"Whites love us for not being black." - Frank Chin, Yardbird Reader, Volume 3, page ix. Download it here ..read more

KCET just produced this clip: "Artistic Conflict in Frank Chin's 'Year of the Dragon ..read more

Frank Chin (L) and Migdalia Cruz (R); (photo by Keoke Silvano) At the recent Dramatists Guild Foundation gala, Frank Chin (along with Migdalia Cruz) was honored with a prestigious legacy playwright award for 2023!  If you're interested in learning more about this event and the award, you can find additional information here and here.  ..read more

Mark your calendars!  On November 4th, Clarion Performing Arts Center will have a film screening of What's Wrong With Frank Chin? This event will be followed by a Q&A with Curtis Choy (the documentary's director).  When:  Saturday, November 4th - 4:00PM-6:00PM Location: Clarion Performing Arts Center, 2 Waverly Pl, San Francisco, CA 94108, USA How to attend: https://www.theclarionsf.org/events/whats-wrong-with-frank-chin-film-screening  ..read more

Excerpts from Frank Chin's Year of the Dragon: (All Photos by Martha Holmes ..read more

After he gave me (Eddie) permission to post an interview, Chan's last words to me were: "Yours, the endless mission..." (photo by Nancy Wong) More on Jeffery Paul Chan's passing: Link Link Link ..read more

An Interview with Frank Chin (1970) by  Jeffery Paul Chan  [The following interview conducted by Jeffery Paul Chan was compiled and edited by Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, and Him Mark Lai in Chinese American Voices: From The Gold Rush to the Present] The era of the antiwar, black power, and Asian American movements motivated many second-generation Chinese Americans to challenge white racism and assert their ethnic identity as neither Oriental nor white American, but uniquely and integrally as Chinese American. One of the most outspoken and influential writers of this period was Fran ..read more

An Ugly Toad's Promise by Frank Chin May 5, 1994 ..read more

(photo by Nancy Wong) Link ..read more

in his latest article "Hollywood Must Do More to Combat Asian Stereotypes" in The Hollywood Reporter, Kareem says: I remember reading a book in the '70s called Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers. The title comes from the typical expression uttered by Asian characters in old TV and radio shows, movies and comic books. Ironically, when the traditional publishing houses turned the book down, the press at historically Black Howard University took up the challenge.  Explained Frank Chin, one of the editors of Aiiieeeee!, “The Blacks were the first to take us seriously and susta ..read more