Asian American

Special Guest: Jessica Hagedorn

March 24, 2018Arts, Culture & Media

Jessica Hagedorn is a novelist, poet, playwright, and performance artist. Her work is steeped in the history of the Philippines and her experience as an Asian-American. Hagedorn was born in Manila just after American control ended, and moved to San Francisco at age 13; she was published as a poet just a couple of years […]

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