he drew the map of america way too big.

After a semester of Asian American literature, I could tell you a lot of things about Orientalism and assimilation vs. acculturation and Charlie Chan. But I am going to cut to the chase, and post this link of Andrew Lam's excellent short story "Show and Tell," as it is a highlight and doesn't require much context. Other than that, if you're looking for good AA lit, I would suggest Chang-rae Lee and anyone from the Phillipines or their descendants (Carlos Bulosan, Jessica Hagedorn, etc etc). That country, man, they can write.

And also I saw UR's Dan Price play the Drama House coffee house deal the other day and if you STILL don't believe me that he is really, really good and you can tear yourself away from BitTorrent for one hour to see him play, for the love of God visit his myspace. Tuesday November 2 is my personal favorite. Ju-jajuba was set to play but Cory was sick. And you ain't goin' nowhere without Cory, Ju-j.