Yanyan Huang

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Yanyan Huang

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Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu 20.01.2022 41:23

Willis Wu doesn’t perceive himself as a protagonist even in his own life: He’s merely Generic Asian Man….Playful but heartfelt, a send-up of Hollywood tropes and Asian stereotypes, Interior Chinatown is Charles Yu’s most moving, daring, and masterly novel yet.

What is Music? 19.01.2022 11:52

An exploration of what is considered music around the world.

Antique-Modern Chinese and Italian poems for rainy days 28.12.2021 45:25

A selection of melancholic Italian, English, and Chinese poems for rainy days

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem 20.12.2021 1:17:36

Native Americans were forced to tour in Wild West shows as an alternative to prison in the late 1880’s. Comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff focuses on one of comedy’s most significant and little-known stories: how, despite having been denied representation in the entertainment industry, Native Americans have influenced and advanced the art form. Dozens of interviews in this tribute to a neglected leg...

Chinatown Pretty 20.12.2021 7:40

Fashion and Wisdom from Chinatown’s most stylish seniors. Andria Lo and Valerie Liu, 2020

Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin color and Colorism 19.12.2021 1:33:49

Part II of a book of thirty essays, edited by Nikki Khanna

Studies 16.12.2021 6:57

Notes from my educational courses

Nest 16.12.2021 18:02

Nest: A selection of poems by Mei Mei Berssenbrugge

Hello, the Roses 11.12.2021 26:55

A selection of poems by Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, 2013

Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color 09.12.2021 1:53:06

Edited by Nikki Khanna. Thirty essays by Asian American women on the role colorism has played in their life.

Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation 08.12.2021 32:56

Collected essays on the Social and Psychic Lives of Asian Americans by David L. Eng and Shinhee Han

Floating Lives: The Media and Asian Diasporas 08.12.2021 23:21

Floating Lives is a unique examination of media and communication within diasporic ethnic communities, using in-depth studies of some of Australia’s main Asian diasporic groups…this book explores the ethnic community as a determining force in negotiating new hybrid identities and cultures- and demonstrates experiences common to diasporic communities worldwide.

Artists on Artists: Bruce Nauman 08.12.2021 35:32

Collections of artists’ lectures on Bruce Nauman, Dia Art Center. Includes Judith Barry, William Kentridge, David Levine, Gedi Sinnott, Gary Simmons, Charline von Heyl, Mark Wallinger

Blahblahblah II 08.12.2021 1:10:53

Skimming Dan’s papers and NYT Magazine

New Yorker 08.12.2021 23:19

Articles

Discriminating Taste 08.12.2021 8:35

How class anxiety created the American food revolution. By S. Margot Finn

The Soul’s Code 08.12.2021 2:43:13

Excerpts from The Soul’s Code: In Search of Character and Calling by James Hillman

The Life around Us 08.12.2021 11:05

Poems by Denise Levertov

Negotiating cultures and identities 08.12.2021 1:03:11

Life history issues, methods, and readings by John L. Caughey