"To me, it’s always been a matter of: Do your homework and be committed to the extent that you can capture that world. I think I’m open."
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On doing research in order to capture authenticity in “Philip Kan Gotanda by David Henry Hwang” in BOMB Magazine (1997 Jan 1)
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