that have influenced them. In this episode Elaine Castillo, author of the sexy debut AMERICA IS NOT THE HEART, talks about the unsentimental portrayal of whiteness in LUCY by Jamaica Kincaid; the power of detail in KITCHEN by Banana Yoshimoto; and the great Filipino tragedy of AMERICA IS IN THE HEART by Carlos Bulosan. She reads from the books before discussing to give you a delicious taste of these masterpieces. And to finish - a reading from her own work, which can only be described as the hottest sex scene we’ve ever been privy to. Discover wonderful books old and new and have your literary senses stimulated!

Elaine Castillo's debut novel America is Not the Heart is a vibrant and starkly hilarious novel about the De Vera family who flees Marcos-era Philippines in stages for the immigrant suburbs of the Bay Area. Elaine Castillo joins poets Luis H. Francia and Joseph O. Legaspi for a special reading about Filipinx-American history, migration, queerness, and the elusive goal of cracking the American Dream for working-class immigrants. After reading they join author Gina Apostol, author of the Gun Dealer's Daughter, for a conversation about Carlos Bulosan, Filipinx as a synthetic identity, and writing for Asian Americans vs the white establishment.

主題書籍：《老爸的笑聲》 本集的「經典也青春」中，我們再度邀請到逗點文創結社的總編輯陳夏民來到節目現場，為我們介紹菲律賓經典小說家卡洛斯．卜婁杉 (Carlos Bulosan）的重要著作《老爸的笑聲》。 本節目由 IC之音與 Readmoo 聯合製播。 「經典也青春」網站：http://podcast.readmoo.com

The California farmlands have long served as a popular symbol of America’s natural abundance and endless opportunity. Yet, from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and Carlos Bulosan’s America is in the Heart to Helena Maria Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus, many novels, plays, movies, and songs have dramatized the brutality and hardships of working in the California fields. Little scholarship has focused on what these cultural productions tell us about who belongs in America, and in what ways they are allowed to belong. In The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl (University of Washington Press, 2016), Sarah Wald analyzes this legacy and its consequences by examining the paradoxical representations of California farmers and farmworkers from the Dust Bowl migration to present-day movements for food justice and immigrant rights. Analyzing fiction, nonfiction, news coverage, activist literature, memoirs, and more, Wald gives us a new way of thinking through questions of national belonging by probing the relationships among race, labor, and landownership. Bringing together eco-criticism and critical race theory, she pays special attention to marginalized groups, examining how Japanese American journalists, Filipino workers, United Farm Workers members, and contemporary immigrants-rights activists, among others, pushed back against the standard narratives of landownership and citizenship. SARAH D. WALD is assistant professor of English and environmental studies at the University of Oregon. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The California farmlands have long served as a popular symbol of America’s natural abundance and endless opportunity. Yet, from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and Carlos Bulosan’s America is in the Heart to Helena Maria Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus, many novels, plays, movies, and songs have dramatized the brutality and hardships of working in the California fields. Little scholarship has focused on what these cultural productions tell us about who belongs in America, and in what ways they are allowed to belong. In The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl (University of Washington Press, 2016), Sarah Wald analyzes this legacy and its consequences by examining the paradoxical representations of California farmers and farmworkers from the Dust Bowl migration to present-day movements for food justice and immigrant rights. Analyzing fiction, nonfiction, news coverage, activist literature, memoirs, and more, Wald gives us a new way of thinking through questions of national belonging by probing the relationships among race, labor, and landownership. Bringing together eco-criticism and critical race theory, she pays special attention to marginalized groups, examining how Japanese American journalists, Filipino workers, United Farm Workers members, and contemporary immigrants-rights activists, among others, pushed back against the standard narratives of landownership and citizenship. SARAH D. WALD is assistant professor of English and environmental studies at the University of Oregon. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The California farmlands have long served as a popular symbol of America’s natural abundance and endless opportunity. Yet, from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and Carlos Bulosan’s America is in the Heart to Helena Maria Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus, many novels, plays, movies, and songs have dramatized the brutality and hardships of working in the California fields. Little scholarship has focused on what these cultural productions tell us about who belongs in America, and in what ways they are allowed to belong. In The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl (University of Washington Press, 2016), Sarah Wald analyzes this legacy and its consequences by examining the paradoxical representations of California farmers and farmworkers from the Dust Bowl migration to present-day movements for food justice and immigrant rights. Analyzing fiction, nonfiction, news coverage, activist literature, memoirs, and more, Wald gives us a new way of thinking through questions of national belonging by probing the relationships among race, labor, and landownership. Bringing together eco-criticism and critical race theory, she pays special attention to marginalized groups, examining how Japanese American journalists, Filipino workers, United Farm Workers members, and contemporary immigrants-rights activists, among others, pushed back against the standard narratives of landownership and citizenship. SARAH D. WALD is assistant professor of English and environmental studies at the University of Oregon. