Hi all! Happy Year of the Rooster and 2017, and thanks for staying with me!  In this email blast: 1.  Compassion for Trump?   A well-received Psychology Today blogpost asking what would the stages of compassion for Trump look like. 2.  Donald Trump as the Fisher King: #DonaldAreYouOkay?   A followup post tying in the Grail legend of the Fisher King to our current predicament. 3.  The BBC interviewed me!   I'm in the first 12 minutes of this show, talking about compassion for President ...Continue Reading

Dear Readers, Thanks for continuing to be on my list.  Your presence means a lot to me.  As I made quite clear in my blogs and in our conversations, I have been a strong Democratic, Obama and now Clinton supporter.  I know some of you are Trump supporters, and I congratulate you on your victory.  You have been waiting to be heard, and you have been - now I hope that as your party holds such enormous power, they will hear and be responsible to our side of the political fence. I have grave fears ab ...Continue Reading

Hi all, Thanks for staying with me!  It's been a great summer of writing and events!  I hope to have some publication news for you in the near future. [*]LitCrawl reading, part of LitQuake 2016 (Saturday, October 15 at 8:30 pm) [*]Letter to Young Activists (and others interested in self-care and healing in these trying times) [*]More Pacific Heart blog posts of note (especially for new subscribers), including an article on Rome, Georgia [*]Some great book picks from recent readings 1.  LitCrawl R ...Continue Reading

Hi all! Thanks for being onboard with this occasional newsletter! In this edition: 1.  Queens International:  my writing for their biennial is live!  Data, the Social Being and the Social Network 2.  On Angela Duckworth’s Grit (which I haven’t read, but that didn’t stop me from having opinions about it :) based on all the critiques) 3.  A great podcast, Invisibilia, on psychological themes - including personality change in prison, and acceptance of mental illness 4.  SEOUL SEARCHING - a ...Continue Reading

Hi friends, Thanks for subscribing!  I have two posts on Psychology Today this week that hopefully will be of interest to you.  I hope you can click through on at least one of them - that helps me know that these messages are getting to you  A Noble Sadness:  The Benefits of Sorrow   Anger is more viral, but sadness is more connecting.  This essay probes sadness as a sobering and connecting force. Moped Mind:  Mindfulness and Nonduality Inspire in Vietnam This essay bridges my tr ...Continue Reading

Hello! Thanks for being on my email list! As a bonus, please visit this link to download my free e-book on anger.  This includes essays on Asian American male and female anger, domestic violence, as well as social media rage, as well as a few poems about anger.  This last essay is an excerpt from my book-in-progress, Facebuddha: Transcendence in the Age of Social Networks.  You will also find a link to my poetry book, published in 2011, and including poems from the groundbreaking anthology&nb ...Continue Reading

For those of you in the East Bay or willing to travel, there will be an encore, regularly priced screening of TYRUS directed by Pamela Tom ’83 will be at the New Parkway Theater on Sunday March 20 at 12:30.  This was just announced. TYRUS - Tickets available here 474 24th Street, Oakland, CA 94612 Here’s what I wrote about it on opening night. And if you’re interested, here’s my most recent comprehensive blog post about the festival, featuring films about prisoner turned activist Eddy Zheng, the Cambodian sur ...Continue Reading

Hi all, March brings more than the usual number of emails from me, because of CAAMFest, which runs March 10-20.  Here are my most recent blog posts about the festival.  My coverage of the festival experience itself will start this Friday, after Opening Night's TYRUS screening and party.  There are still tickets available.   Enter TYRUS50 code at checkout to receive the $50 Friends & Family rate for combo tickets! (Regular price is $65).  When you “enter prom ...Continue Reading

My recent blog post went "viral" or "bacterial" - on anti-Asian racism at the Oscars Sunday night: #Oscarssowhite - Antidote for Anti-Asian Racism is CAAMFest Also, I'm pleased to offer some discounts and comps.  The comps are first come first serve. DISCOUNT FOR OPENING NIGHT and PARTY of CAAMFEST: TYRUS is an award-winning documentary about now-105 year old Tyrus Wong, Chinese American animator who was influential at Disney, using his Chinese art aesthetic for Bambi, and facing racism.   ...Continue Reading

Hi all, Thanks for remaining a subscriber!   We're a month out from CAAMFest (the Asian American International Film Festival in San Francisco), and I've begun my 11th year of writing my blog, Memoirs of a Superfan.  Check out my Lunar New Year/Year of the Monkey post, both at www.CAAMedia.org and Psychology Today: Year of the Monkey:  A Most Chimpathic Year Psychology Today:  Year of the Monkey - Which Monkey Are You? ALSO:  I was on BYU Radio a couple of months ago, responding to campus u ...Continue Reading