Paper Bullets

Hapa (ha'pa) adj. 1. Slang. of mixed racial heritage with partial roots in Asian and/or Pacific Islander ancestry. n. 2. Slang. a person of such heritage [der./Hawaiian: hapa haole (half white)].Award-winning videomaker, performance artist, and pop-culture provocateur Kip Fulbeck has captivated audiences worldwide with his mixture of high comedy and personal narrative. In Paper Bullets, his first novel, Fulbeck taps into his Cantonese, English, Irish, and Welsh heritage, weaving a fictional autobiography from twenty-seven closely linked stories, essays, and confessions. By turns sensitive and forceful, passionate and callous, Fulbeck confronts the politics of race, sex, and Asian American masculinity head-on without apology, constantly questioning where Hapas fit in, in a country that ignores multiracial identity.

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Sunflower

2. Violet

3. Daffodil

4. Carnation

5. Orchid

6. Delphinium

7. Morning Glory

8. Iris

9. Impatiens

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