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HapaMama

Asian Fusion Family and Food

A blog by Grace Hwang Lynch

Maxine Hong Kingston in Menlo Park

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Maxine Hong Kingston only writes one book each decade. So when she was at Kepler’s Books in Menlo Park, reading from her new poetry memoir “I Love a Broad Margin to My Life”, I made sure to be there.

Who’s in the kitchen?

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“Tiger in the Kitchen” has me wondering… how to better share food traditions with my children? That’s the premise of Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan’s new food memoir “Tiger in the Kitchen”.

Mixed Race Matters

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Recently, the New York Times ran an article “Black? White? Asian? More Young Americans Choose All of the Above” examining the changing (or not-changing) attitudes toward people of mixed-race. The report spotlighs a group of college students in the Multiracial and Biracial Student Association at the University of Maryland.

Growing Up Asian In America Contest

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My Kindergartener brought home a flyer for the Growing Up Asian in America contest.

Oh, sweet! You can win up to $27,000 in scholarship money… just by writing an essay about being Asian! Where do I sign up?

Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Tiger Moms

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I’ve had this conversation a dozen times the past week:

“Can you believe that Amy Chua?”

“That book is outrageous There’s no way I’m reading it!”

“Are you done with your copy? Can I borrow it?”

Really. For many of my Asian American friends, Amy Chua’s “Why Chinese Mothers are Superior” essay in the Wall Street Journal set off a visceral reaction

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother – Book Review

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Upon reading Amy Chua’s “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” in its entirely, I have to say that the narrative arc does turn out differently than the “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” essay in the Wall Street Journal suggests.

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother – Publicity Coup or Fail?

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The book is scheduled to be released today (January 11), but Yale Law professor Amy Chua’s new memoir on parenting, “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” has already created a stir based on her excerpt titled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” published in the Wall Street Journal.

Is the Tiger Mama Singing to the Choir?

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No less than half a dozen people on my Facebook page posted link’s to Amy Chua’s essay in the Wall Street Journal publicizing her controversial new parenting memoir (handbook?) “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother”. She’s certainly stirring up a frenzy in the Asian American community and making quite a name for herself.