On Notes from the Edge, artist/activist/educator La Doña tells us about the purpose of an anthem - and why we don’t need one for the U.S. Listen now on KALW.org and everywhere you get your podcasts! Subscribe, drop a review, like us, tell a friend.
Jeff Chang
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Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America (Mariner) - watermirrorecho.net Notes from the Edge + Edge of Reason Can't Stop Won't Stop • Who We Be • We Gon' Be Alright
More than two generations after his passing, Bruce Lee lives on. What if we replaced that idea of “The Curse of the Dragon” with the idea of “The Gift of the Dragon?” You have all the power you need. Use it wisely for justice. More than two generations after his passing, Bruce Lee lives on.
Last month I spent an evening with LiveWire Radio, one of my fave podcasts! Kind, cunning hosts Luke Burbank + Elena Passarello had me talking about Bruce Lee and Urkel. Tune in this weekend to NPR stations across the country or stream right now: www.livewireradio.org/episodes/726
On Notes from the Edge of America’s 250th, singer/songwriter Leyla McCalla tells us how she hears the nation’s contradictions: “America is an experiment.” Hear the whole interview on KALW.org and everywhere you get your podcasts! Subscribe, drop a review, like us, tell a friend.
this Thursday join @zentronix.bsky.social and me for a discussion of his new book. it’ll be an honor and good time and we’re gonna cover a LOT about Lee’s time in The Town
Oakland Public Library@oaklibrary.bsky.social · last mo.Author Jeff Chang joins us at 6pm on July 9 at the Main Library to discuss his latest book Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America. Register for this author talk ➡️ https://bit.ly/4gdny2m
On Notes From The Edge, Indigenous author, director, and multihyphenate artist Julian Brave Noisecat gives us notes on the U.S.A.’s 250th and its national anthem! Listen now on KALW.org and everywhere you get your podcasts! Subscribe, drop a review, like us, tell a friend.
On Notes From The Edge of America’s 250th, Monument Lab co-founder Paul Farber tells us why we are still fighting over Confederate memorials. Listen now on KALW.org and everywhere you get your podcasts! Subscribe, drop a review, like us, tell a friend.
Justice Jackson's incandescently outraged takedown of Clarence Thomas in yesterday's Trump v. Barbara case on birthright citizenship is a must-read for everyone fighting for freedom and democracy. My word: zentronix.substack.com
On Birthright Citizenship, Democracy, and the Meaning of Freedom
Justice Ketanji Brown-Jackson's incandescently outraged takedown of Clarence Thomas tells us everything about current threats to democracy.
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NO MORE NORMAL: Radical Healing in A Hurting World The Merritt Dialogues, presented by the Bay Area Book Festival A conversation with Dr. Gabor Maté + Nicole Steward July 8, 7-8:30pm PT Tickets for in-person or online viewing: www.baybookfest.org/the-merritt-...
Dropping today! Notes from the Edge of America’s 250th Featuring Jamelle Bouie, Paul Farber, La Doña, Leyla McCalla, and Julian Brave NoiseCat! 7:00pm, KALW 90.7FM Bay Area Also streaming at KALW.org & everywhere you listen to podcasts! Go deeper! zentronix.substack.com
Tmw! Notes from the Edge of America’s 250th. Featuring Jamelle Bouie, Paul Farber, La Doña, Leyla McCalla, and Julian Brave NoiseCat! Produced by KALW Public Media. Tuesday on KALW.org and everywhere you listen to podcasts!
New podcast episode incoming - Notes From The Edge of America’s 250th! Hear Jamelle Bouie on why the fights over American history have always been with us - and why, even now, they remain so consequential. Listen Tuesday on KALW.org and everywhere you get your podcasts!
