Month: November 2013

the thing about luck

Haven’t read it yet but thrilled to hear about it–Kira-Kira is (tear-jerking) magic, and it looks like Cynthia Kadohata has done it again: http://blog.angryasianman.com/2013/11/cynthia-kadohata-wins-national-book.html#more As someone who basically grew up in the public library, so glad that young nerdy kids growing up in remote random places can see their faces in these books.

go coach kim!

I love this family. Go Chatsworth High!: http://www.latimes.com/sports/varsity-times/la-sp-vi-football-chatsworth-at-47-is-a-dangerous-team-20131118,0,7245840.story#axzz2l3Mo6B6Z Some comments on the UCLA Black male spoken word piece that’s trending: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/julie-j-park/black-men-at-ucla-the-dev_b_4297110.html