via the [ Star Tribune ] There is a lot to read, and worry about, in local and world news. Today I want to celebrate courage. Real courage. The story of the Fukushima 50 humbles me. I wish them the best. I wish them luck. I cannot imagine what it is like to be in their situation. I also want to give props to Rep. Mike Honda, who recently made
You Bring Out the Vietnamese in Me
September 1, 2006
Published in: Saint Paul Almanac Edited by Kimberly Nightengale Arcata Press, 2006
Race
September 1, 2006
Published in: Best American Poetry 2006 Edited by Billy Collins Scribner, 2006 Michigan Quarterly Review: Viet Nam: Beyond the Frame Edited by Rebekah Linh Collins University of Michigan, Winter 2005
Yellowbrown Babies for the Revolution
September 1, 2004
Published in: Hop Luu Literary Journal: The Generation After the War Edited by Nguyen-Vo Thu-huong Volume 69: 1, 2004
FOBulous
September 1, 2003
Published in: XCP: Cross Cultural Poetics Edited by Mark Nowak College of St. Catherine, No.12, 2003
For Us
September 1, 2003
Published in: Amerasia Journal: Diaspora & Dimensions Edited by Professor Linda Vo UCLA Asian American Studies Center Press, Volume 29 No.1, 2003
Reverse Racism
September 1, 2003
Published in: Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images Edited by M. Evelina Galang Coffee House Press, 2003
Ishle Park
November 1, 2002
If you listen closely, every poem on Bao’s CD is a love poem: rough-edged, raw, and scalding, or quiet enough to break your heart. Much will be said about his fearless politics and his power, but his words are also threaded with humor, humanity, and beauty – my brother is on a mission to keep us all knit tight, and to remind us how we are quilted together in this
Surviving the Translation
September 1, 2002
Published in: Drumvoices Review: Words from 15 Cities: Poetic Voices of Contemporary Urban Cultures SUIE and EBR Writers Club, 2002 Legacy to Liberation: Writings from Revolutionary Asian America Edited by Fred Ho Big Red Media, 2000
Knick Knacks
September 1, 2001
Published in: Body of Stories Journal of the Asian American Renaissance Volume 5, 2001