{"product_id":"big-little-man-in-search-of-my-asian-self-paperback","title":"Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlex Tizon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A ruthlessly honest personal story and a devastating critique of contemporary American culture.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"searingly honest self-exploration\"* of the experience and psyche of the Asian American male, including Tizon's stunning final article, \"My Family's Slave\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Shame, Alex Tizon tells us, is universal--his own happened to be about race. To counteract the steady diet of American television and movies that taught Tizon to be ashamed of his face, his skin color, his height, he turned outward. (\"I had to educate myself on my own worth. It was a sloppy, piecemeal education, but I had to do it because no one else was going to do it for me.\") Tizon illuminates his youthful search for Asian men who had no place in his American history books or classrooms. And he tracks what he experienced as seismic change: the rise of powerful, dynamic Asian men like Yahoo! cofounder Jerry Yang, actor Ken Watanabe, and NBA starter Jeremy Lin.\u003cbr\u003e Included in this new edition of \u003ci\u003eBig Little Man \u003c\/i\u003eis Alex Tizon's \"My Family's Slave\"--2017's best-read digital article. Published only weeks after Tizon's death in 2017, it delivers a provocative, haunting, and ultimately redemptive coda. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Alex Tizon writes with acumen and courage, and the result is a book at once illuminating and, yes, liberating.\" -- Peter Ho Davies, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Fortunes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eALEX TIZON was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, the Seattle bureau chief of the\u003ci\u003e Los Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e a staff writer for the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times, \u003c\/i\u003eand a regular contributor to the\u003ci\u003e Atlantic. \u003c\/i\u003eHe taught at the University of Oregon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760960962848,"sku":"9781328460141","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c34bf54f3e3472633a8d94c4c2e6d009.webp?v=1780195357","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/big-little-man-in-search-of-my-asian-self-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}