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Author/critic Frank Chin lets loose on the state of Asian America, AA Studies, AA know-nothingism, JACL complicity in the WW2 roundup of Japanese America, and a lot of other stuff our modern consumers conveniently ignore.

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Charlie Chan Reboot

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Variety recently reported that a Canadian production is developing a reboot of Charlie Chan. Although the character has long been criticiz...
Monday, November 10, 2025

Ne Zha

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With Ne Zha 2 breaking box-office records, I thought you might be interested to know that Frank Chin wrote a blog post years ago about the ...
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Monday, November 25, 2024

Short clip of Frank Chin

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If you watch this PBS video and fast-forward to about 1:54, you'll see Frank Chin speak briefly at the first " Day of Remembrance ...
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Happy Birthday, John Okada

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John Okada (author of No-No Boy) would be 101 years old today! I (Eddie) found some blog articles Frank Chin wrote about Okada you may find ...
Wednesday, August 14, 2024

Aiiieeeee! 50th Anniversary

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The year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of Aiiieeeee! The Introduction, which serves as an Asian American manifesto, remains essential re...
Friday, February 02, 2024

Yardbird Reader Volume 3

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"Whites love us for not being black." - Frank Chin, Yardbird Reader, Volume 3, page ix. Download it here :
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Year of the Dragon: playwright Frank Chin vs actor James Hong

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KCET just produced this clip: "Artistic Conflict in Frank Chin's 'Year of the Dragon'":
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Long considered one of the fathers of Asian American literature and the first Asian American to have a play done off-Broadway, Frank Chin is the recipient of the American Book Award for outstanding literary achievement. He is the best-selling author of Donald Duk. He co-edited the book Aiiieeeee!, a ground-breaking anthology which explores the Chinese, Japanese and Filipino American experience. His latest book is The Confessions of a Number One Son. He lives in Los Angeles, California.
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