Mongrel
eBook - ePub

Mongrel

Essays, Diatribes + Pranks

  1. 193 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Mongrel

Essays, Diatribes + Pranks

About this book

In a time when memoirs are often less than they claim to be and essays do not say enough, Justin Chin breaks onto the scene with a collection that is a combination of confession, tirade, journalism, and practical joke. Mongrel is a cross-section of Chin's imagination and experiences that calls into question what it means to be an Asian-American in San Francisco, the effect your family will always have on you, and the role sexuality plays in your life. Whether it be Internet pornography or family history, Chin manages to dig deep and uncover not only the truths of everyday life, but also the absurdities that surround them. Mongrel is an exploration and distillation of the experiences and imagination of a gay Asian-American whose sensibilities were formed by the maelstrom of '80s American pop culture. A unique collection from a brash, funny new voice.

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Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Table of Contents
  3. CHAIN LETTER
  4. MONSTER
  5. SAVED
  6. Q-PUNK GRAMMAR
  7. CURRENCY
  8. MY FISSURECTOMY
  9. THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITY OF A KISS IN A FEVERED FARAWAY HOME
  10. THE CRISPY EDGES OF PANCAKES
  11. BLAH
  12. ON AESTHETICS
  13. DEATH OF THE CASTRO
  14. SLAMMED
  15. WHAT I DID LAST SUMMER
  16. DON’T ASK ISADORA, ASK ME!
  17. AFTER YOKO
  18. ATTACK OF THE WHITE BUDDHISTS
  19. DOWNLOADS (A SCRIPT FOR A DOCUMENTARY)
  20. PARDON ME, BUT ARE YOU MR. ASIAN?
  21. SMILE
  22. RETURN TO THE MALL
  23. A MANGY AFTERWORD
  24. Also by
  25. STONEWALL INN EDITIONS
  26. NOTES
  27. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  28. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  29. Copyright Page