Amok: Essays from an Asian American Perspective; With an Introduction by Ishmael Reed - Softcover

Emil Guillermo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0966502019 ISBN 13: 9780966502015

Publisher: Asian Week Books, 1999

Synopsis

Journalist and commentator Emil Guillermo spares few of the racial stereotypes and ethnic eccentricities of Asian Americans in this collection of columns from the pages of Asian Week. From the model minority myth to mail-order brides, from Hmong justice to political machinations, Guillermo demolishes many of the assumptions about America's fastest growing minority. Guillermo is sometimes satirically pungent, sometimes dead serious, but always an outspoken and engaging writer. He's a new voice in the on going debate on race and diversity in America.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Asian Week Books is pleased to announce that Emil Guillermo's "Amok:Essays from an Asian American Perspective" has been named a winner of the 2000 American Book Award by the Before Columbus Foundation. We're proud that Emil's provocative essays on Asian American issues have been recognized with this honor. The award brands him as one of the more original commentators on race and politics in America.

About the Author:

A former host of National Public Radio's All Things Considered, Guillermo was the first Asian American male to host a national news program. Guillermo currently writes a weekly column for Asian Week, the national newsweekly for Asian Americans. He is also the host and executive producer for NCM:New California Media--The New America Now, a news/analysis talk show on the news and views of the nation's emerging new majority, seen on PBS stations in San Francisco and Los Angeles. His writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Honolulu Star Bulletin, and in numerous publications throughout the country. His television work has been on CNN and NBC.

About this edition

• Publisher: Asian Week Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0966502019
• ISBN 13: 9780966502015
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 230