Alex Tizon (1959–2017)
Autor(a) de Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self
About the Author
Tomas Alexander Tizon was born in Manila, the Philippines on October 30, 1959. He moved to Los Angeles, California with his family in 1964. He received a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oregon and a master's degree in journalism from Stanford University in 1986, which mostrar mais was also the year he joined The Seattle Times. In 1997, he shared a Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting with Eric Nalder and Deborah Nelson for articles about problems facing a Department of Housing and Urban Development program to help Native Americans build homes. He was later the Seattle bureau chief at The Los Angeles Times. He left The Los Angeles Times in 2008. In 2011, he began teaching at the University of Oregon in Eugene and writing freelance articles for national publications including The Atlantic. His memoir, Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self, was published in 2014. It documented his insecurities and alienation as a Filipino-American. He dead on March 23, 2017 at the age of 57. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Obras de Alex Tizon
My Family’s Slave 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Tizon, Tomas Alexander Asuncion
- Data de nascimento
- 1959-10-30
- Data de falecimento
- 2017-03-30
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Manila, Philippines
- Local de falecimento
- Eugene, Oregon, USA
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Manila, Philippines
Seattle, Washington, USA
Oregon, USA - Educação
- University of Oregon
Stanford University - Ocupação
- journalist
- Organizações
- The Atlantic
University of Oregon - Premiações
- Pulitzer Prize in Investigative Journalism (1997)
Membros
Resenhas
Prêmios
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Associated Authors
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 3
- Also by
- 2
- Membros
- 64
- Popularidade
- #264,968
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 5
- ISBNs
- 7
Alex brings us along for a ride on his exploration of Asian masculinity. The book had an academic tone to it except without a lot of footnotes. He writes thoughtfully and with great depth but lacking heart, until the very end, making a hum-drum book to an average read.
Maybe I just wasn't the target audience. I was expecting a sweeping epic chapter(s) on Zheng He and/or Jeremy Lin that would ignite something in me. Instead I get more chapters on the difficulties of being an Asian male in the world of romance and business.
That would have made for a stronger book. Or focusing on his parents. That would be a book I would be interested to read.
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