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Jenni Young

Poetic justice: spoken word artist's story finds tender end - 1 views

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    'My story here is not really my story. I see so many guys like me, I see so many people who were once like me': Kosal Khiev, a Cambodian-American spoken word artist, is the subject of an upcoming documentary made by Studio Revolt founder Masahiro Sugano (Phnom Penh Post article)
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Would you want to be friends with Humbert Humbert? A forum on likeability - 0 views

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    New Yorker's Page-Turner blog asked a group of novelists how often the question of likeability has been posed about their characters
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My Asian Americana - 1 views

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    Exiles and ex-pats unite as a community to present images of an Americana they left behind. One half live outside the US by choice while the other half has been forcibly returned. All are Americans. Each raised with the memories, mannerisms, and a distinct cultural identity of growing up Asian in America.
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Verses in Exile: Why I Write | PBS Online Film Festival 2013 - 1 views

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    Watch "Verses in Exile: Why I Write," a short film created by a Khmer-exiled American, Kosal Khiev, who tells pieces of his life story through the art of spoken word poetry.
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Cambodian Son - 1 views

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    crowd-sourcing appeal to finance documentary being made about Kosal Khiev
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You Tawkin' to New Yawk? Tracing the City's Mosaic of Accents - 1 views

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    Wall Street Journal article about New York accents
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The complicated Chinese family tree - 1 views

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    video
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If these knishes could talk - first 10 minutes - 1 views

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    First ten minutes of a film about the New York accent
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If these knishes could talk - 1 views

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    A film about the New York accent will have its premiere on 16 May 2013. Some trailers and excerpts.
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Do They Really Tawk Like That? Not Now - 1 views

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    A new documentary examines the way that different immigrant groups adapted to speaking in New York City (NYT article)
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Our Hunger for the Obscene Details - 0 views

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    Sasha Weiss on the Cleveland Victims and Our Hunger for the Obscene Details: "I can't help asking, for whom, and for what purpose, were these details publicized? Why do I need to know what I now know?" (from New Yorker)
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A Code-Switching Tour Of L.A.'s Chinatown - 0 views

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    Calvin Ho, a graduate student at UCLA who studies immigrant communities, visualizes code-switching.
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Crunching The Numbers On Blacks' Views On Gays - 0 views

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    from Code Switch, an NPR blog
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How Different Cultures Handle Personal Space - 0 views

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    from Code Switch, an NPR blog
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For Some Young Latinos: Donkey Jaws And Latino Roots - 0 views

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    The process of integrating into mainstream America is a complex one if you are an immigrant. Often, people lose touch with their country of origin. A report about retro-acculturation or cultural straddling.
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Will Spanish Thrive Or Decline In The U.S.? - 1 views

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    from Code Switch, an NPR blog
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