‘Big Little Man’ Author Alex Tizon on Asian-American Masculinity, “Post-Racial” American, and Writing About Penis Size

By Elisabeth Donnelly on July 3, 2014 - Flavorwire

In Alex Tizon’s new book Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and professor explores a complex and controversial topic: identity and masculinity as it applies to the Asian-American male. Tizon recounts his own journey as an immigrant from the Philippines, using that as a jumping-off point to examine the cultural aspects of identity, from the Asian male in big-budget American cinema (despite the efforts of John Cho, he usually dies in the beginning) to questions of “smallness,” from height to penis size. 
The results are provocative and honest, and I had the chance to talk with the Pacific Northwest-based author about them over the phone. … Read More