![]() ![]() But despite his countercultural interests, he struck up a friendship with Ken, a seemingly mainstream San Diego native whose Japanese-American family had been in the country for generations. The son of Taiwanese immigrants, Hua Hsu grew up desperate to build an identity of his own. ![]() ![]() Hua weaves his story with wider questions of diversity and culture, proving that “we aren’t alone, and we never have been.” About Hua Hsu Hua’s memoir “Stay True”-which turned him into a “literary phenomenon” (The New York Times)-touches on the immigrant experience and growing up Asian-American but more than that, it’s an exploration of grief, pop culture, being young and how friendship helps us discover who we are. ![]() Telling our own complex stories complicates the narratives that are told about us, and opens up new worlds of possibility. Our collective and individual identities are messy, amorphous, and impossible to define-but New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author Hua Hsu says that’s a good thing. The event is co-sponsored by the AAPI Faculty and Staff Affinity Group, AAPI Heritage Month Planning Committee and Multicultural Affairs. This event has been made possible by Co-Curricular Fee funding and the generous support of Tom MacDougall ’92 and Grace Wu. As part of the University’s celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, the campus community is invited to attend a lecture by Hua Hsu.Ī meet-and-greet and book signing will follow the event. ![]()
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