Taipei People and Chinese IdentityIn Taipei People, Pai Hsien-Yung captures a hauntingly beautiful snapshot of Chinese identity through the lives of Waishengren, mainland…Feb 28, 2021Feb 28, 2021
The Lau Effect: What science fiction tells us about who rules the world.20 years ago, on a balmy suburban summer evening I sat down on the couch next to my father and watched a few plucky Americans save the…Dec 26, 2020Dec 26, 2020
Taipei People(臺北人) by Pai Hsien-Yung (白先勇)Taipei People is a collection of 14 short stories written by Pai Hsien-Yung in the 1960s. The collection was first published in 1971.Dec 23, 2020Dec 23, 2020
Drafting the Greatest Modern Asian American AthletesWelcome to the First Electric Dreams Asian American Athlete Draft! A fantasy exercise where 3 General Managers face off to construct their…Aug 20, 2020Aug 20, 2020
The Future of Chinese Food in AmericaImagine you are a resident of an imaginary COVID-free San Francisco. You just finished Padma Lakshmi’s Taste the Nation episode on SF…Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020
Empathy found in our unsung voicesIn the 2020 surge in the Black Lives Matter movement stemming from the Murder of George Floyd, an increasing amount of Asian Americans…Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020
Infernal IdentitiesAsian Americans are born juggling multiple cultural identities. Some labels come with your birthplace, others are given to us by the…Aug 19, 2020Aug 19, 2020
A Post-Millennial revisit of Lost in TranslationA reexamination of Lost in Translation as my generation leaves our Scarlett years and approaches our Bill Murray-esque mid-life crisesJul 10, 2020Jul 10, 2020
Big Hero 6: A Better TomorrowThis article accompanies the podcast The Electric Image Express, a conversation around an Asian-American issue (how we deal with love…Jul 4, 2020Jul 4, 2020
