Filipino American Music (ft. Christine Balance, Jessica Hagedorn, Patrick Rosal)




AAWW Radio: New Asian American Writers & Literature show

Summary: In 2016, we hosted Scholar Christine Bacareza Balance, author of Tropical Renditions: Making Musical Scenes in Filipino America. We also feature Guggenheim Fellowship-winning poet Patrick Rosal, whose poetry explores vital questions about race in America. They have a conversation with novelist Jessica Hagedorn. Together they discuss Pinoy DJs and turntabling (Shout out to DJ Qbert), the act of disobedient listening, and how immigrant parents remix their lives in order to survive.