Speech given at the Inkstone reception (opens in a new window)
Inkstone, a student-run organization at UVa that publishes a yearly magazine containing literary works and articles related to Asian American issues, accepted two of my poems for the 2007 issue. They invited me to give a brief speech and read a poem at their reception.
The speech is presented here almost verbatim. At the reception, I gave this speech, and read one of the poems accepted, entitled "Interpretations of Silence." I spoke hogwash, as does the poem, and I'm sure people thought: "What is this guy talking about?"
