{"id":271,"date":"2026-07-06T18:06:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/?p=271"},"modified":"2026-07-06T18:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T18:06:56","slug":"2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/?p=271","title":{"rendered":"2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6670-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6670-1024x725.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6670-1024x725.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6670-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6670-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6670-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6670-2048x1449.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.oliverwang.net\/writing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/IMG_6670-676x478.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Still An Ordinary Guy<\/strong><br>(Interview with Joe Bataan)<br>For <em><a href=\"https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/products\/spring-2026-issue\">Wax Poetics<\/a> <\/em>(Vol. 3 No. 2, Spring 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Iijima y Miyamoto&#8217;s &#8220;Somos Asiaticos&#8221;<\/strong><br>(Re:Discovery Essay)<br>For <em><a href=\"https:\/\/waxpoetics.com\/products\/spring-2026-issue\">Wax Poetics<\/a> <\/em>(Vol. 3 No. 2, Spring 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2026-05-04\/one-historian-dug-into-old-records-found-lost-chapter-of-chicano-la-music-culture\"><strong>This historian dug into old records and found a lost chapter of Chicano L.A. music culture<\/strong><br><\/a>(Article on Ruben Molina and <em>The Dreamy Side<\/em>)<br>For <em>L.A. 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