Racing Along with the Turtles: Nikkei Hot Rod Culture of the WWII-era
(Article)
For Discover Nikkei: Detours (December 2, 2025)
After Further Review: Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele
(Album Discussion with David Ma)
For L.A. Review of Books (November 3 2025)
F— Being Hard, De La Soul Is Complicated
(Conversation with Marcus J. Moore and Dave Heaton)
For L.A. Review of Books (September, 30, 2025)
The Miata Papa: Remembering Auto Designer Tom Matano
(Article)
For Discover Nikkei: Detours (September 30, 2025)
Yoshio Shimazu: The Hot Rod Gardener of West L.A.
(Article)
For Discover Nikkei: Detours (September 23, 2025)
The Speed Specialist: Nobu Oshiro
(Article)
For Discover Nikkei: Detours (August 26, 2025)
A Car Deferred: George Nakamura and The Meteor
(Article)
For Discover Nikkei: Detours (August 19, 2025)
The World’s First Japanese Auto Race…in Los Angeles
(Article)
For Discover Nikkei: Detours (August 12, 2025)
“100,000 serviceable tires”: The Fresno Tire Fabrication of 1943
(Article)
For Discover Nikkei: Detours (August 5, 2025)
Letter From the Curator of Cruising J-Town: Behind the Wheel of the Nikkei Community
(Essay)
For Discover Nikkei: Detours (July 16, 2025)
The Empress
(Interview with Actress Lisa Lu)
For L.A. Review of Books (May 29, 2025)
Adam Mansbach: It’s All Elementary
(Interview)
For Dust & Grooves (May 22, 2025)
Riding the Korean Wave
(Interview with Euny Hong, author of The Birth of Korean Cool: How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture)
For L.A. Review of Books (May 5, 2025)
Beautiful Aimlessness: The Cultural Footprint of Giant Robot
(Review of Giant Robot: Thirty Years of Defining Asian American Pop Culture)
For LARB Quarterly (#44, Spring 2025)