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2/17/23 | Food and Culture
Hi everyone! During last week’s meeting, we had a conversation about food culture and how the expectations, interpretations, and even the...
Mar 15, 20235 min read
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02/10/23 | Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner | Part II
During last week’s meeting, we wrapped up our discussion of Michelle Zauner’s Crying in H Mart by listening through and analyzing the...
Feb 15, 20234 min read
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02/03/23 | Crying in H Mart - Michelle Zauner | Part I
During last Friday’s meeting, we read and discussed Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, a memoir centering on the author’s mother and...
Feb 15, 20232 min read
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01/27/23 | Orientalism & Racial Formations - Edward Said; Michael Omi & Howard Winant
During our last meeting, we discussed Edward Said’s Orientalism. First, we generally defined the term itself as the framework through...
Feb 15, 20234 min read
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01/22/23 | Preliminary Discussion: A Brief History of Asian America
Last Friday, everyone shared a bit about themselves and their familiarity with Asian American literature including authors and books as...
Feb 15, 20232 min read
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11/11/22 | The Making of Asian America (Introduction - Ch.1) - Erika Lee
In our last meeting, we discussed the first two sections of Erika Lee’s book, The Making of Asian America by investigating the role...
Feb 15, 20233 min read
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11/04/22 | The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui | Part II
This week, we finished Thi Bui’s graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do. Based on her memoir, we did some more interactive reading and...
Feb 15, 20232 min read
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10/28/22 | The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui | Part I
For this week’s meeting, we introduced Thi Bui’s graphic memoir, The Best We Could Do. We first contextualized her memoir by giving a...
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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10/21/22 | No Crying At The Dinner Table
Thank you to everyone who attended today’s meeting! At Friday’s meeting, we discussed the introduction of AALA, its mission, and its...
Feb 15, 20232 min read
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