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The California farmlands have long served as a popular symbol of America’s natural abundance and endless opportunity. Yet, from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and Carlos Bulosan’s America is in the Heart to Helena Maria Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus, many novels, plays, movies, and songs have dramatized the brutality and hardships of working in the California fields. Little scholarship has focused on what these cultural productions tell us about who belongs in America, and in what ways they are allowed to belong. In The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl (University of Washington Press, 2016), Sarah Wald analyzes this legacy and its consequences by examining the paradoxical representations of California farmers and farmworkers from the Dust Bowl migration to present-day movements for food justice and immigrant rights. Analyzing fiction, nonfiction, news coverage, activist literature, memoirs, and more, Wald gives us a new way of thinking through questions of national belonging by probing the relationships among race, labor, and landownership. Bringing together eco-criticism and critical race theory, she pays special attention to marginalized groups, examining how Japanese American journalists, Filipino workers, United Farm Workers members, and contemporary immigrants-rights activists, among others, pushed back against the standard narratives of landownership and citizenship. SARAH D. WALD is assistant professor of English and environmental studies at the University of Oregon. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The California farmlands have long served as a popular symbol of America’s natural abundance and endless opportunity. Yet, from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and Carlos Bulosan’s America is in the Heart to Helena Maria Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus, many novels, plays, movies, and songs have dramatized the brutality and hardships of working in the California fields. Little scholarship has focused on what these cultural productions tell us about who belongs in America, and in what ways they are allowed to belong. In The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl (University of Washington Press, 2016), Sarah Wald analyzes this legacy and its consequences by examining the paradoxical representations of California farmers and farmworkers from the Dust Bowl migration to present-day movements for food justice and immigrant rights. Analyzing fiction, nonfiction, news coverage, activist literature, memoirs, and more, Wald gives us a new way of thinking through questions of national belonging by probing the relationships among race, labor, and landownership. Bringing together eco-criticism and critical race theory, she pays special attention to marginalized groups, examining how Japanese American journalists, Filipino workers, United Farm Workers members, and contemporary immigrants-rights activists, among others, pushed back against the standard narratives of landownership and citizenship. SARAH D. WALD is assistant professor of English and environmental studies at the University of Oregon. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The California farmlands have long served as a popular symbol of America’s natural abundance and endless opportunity. Yet, from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath and Carlos Bulosan’s America is in the Heart to Helena Maria Viramontes’s Under the Feet of Jesus, many novels, plays, movies, and songs have dramatized the brutality and hardships of working in the California fields. Little scholarship has focused on what these cultural productions tell us about who belongs in America, and in what ways they are allowed to belong. In The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl (University of Washington Press, 2016), Sarah Wald analyzes this legacy and its consequences by examining the paradoxical representations of California farmers and farmworkers from the Dust Bowl migration to present-day movements for food justice and immigrant rights. Analyzing fiction, nonfiction, news coverage, activist literature, memoirs, and more, Wald gives us a new way of thinking through questions of national belonging by probing the relationships among race, labor, and landownership. Bringing together eco-criticism and critical race theory, she pays special attention to marginalized groups, examining how Japanese American journalists, Filipino workers, United Farm Workers members, and contemporary immigrants-rights activists, among others, pushed back against the standard narratives of landownership and citizenship. SARAH D. WALD is assistant professor of English and environmental studies at the University of Oregon. Lori A. Flores is an Assistant Professor of History at Stony Brook University (SUNY) and the author of Grounds for Dreaming: Mexican Americans, Mexican Immigrants, and the California Farmworker Movement (Yale, 2016). You can find her at http://www.loriaflores.com, lori.flores@stonybrook.edu, or hanging around Brooklyn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent political debates around language have often been controversial, sometimes poorly informed, and usually unedifying. It’s