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A free new literary magazine with essays from 19 authors countering the doom loop narrative is released in San Francisco
(SAN FRANCISCO) In countering San Francisco's doom loop narrative, a free new literary magazine is officially released on July 28, Sunday, in Chinatown. 19 authors and poets including two Chinese American authors contributed their essays to tell their stories of falling in love with San Francisco.
(SAN FRANCISCO) In recent years, fewer and fewer Chinese and Asian American candidates have been successfully elected to local, state, and federal seats in the San Francisco Bay Area, although Chinese and Asian Americans are the fastest growing ethnic communities. "A seat at the table is not given; it is taken," Bill Wong, one of the Chinese American pioneers in political strategy in California, wrote in his new book and advised the Asian American candidates running for public offices.
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