Veteran journalists Bruce Koon and William Gee Wong discuss Wong’s new memoir, Sons of Chinatown: A Memoir Rooted in China and America. This deeply personal book explores Wong’s experiences growing up in Oakland’s Chinatown, his family’s immigrant journey, and his reflections on identity, belonging, and the Chinese American experience.

About Sons of Chinatown from Temple University Press:

William Gee Wong was born in Oakland, California’s Chinatown in 1941, the only son of his father, known as Pop. Pop was born in Guangdong Province, China and emigrated to Oakland as a teenager during the Chinese Exclusion era in 1912. He entered the U.S. legally as the “son of a native,” despite having partially false papers. Sons of Chinatown is Wong’s evocative dual memoir of his and his father’s parallel experiences in America.