Closing out AANHPI Month in Houston! May 30 * Harris County Library, Maud Marks 10:30am * Houston Library, Alief Branch - w/legendary poet Emanuelee Outspoken Bean! 1pm May 31 * HAAPI Fest talk w/screening 11am Drop by Agnes and Sherman after to refresh your palate! Details: watermirrorecho.net
On Notes from the Edge of Climate Change, hear Anohni, the acclaimed musician, on the role of art in raising issues of climate justice: Listen in: www.kalw.org/show/notes-f... Dive deeper: zentronix.substack.com
On Notes from the Edge of Climate Change, hear Kristina Hill, who has been sounding the alarm about water rise in global cities. Listen in: www.kalw.org/show/notes-f... Dive deeper: zentronix.substack.com
Join us for Water Mirror Echo + other special events this AANHPI Month and beyond! Visit watermirrorecho.net for all the latest info, reg links, and more. More details and more events to be announced soon! #WaterMirrorEcho
Who gets to tell the stories of Iran and who is silenced? Join us for an urgent discussion on Iran from two leading voices for change - Behrooz Ghatami & Fatemeh Jamalpour. May 5, 7-9pm PT Tickets for in-person or online viewing: www.baybookfest.org/the-merritt-...
On this day in 1959, Bruce Lee left Hong Kong to return to the US, his birthplace. He was a birthright citizen. But seen as a foreigner, he was expected to *become American*. His 12 years in the US would lead him to become the global hero of the underdog. watermirrorecho.net
On Notes from the Edge of Climate Change, hear indigenous lawyer Julian Aguon on how climate change activists can win. Listen in: www.kalw.org/show/notes-f... Dive deeper: zentronix.substack.com
Berkeley! 510! My people! You know what it is. Join us next weekend at our local branch! EastWind Books in the house too! May 3, 3pm Tarea Hall Pittman South Branch Berkeley Public Library 1901 Russell Street + MLK #WaterMirrorEcho
Honored to discuss my new book American Peril w/always brilliant @zentronix.bsky.social Thurs 7pm PDT at City Lights SF & online (w/registration at link). citylights.com/events/scott...
Atlanta! Next week! Water Mirror Echo: A Conversation Jeff Chang + Casey Wong April 24, 5-7pm Emory University Harland Cinema Presented by Emory AAADS Initiative + APIDAA w/ Georgia State University - Asian American Faculty Affinity Group & Dept of Ed Policy Studies #watermirrorecho
LA! This weekend! Join us! LA Times Book Festival Empire of Dreams: The Rebels, Titans, and Icons Who Defined Modern Hollywood Saturday, April 18 -- 3:00pm - 4:00pm Taper Hall 201 Tix: latimes.com/fob See you all there!
New episode! NOTES FROM THE EDGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE An Earth Day Special Julian Aguon, Dr. Kristina Hill + Anohni Next Week! Tue, April 21, 7pm KALW 91.7 FM in the Bay Area www.kalw.org/show/notes-f... Or wherever you get your podcasts!
It’s Mahalo Monday! Mahaloz to Da Shop, the gathering place for Local literati + cool folks in Kaimukī. A big shout-out too to the Hawai’i International Film Festival, a couple blocks away. Find them @dashophnl and dashophnl.com!
Proud, honored, and curious about being chosen as 1 of 10 Storytellers in this year’s Curious 100 list by the @ Eames Institute www.eamesinstitute.org/curious-100/... Check out the full list of brilliant #curious100 folks who are changing the world one question at a time here: www.curious100.org
New York City! Join Bakari Kitwana + me next Thursday at NYU for a special discussion of #WaterMirrorEcho, Bruce Lee, hip-hop & Black/Asian solidarities. Free! April 9 6-8pm NYU 20 Cooper Square, 3rd Flr Register at the link or: bit.ly/NYUBruce
I’m PSYKED to finally share this convo w/ my homie Jeff Chang @zentronix.bsky.social author & culture strategist extraordinaire & our resident Obi Wan at the Butterfly Lab for Immigrant Narrative Strategy, where we first incubated the MUSLIM FUTURES anthology!
Thursday night! Talking Bruce and Asian America at Cal's J-School with @shereenmarisol.bsky.social !!! Tix: journalism.berkeley.edu/event/author... See you soon!
Professor Shereen Marisol Meraji talks to author Jeff Chang about “Water Mirror Echo: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America”
In WATER MIRROR ECHO: Bruce Lee and the Making of Asian America, award-winning author Jeff Chang delivers a groundbreaking cultural biography of Bruce Lee, timed to Lee’s 85th birthday year in 2025.
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