Russell C. Leong

Russell C. Leong is the founding editor of the CUNY FORUM and served as the Dr. Thomas Tam Visiting Professor at Hunter College/CUNY. He is the former editor of Amerasia Journal (1977-2010) at UCLA, where he also taught English and Asian American Studies. Leong, educated in Taiwan and the U.S., is the author of Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories (University of Washington Press) which received the American Book Award. See: www.russellleongwrites.com for recent work. Leong received his M.F.A. in Film and Theater from UCLA.

CUNY FORUM, Vol 12:1 Preview

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This special edition of CUNY FORUM: Asian American / Asian Studies marks fifty years after the Fall of Saigon in 1975, and the subsequent globalized diaspora of Vietnamese and Southeast Asian peoples. 

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Rebalancing Breath and the Body Politic

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“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

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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

2012-2013 CUNY Thomas Tam Visiting Professor

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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