Yang, Jeff

"'RISE' is a love letter to and for Asian Americans--a vivid scrapbook of voices, emotions, and memories from an era in which [their] culture was forged and transformed, and a way to preserve both the headlines and the intimate conversations that have shaped [their] community into who [they] are today"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses ideas, fads, and phenomena that have crossed the Pacific to become a part of the American way of life, from sleeping on futons, and eating Korean barbecue and Chinese dim sum, to watching Japanese animation and Hong Kong cinema.