He judged submission to be too high a price for “choosing” to belong, yet recognized he had given up any claim to “natural” belonging. Assuming an attitude of aloofness, he preserved some small measure of self-respect—but a small one, at that.

Here's a guy with two identities, one American and the other foreign — Kryptonian. He has two names, one American — Clark — and the other foreign with a hyphen in the middle, Kal-El. He came to America at a young age. He's black haired, mild-mannered, and wears glasses. All of his superpowers derive…

Bob Daemmrich/PolarisThe author at a 2007 book signing. Lorenzo Ciniglio/PolarisAmy Chua, author of “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” with her husband, Jed Rubenfeld, and daughters Lulu, left, and Sophia. January 14, 2011Retreat of the ‘Tiger Mother’By KATE ZERNIKETRY this at a dinner party in one…

I didn’t recognize how little mainstream Hollywood movies mean to me until I saw a few Asian American movies to which I could relate.

A triumvirate in one genre of Asian American music.