striking to consider that such debates have, at least in the USA, been current for more than 100 years; and perhaps surprising to learn that they can be seen to have a striking effect on the development of modernist literature. In Accented America: The Cultural Politics of Multilingual Modernism (Oxford University Press, 2011), Joshua Miller begins by evoking a time when the existence and substance of a distinctly American national language is first being argued, and when Presidents, language mavens and the new breed of linguistics scholars are exchanging opinions in major public fora. Against this background, he reads the work of some of the major American writers of the interwar years as exploring and negotiating the relation between language and cultural identity. In this interview, we talk first about Mencken’s rehabilitation as a public figure through his work on language, and his role in the political debates on the status of American English. We then discuss how the cosmopolitan language backgrounds of Gertrude Stein and John dos Passos variously informed their work, how the relationship between language and African American identity plays out in the works of Jean Toomer and Nella Larsen, and how Spanish and indigenous languages shape the writing of Carlos Bulosan and Americo Paredes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent political debates around language have often been controversial, sometimes poorly informed, and usually unedifying. It’s striking to consider that such debates have, at least in the USA, been current for more than 100 years; and perhaps surprising to learn that they can be seen to have a striking effect on the development of modernist literature. In Accented America: The Cultural Politics of Multilingual Modernism (Oxford University Press, 2011), Joshua Miller begins by evoking a time when the existence and substance of a distinctly American national language is first being argued, and when Presidents, language mavens and the new breed of linguistics scholars are exchanging opinions in major public fora. Against this background, he reads the work of some of the major American writers of the interwar years as exploring and negotiating the relation between language and cultural identity. In this interview, we talk first about Mencken’s rehabilitation as a public figure through his work on language, and his role in the political debates on the status of American English. We then discuss how the cosmopolitan language backgrounds of Gertrude Stein and John dos Passos variously informed their work, how the relationship between language and African American identity plays out in the works of Jean Toomer and Nella Larsen, and how Spanish and indigenous languages shape the writing of Carlos Bulosan and Americo Paredes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Recent political debates around language have often been controversial, sometimes poorly informed, and usually unedifying. It's striking to consider that such debates have, at least in the USA, been current for more than 100 years; and perhaps surprising to learn that they can be seen to have a striking effect on the development of modernist literature. In Accented America: The Cultural Politics of Multilingual Modernism (Oxford University Press, 2011), Joshua Miller begins by evoking a time when the existence and substance of a distinctly American national language is first being argued, and when Presidents, language mavens and the new breed of linguistics scholars are exchanging opinions in major public fora. Against this background, he reads the work of some of the major American writers of the interwar years as exploring and negotiating the relation between language and cultural identity. In this interview, we talk first about Mencken's rehabilitation as a public figure through his work on language, and his role in the political debates on the status of American English. We then discuss how the cosmopolitan language backgrounds of Gertrude Stein and John dos Passos variously informed their work, how the relationship between language and African American identity plays out in the works of Jean Toomer and Nella Larsen, and how Spanish and indigenous languages shape the writing of Carlos Bulosan and Americo Paredes.

Recent political debates around language have often been controversial, sometimes poorly informed, and usually unedifying. It’s striking to consider that such debates have, at least in the USA, been current for more than 100 years; and perhaps surprising to learn that they can be seen to have a striking effect on the development of modernist literature. In Accented America: The Cultural Politics of Multilingual Modernism (Oxford University Press, 2011), Joshua Miller begins by evoking a time when the existence and substance of a distinctly American national language is first being argued, and when Presidents, language mavens and the new breed of linguistics scholars are exchanging opinions in major public fora. Against this background, he reads the work of some of the major American writers of the interwar years as exploring and negotiating the relation between language and cultural identity. In this interview, we talk first about Mencken’s rehabilitation as a public figure through his work on language, and his role in the political debates on the status of American English. We then discuss how the cosmopolitan language backgrounds of Gertrude Stein and John dos Passos variously informed their work, how the relationship between language and African American identity plays out in the works of Jean Toomer and Nella Larsen, and how Spanish and indigenous languages shape the writing of Carlos Bulosan and Americo Paredes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices