Big Little Man
In Search of My Asian Self
Alex Tizon
- “Alex
- Tizon
- fearlessly
- penetrates
- the
- core
- of
- not
- just
- what
- it
- means
- to
- be
- male
- and
- Asian
- in
- America,
- but
- what
- it
- means
- to
- be
- human
- anywhere.”—Cheryl
- Strayed,
- New
- York
- Times
- bestselling
- authorShame,
- Alex
- Tizon
- tells
- us,
- is
- universal—his
- own
- happened
- to
- be
- about
- race.
- To
- counteract
- the
- steady
- diet
- of
- American
- television
- and
- movies
- that
- taught
- Tizon
- to
- be
- ashamed
- of
- his
- face,
- his
- skin
- color,
- his
- height,
- he
- turned
- outward.
- (“I
- had
- to
- educate
- myself
- on
- my
- own
- worth.
- It
- was
- a
- sloppy,
- piecemeal
- education,
- but
- I
- had
- to
- do
- it
- because
- no
- one
- else
- was
- going
- to
- do
- it
- for
- me.”)
- Tizon
- illuminates
- his
- youthful
- search
- for
- Asian
- men
- who
- had
- no
- place
- in
- his
- American
- history
- books
- or
- classrooms.
- And
- he
- tracks
- what
- he
- experienced
- as
- seismic
- change:
- the
- rise
- of
- powerful,
- dynamic
- Asian
- men
- like
- Yahoo!
- cofounder
- Jerry
- Yang,
- actor
- Ken
- Watanabe,
- and
- NBA
- starter
- Jeremy
- Lin.
- Included
- in
- this
- new
- edition
- of
- Big
- Little
- Man
- is
- Alex
- Tizon’s
- “My
- Family’s
- Slave”—2017’s
- best-read
- digital
- article.
- Published
- only
- weeks
- after
- Tizon’s
- death
- in
- 2017,
- it
- delivers
- a
- provocative,
- haunting,
- and
- ultimately
- redemptive
- coda.“A
- ruthlessly
- honest
- personal
- story
- and
- a
- devastating
- critique
- of
- contemporary
- American
- culture.”—The
- Seattle
- Times“Part
- candid
- memoir,
- part
- incisive
- cultural
- study,
- Big
- Little
- Man
- addresses—and
- explodes—the
- stereotypes
- of
- Asian
- manhood.
- Alex
- Tizon
- writes
- with
- acumen
- and
- courage,
- and
- the
- result
- is
- a
- book
- at
- once
- illuminating
- and,
- yes,
- liberating.”—Peter
- Ho
- Davies,
- author
- of
- The
- Welsh
- Girl“This
- personal
- narrative
- of
- self-education
- and
- growth
- will
- engage
- any
- reader
- captivated
- by
- the
- sources
- of
- American,
- and
- Asian-American,
- manhood—its
- multitude
- of
- inheritances
- and
- prospects.”—Minneapolis
- Star Tribune
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