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NOC Poetry: For Bruce, 11/27/40 – 7/20/73

A poem for Bruce we repost on the anniversaries of his birth and of his death.

 

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November 27, 2014July 20, 2016Asian American, Bruce Lee, Happy Birthday, Keith Chow, Kung Fu, Like Water, poetry, Reblog

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Keith is the editor-in-chief of the pop culture blog The Nerds of Color, a co-editor of the comics anthologies Secret Identities and Shattered, and host of the podcasts Hard NOC Life and Southern Fried Asian. His writing has been featured in the New York Times, NBC News, and SYFY Wire. Vanity Fair calls Keith an "incisive interviewer and chummy conversationalist" View all posts by Keith Chow

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