Novelist and teacher Peter Bacho believes everybody has a story to tell. The Filipino American recalls his own humble beginnings, growing up poor in Seattle’s Central District in the 1950s. A juris doctorate, a master’s degree and two award-winning novels later, Bacho is now being honored as a pioneer who paved the way for Asian Americans in literature.
Archive | October 2008
DRIVEN | Peter Bacho
Posted on 04 October 2008.
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SHARP | Mayumi Tsutakawa
Posted on 04 October 2008.
Seattle has no shortage of people who are well known within the arts community. The International District in particular has a number of outstanding leaders in the Asian American community. But both these communities owe a debt of gratitude to Mayumi Tsutakawa.
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Instant Gratification — Play brings sexy back to Seattle
Posted on 04 October 2008.
There is nothing like sex in Seattle on a Friday night: especially when you’re watching it live on stage.
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Growing Pains — Teacher matures along with her students
Posted on 04 October 2008.
Author Sarah Shun-Lien Bynum knows how complicated growing up can be. Her first novel, National Book Award finalist “Madeleine is Sleeping,” explored the turbulent, often surreal world of adolescence. There, Bynum revealed the tragedy that can hide behind the physical or hormonal changes that put an end to childhood. Far too many of us want to stay children, want to stay unformed and unfocused as adults, escaping into a private void we mistakenly call “freedom.”
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