KARTIKA REVIEW: my poem is published in Latest Issue!

One of the best Asian-American literary journals in the United States is The Kartika Review.  The Spring 2012 issue was just released, with my first published poem entitled: For Kiyoko, Epitaph/Chikai  published in the issue. It is a poem dedicated to my mother, who just passed away this past September.  

Culture, Identity and Militarism: Part 2

Kokujo 黒女 or コク女,  of Okinawa, also have their parallels in Japan and beginning to in South Korea.  Not only, do the kokujo (women who date black-american men) form relationships with their desired gender object,  a look is often adopted.