Dear Friends,

Thanks for staying on my occasional email list!  I added some of you manually, I hope that's ok - if you're really bothered by a quarterly email from me, you can unsubscribe - but man, will I miss you!  

IN THIS ISSUE:

1.  FREE BOOK

2.  FACEBOOK deactivation and news about my book-in-progress

3.  ESSAYS FROM VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA

4.  KRISTINA WONG'S UPCOMING PERFORMANCES and RECENT TV APPEARANCE!

1.  FREE BOOK

Last fall, I released a book of essays on Asian American Anger for iBooks, Kindle and print.  People who've read it tell me they liked it, but it hasn't moved many copies.  I think it can do a lot to add to the conversation about anger.  All proceeds go to domestic violence nonprofits.  It's only 99 cents, but if you have iBooks, I can give you a code to download it for free.  There's also a draft excerpt on social media anger from my book-in-progress.

FOR A FREE DOWNLOAD CODE FOR iBOOKS:  Just hit reply and tell me how many copies you'd like.  

I'd really appreciate your feedback.  If I issue a revised edition sometime, I'll be sure to thank you.  Also, if you really like the book, I'd appreciate the positive reviews on Amazon or iBooks.  If you have a blog or know someone who does, I'd appreciate a shout out.  I really think this can do some good, and I'd like to get it out there.

iBooks:  http://bit.ly/DVbook

Amazon (for Kindle and Print):  http://www.amazon.com/Ravi-Chandra/e/B005UORG1M/

2.  I deactivated my personal Facebook account; my Op-Ed for the New York Daily News went viral:  http://nydn.us/1HTNIkc

My book is with a real live and wise New York agent.  I've gotten some nibbles from publishers, and while they've liked my writing and concept, they want me to have a "platform" before they'll take a chance on me.  Everyone wants a sure thing - even though there are no sure things.  I can understand the need to minimize risk.  I think we all just need to read more books,and have conversations about them (after we've freed up time by staying off social media perhaps! )  If you happen to have connections with people at major newspapers or magazines, I'd really appreciate some help.  I'm working on essays and op-eds on a variety of topics, and would love to have a venue.  Again, I hope my writing can help people - my book is ultimately about relationship and love, what happens to the mind and heart as we engage on social media and in real life, how we affect each other's biology and souls.

3.  ESSAYS FROM VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA

I wrote some photoessays during my recent travels.  If you'd like to read them, just let me know and I'll send them on.

4.  KRISTINA WONG

My good friend Kristina Wong was just on Comedy Central's Larry Wilmore show, talking about race and media!  Congrats, Kristina!  Her brand new show, THE WONG STREET JOURNAL is playing in San Francisco soon.  Hope to see you all there!

Buy Tickets Here

About the show…

THE WONG STREET JOURNAL is a new solo theater work written and performed by performance artist and comedian Kristina Wong. Part plushy TED lecture, part amateur hip-hop extravaganza, and part travelogue, The Wong Street Journal breaks down the complexities of global poverty, privilege and economic theory using uneasy-to-read charts, live hashtag wars, and riveting slideshows from post-conflict Northern Uganda. Wong tells the story of how she as a not-so-white savior, became a hip hop star in Northern Uganda.

Wong combines self-skewering personal narrative with a hilarious interrogation of America's legacy on the rest of the world. All of this plays against an all felt version of the New York Stock Exchange that Wong sewed with her own hands.

"With her punchy brand of humor, Kristina Wong takes aim at what most people don't acknowledge." -- LA TIMES

 Warmly,

Ravi