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The Asianadian: An Asian Canadian Magazine | ''The Asianadian: An Asian Canadian Magazine'' | ||
The Asianadian: An Asian Canadian Magazine (1978-1985) was and remains the only | ''The Asianadian: An Asian Canadian Magazine'' (1978-1985) was and remains the only | ||
Asian Canadian serial that was overtly anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti homophobic while | Asian Canadian serial that was overtly anti-racist, anti-sexist, and anti homophobic while | ||
maintaining a decidedly cultural aspect with poetry, prose, book reviews, crossword | maintaining a decidedly cultural aspect with poetry, prose, book reviews, crossword | ||
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two issues on Women. | two issues on Women. | ||
The Asianadian lasted from 1978 to 1985 with 24 issues. It was founded by Tony Chan, | ''The Asianadian'' lasted from 1978 to 1985 with 24 issues. It was founded by Tony Chan, | ||
Cheuk Kwan, and Lau Bo (aka Paul S. Levine) at a Mars Cafe lunch on College Avenue | Cheuk Kwan, and Lau Bo (aka Paul S. Levine) at a Mars Cafe lunch on College Avenue | ||
in Toronto Canada. | in Toronto Canada. | ||
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==Commentary== | ==Commentary== | ||
<i>"since the demise of The Asianadian magazine... there has been no national forum for discussing cultural or political issues for a pan-Asian audience."</i> | <i>"since the demise of ''The Asianadian'' magazine... there has been no national forum for discussing cultural or political issues for a pan-Asian audience."</i> | ||
Richard Fung in Li, Voices Rising, 2007, p. 29 | Richard Fung in Li, Voices Rising, 2007, p. 29 | ||
<i>"I went to the library and found those back issues of The Asianadian. It was great because some of the people who wrote for the magazine later became professional writers- pretty established names like Richard Fung and Joy Kogawa."</i> | <i>"I went to the library and found those back issues of ''The Asianadian''. It was great because some of the people who wrote for the magazine later became professional writers- pretty established names like Richard Fung and Joy Kogawa."</i> | ||
Kyo Maclear in Li, Voices Rising, 2007, p. 209. | Kyo Maclear in Li, Voices Rising, 2007, p. 209. | ||
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Hard copies of the 24 issues can be found in the libraries at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto (East Asian Library), and the University of Washington. An electronic version is at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | Hard copies of the 24 issues can be found in the libraries at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto (East Asian Library), and the University of Washington. An electronic version is at Memorial University of Newfoundland and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. | ||
An extensive review of The Asianadian is contained in Xiaoping Li, Voices Rising: Asian Canadian Cultural Activism, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007. | An extensive review of ''The Asianadian'' is contained in Xiaoping Li, Voices Rising: Asian Canadian Cultural Activism, Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 2007. | ||
[http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=4564] | [http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=4564] | ||