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Tacoma native receives Walt Whitman Award for poetry

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NEW YORK (AP) – A young Korean American poet has received a $5,000 award for first-time writers that also ensures the publication and thousands of sales of her debut collection. […]

Beacon Hill building energizes Seattle Lees

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By Assunta Ng Northwest Asian Weekly Four beauties wearing their crowns and native costumes — all sharing the same surname and ancestors dating back 2,000 years in China — joined […]

Memoirs and life stories

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By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Kapoho, Memoir of a Modern Pompeii By Frances H. Kakugawa Watermark Publishing, 2011 Frances Kakugawa was only 5 years old when the Japanese bombed […]

George Takei to beam up to Seattle for Pride parade

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Seattle Out & Proud, organizers of Seattle Pride, have announced that George Takei will lead this year’s Seattle Pride Parade as Celebrity Grand Marshal.

Asian comedians might leave you a bit ‘dis/orient/ed’

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By Signe Predmore Northwest Asian Weekly Not all communities feel welcome in the world of stand-up comedy, a mainstream American

Seattle artist straddles cultural edges, comes up ‘cute’

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By Marino Saito Northwest Asian Weekly Ken Taya doesn’t fart rainbows any more. The popular, bilingual web comic “I Fart Rainbows” can still be found on the web (ifartrainbows.com). It […]

Seattle Thais rally for Thailand reforms

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More than 100 Thais and Americans gathered at the American Legion hall in Shoreline Feb. 1 to stage a protest against the government of Thailand, and to demand reforms in […]