Please join me in conversation with writer Elaine Hsieh Chou about her latest short story collection, WHERE ARE YOU REALLY FROM, followed by an audience Q&A. @elainehsiehchou.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social

In the wake of the invasion of our beloved Little Tokyo by Border Patrol and ICE agents, the community speaks back! #stopice #iceoutofla @jamuseum.bsky.social

Witnessed this extraordinarily timely opera last night–AINADAMAR: A CLASH OF DICTATORS AND POETS, at LAOpera. About the legacy of Federico Garcia Lorca and the rise of the Falangists/ Facism in Spain. One more performance May 18.

Congratulations to brilliant artist Donel Williams, whose show “The Incomprehensible Politics of Mark Marking*” opened May 13 and continues through May 23, at the Roski Graduate School of Art and Design.

The Japanese American newspaper, Rafu Shimpo, published this article about the rescinding of National Endowment for the Humanities grants, including my own.

I received an NEH grant that would have allowed me to dedicate twelve months to my book project, The Art of Vulnerability: Sexual and Racial Violence, Disability, and Asian / American Performance.

DOGE Strikes! Hi everyone. As predicted, the NEH grant for my book project The Art of Vulnerability: Sexual and Racial Violence, Disability, and Asian/ American Performance rescinded in “furtherance of the President’s agenda” including: