Jessica Hagedorn
Jessica Hagedorn
Jessica Tarahata Hagedornis an American playwright, writer, poet, and multimedia performance artist...
NationalityFilipino
ProfessionWriter
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alliance america asian close community lived north political terms thirty
And I've lived now in North America close to thirty years. In terms of my politics, I feel a political alliance too, with the Asian community here.
real eye mind
There is real beauty in my eyes when I lose my mind.
writing contemporary-fiction voice
I don't know what issues concerning identity have helped contemporary fiction evolve to what it is now. All I know is that the range of voices that are being heard and published is a lot more diverse than when I was coming up.
nyu transformation insidious
It's not just NYU. There are days when I feel like I'm stranded in some upscale mall in Pasadena. Don't even get me started on the insidious transformation of Bleecker Street!
grandmother imagination identity
My identity is linked to my grandmother, who's pure Filipino, as pure as you can probably get. And that shaped my imagination. So that's how I identify.
matter time-is-precious
Everything matters. Time is precious.
appreciate hybridity world
Hybridity keeps me from being rigid about most things. It has taught me to appreciate the contradictions in the world and in my life. I scavenge from the best.
latin blood persons
I also identify as a Latin person, a person who has Latin blood.
underdog polite valuable
I'm an underdog person, so I align myself with those who seem to be not considered valuable in polite society.
blood church dialect
[On The Philippines:] ... eighty dialects and languages are spoken; we are a fragmented nation of loyal believers, divided by blood feuds and controlled by the Church.
crazy cities fearless
All the fabulous and fearless writers gathered here, whether they are living in Manila, the US, or elsewhere in the ever-growing Philippine diaspora, have a deep connection and abiding love for this crazy-making, intoxicating city. There’s nothing like it in the world, and they know it,
want punk scene
The punk scene in NY was so gritty and nihilistic & I was like ooh I want to do that
children drama years
We didn't have television until I was about eight years old, so it was either the movies or radio. A lot of radio drama. That was our television, you know. We had to use our imagination. So it was really those two things, and the comics, that I immersed myself in as a child.
thinking feelings enough
I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.