Checking in with Dawen (王大文)

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It’s an unbearably hot summer day as I trek through the streets of Taipei, eager to enter an air conditioned building. I search for Eslite Bookstore. That’s where Dawen Wang and I are meeting. The last time we chatted was some five years ago at my alma mater, UIUC. "Back when I had a shaved head and was 20lbs heavier," Dawen would tell me later, as we settled outside a coffee shop. “I was [...] really, really struggling," he reminisced, "Now, I struggle in different ways. But back then, wow…

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Declare INDIE 3 – Showcasing the Best of Chicago’s Asian American Musicians

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Date: Friday, April 16, 2010 Time: 9 pm Location: The Abbey Address: 3420 W. Grace St., Chicago, IL Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=111260078889641 21+ | $10 Cover Produced by Taiwanese America's own up-and-coming R&B singer-songwriter Dawen, Declare Indie showcases the best of Asian American music in Chicago! Come celebrate Asian Americans in the art for a night of great music and community! TaiwaneseAmerican.org is proud to be a sponsor! This…

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Taiwanese Americans Presenting at New Communities Symposium at Purdue

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If you're in the area, be sure to check out some of these Taiwanese American artists who are breaking ground in their respective fields: singer-songwriter Dawen, filmmaker and founder of TurtlistMedia.com Jason Lee, and spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai! The New Communities Symposium is an event intended to: raise awareness of the growth and reconceptualization of the field of Asian American Studies in the Midwest; explore unique characteristics of Asian American Midwestern identity; discuss…

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