He is co-editor of The Edward Said Reader and has published widely on topics ranging from jazz to architecture, and religion to literature. His essays have appeared in such journals as Transition, The Yale Journal of Criticism, Souls, Interventions, and others. He is also a columnist for the Progressive Media Project, which distributes op-eds nationwide on a variety of topics, and he was recently elected to the National Council of the American Studies Association. His essay "How Does it Feel to be a Problem" was published in the book Asian Americans and War, and another essay, "Letter to a G-Man," appeared in the collection After the World Trade Center, which was named one of the best books of 2002 by the New York Times.