MothSutra, an East to West Poetry Reading
Russell C. Leong, poet and editor, will read from his 2015 illustrated graphic poem, MothSutra, based on his living and working Manhattan’s Chinatown and the Bowery, and his study of Buddhism.
Russell C. Leong
Rebalancing Breath and the Body Politic
“Breath is the bridge which connects life to consciousness,which unites your body to your thoughts.”1 —Thich Nhat Hanh TODAY AS I WRITE during the fraught U.S. presidential election, the novel coronavirus has infected over forty-eight million people worldwide and counting. Covid-19 has captured our lives and extinguished the breath of over one-million people in over … Read more
武侠 电影 / Wuxia Flick
武侠 电影 Wuxia Flick Produced by Corona Studios, Unlimited, 2020. Trailer: A decade before, the world in 2009 Was divided into diseases of pigs and birds— Split into desires with stunted names Like SARS, AIDS, FLU that flew From tongue to lavender tongue, that entered through moist boba pearls Of saliva, blood & unprotected sex, … Read more
MothSutra: For Bicycle Delivery Men, NYC A Reading, Graphic Poem, and Visual Book
Russell C. Leong, former CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor and current senior editor of international projects for the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, has produced his second picture book after a 50 year hiatus! For Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Leong will read from his illustrated graphic poem (for adults and youth) based on his … Read more
2012-2013 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor
Russell C. Leong Hunter College/CUNY Department of English / Asian American Studies Program Spring 2013 Course: Asian American Literatures: NY and LA New York – “the Big Apple” – and L.A. – “the Big Orange” – have spawned writers as well as their novels, essays, creative non-fiction and poetry since the settlement of the two … Read more
2011-2012 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor
Paul Ong is Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare and Asian American Studies at the UCLA School of Public Affairs. In Fall 2010 and Fall 2011, Prof. Ong served as the City University of New York’s Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center.
Russell C. Leong is the founding editor of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute’s CUNY FORUM publication, and previously served as the CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at Hunter College/CUNY.