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Andrew Lam
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East and West far apart when it comes to egos
Created: 2012-5-9
Author:Andrew Lam
IN the age of Twitter, Skype, YouTube and Google, the space between East and West seems to compress and shrink.
But in the area of self-perception, there remains a psyche gap that can often be as wide as the Pacific Ocean.
Take Heejun Han, an immigrant from South Korea who became one of the top 10 singers on "American... read more »
Created: 2012-5-9
Author:Andrew Lam
IN the age of Twitter, Skype, YouTube and Google, the space between East and West seems to compress and shrink.
But in the area of self-perception, there remains a psyche gap that can often be as wide as the Pacific Ocean.
Take Heejun Han, an immigrant from South Korea who became one of the top 10 singers on "American... read more »
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Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
by Andrew Lam (Goodreads Author), Richard Rodriguez    3.69 avg rating — 70 ratings
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East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres
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A set of feature articles or essays about various aspects of culture clash experienced by Vietnamese Americans. Very readable, literary musings. I loved it!
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"Anything is bearable if you can make a story out of it..."
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location: Studio 333 , @ 333 Caledonia Street, Sausalito, CA, The United States description: What do you hunger for? Maybe the same things as our readers. Come find out. August 11, Studio 333, 7 pm. $5 gets you in the door. Bring mad money for authors’ books and drinks. Andrew Lam is co-founder and editor of New America Media, an association of over 2000 ethnic media organizations in America. He has also contributed over 60 commentaries to NPR’s All Things Considered. His essays have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country, including the New York Times, The LA Times, the San...more |
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“Precious things lost are transmutable. They refuse oblivion. They simply wait to be rendered into testimonies, into stories and songs.”
― Andrew Lam, Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
― Andrew Lam, Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora
“He knew it even before he could fully articulate it: between East and West lay a terrain that needed to be charted by stories, fused by his new eyes and imagination, and he needed to tell those stories if he ever hoped to be whole again.”
― Andrew Lam, East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres
― Andrew Lam, East Eats West: Writing in Two Hemispheres
