Beautiful Men Holding My New Book
Here’s my new book, One Red Bastard, being held by incredible men who are extremely good-looking! The book will be out in May, but these hunks are already out there! Joel de la Fuente Daniel Dae Kim David Henry Hwang You can check out the book trailer here! Share
Read MoreSanta Cruz, not Santa Claus!
Amberly Young is so awesome! (Did you draw a heart because you love me?) Santa Cruz is a beautiful place and University of California, Santa Cruz, has the best-looking campus I’ve ever seen. It seems hidden within a forest of giant redwoods. A guy who took me around campus told me that new students often become lost on the trails that connect the campuses. I was intrigued by the Mima Mounds — Kyle, you rock for bringing me on the long and perilous hike (we had to climb a...
Read MoreMy Life in “Community” Service, part 3
Me in 1991. The other Ed took my picture against a Mr. Softee truck to soften my image. When I was finished with college in 1991 and had finally secured my mining-engineering degree, I went about doing what I really wanted to finish – my literature-writing degree. It wasn’t so much that I wanted the degree itself. I was reading and writing a lot on my own. But I needed that degree because I wanted to go to journalism school. An engineering degree alone wasn’t going to...
Read MoreLet’s Give ‘White’ People Some Credit
How come Asians never sit in the front row? At the Page Turner festival a few weeks ago, I read a short piece in which I channeled my mother — accent, broken English and all. During the Q&A, this Asian woman asked me if I would read the same piece to a “white” audience, because in front of an “Asian” audience, “we’re all in on the joke” with the accent. I don’t remember exactly what I said, but I was annoyed and sort of mean (when the...
Read MoreWhat Is the Greatest Nation in the World?
Why, it’s the DO-nation! Yes, I ripped that off from somebody who ripped it off of someone else, but it is a wonderful sentiment. You know as well as I do that this country has experienced, shall we say, a bit of an economic malaise over the last year or so? It’s only now that people are contemplating whether or not we’ve hit a floor. Let’s give this man a sidesmile! Donate today! Banks and financial institutions get government bailouts. Arts institutions get the...
Read MoreOn the Road Again!
No, not here, though I wish! Hey, all, I want to let you know about an event coming up this Sunday. Bad news: it’s not in New York City. Good news: it takes place in Paramus, New Jersey! More good news: I’ll be on a panel with the beautiful Wendy Lee and equally beautiful Sung Woo. Sunday June 14, 2009, 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM Books NJ 2009 Panel Discussion – The Immigrant Experience (yeah, bay-bee!) featuring Wendy Lee, Ed Lin, Sung J. Woo. Paramus Public Library 116 East...
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Ed Lin is the author of Waylaid, This Is A Bust, Snakes Can't Run, and One Red Bastard. Lin, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Ed lives in New York with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung.