How radio dramas influenced John Okada's NO-NO BOY, with Prof. Shawn Wong
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Date: 2008-01-19

Writer Shawn Wong explains how radio dramas influenced the language of John Okada's 1957 novel NO-NO BOY, and how reading it aloud in class can help students understand its tempo. 

This excerpt is from a 2006 interview that forms the basis of Shawn's essay, "Republishing and Teaching NO-NO BOY," in the new volume, JOHN OKADA: The Life & Rediscovered Work of the Author of NO-NO BOY, edited by Frank Abe, Greg Robinson & Floyd Cheung, and available from the University of Washington Press. Order here: https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295743516/john-okada/