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Tue, 05 Jun 2007
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| Key Events in Writing and Promoting "Southern Fried Rice" |
How does one plan the writing and promoting of a
book? Try as you might, many aspects are totally
unplanned and just a matter of good luck.
In creating a map or guide covering the
past year and a half, I identify the key events and
people behind my journey to record a part of
Chinese American and Southern history. Hopefully,
this record may be helpful to others who attempt to
write and promote their own stories.
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Posted 19:39
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Wed, 10 Jan 2007
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| San Diego Chinese Historical Museum Book Signing |
Dec. 2, 2006
I had the opportunity to talk about Southern Fried
Rice to a receptive audience at San Diego's
beautiful Chinese Historical Museum. By
coincidence, they still had their excellent exhibit
on San Diego's Chinese laundries.
It was a pleasure to meet many audience members
afterwards at a nice reception held in the lovely
Museum patio.
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Posted 09:41
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Tue, 21 Nov 2006
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| Going Home to Macon |
What an experience! The Georgia Literary Festival
was held in Macon, my home town and site of the
story in Southern Fried Rice. On Nov. 4, I got to
talk about SFR to an audience about the history of
Chinese in their town. I got to give two other
talks over the next two days. The response was
warm and congenial, and I met many people who
showed genuine interest. Also I even met people I
had gone to junior high school with over 50 years
ago, so it was an incredible experience. Needless
to add, much had changed for the better since I
left Macon in 1952 before the rise of the Civil
rights movement. And while the city had reinvented
itself, trying to promote cultural-historical and
tourist events, it still retained a sense of the
slower pace of life I remember about the Southern
way of life.
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Mon, 15 May 2006
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| Hometown Newspaper Interview |
A popular columnist, Ed Grisamore, for my hometown
paper, The
Macon Telegraph learned about Southern Fried Rice
and called to
interview me. He had been researching some other
topic in the
library when the historian showed him SFR which led
him to write
an article about the story of our family.
Suddenly, several boyhood friends who read the
article popped
out of the blue and contacted me, and invited me to
come back to
Macon for a visit. It was an unexpected pleasure!
Isn't it amazing the power of a printed article. (Note: When you reach the link, scroll
down one paragraph to a link that downloads the
article)
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Posted 15:57
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Tue, 02 May 2006
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| Atlanta...what a trip! |
It was a whirlwind 24 hours. Friday evening I had a
great time interacting with a young Asian American
professional audience over early Chinese American
experiences in the South at a Nat Asian Amer Assn of
Professionals (NAAAP) meeting. The
Atlanta event was sponsored by GAP, Inc. at the UPS
Corporate Headquarters. I met many
who felt they had many common experiences with
those I had a generation earlier. On Sat evening,I
had the privilege
of giving the keynote address, "All I really needed
to know, I
learned in a Chinese laundry" at the Who's Who in
Asian American Communities (in Georgia) held at the
Omni with about 500 guests. The talk was well
received. At the event, I met many high ranking
diplomats, corporate leaders, community leaders,
educators and it gave much visibility to SOUTHERN
FRIED RICE, which may even get included by a local
film maker in a future documentary about the
Chinese immigrant experience in the South!
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