PHAYVANH LUEKHAMHAN

Dear Editor:

Joel Stein’s “article” (“My Own Private India”) disturbs me and other people of color that I know not simply because his remarks are blatantly racist and not worthy of print, but because his rant is an example of the small-minded thinking that dots and clusters the forgotten parts of America, not just those big urban places we often hear from in the news.

Stein is implying that he is proud and unashamed to have committed crimes against his fellow neighbors (however small he might think them to be) and to have had racist friends and probably even participated in their exclusionary activities–I’m guessing he probably didn’t stop them. (more…)

by Rolf Parker-Houghton and Phayvanh Luekhamhan

published in Poets Ink, October 2008

Lantern Review has finally published their first issue!  Check it! It’s a beautiful website, and I hope the editors remain enthusiastic about their project, as I would love see how the Asian American poetry movement gets documented by them over time. (more…)