06 Feb / Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend by Graham Russell Gao Hodges [in AsianWeek]
Published on what would have been the legendary star’s 99th birthday (Jan. 4), Hodges’ biography captures Wong’s humble beginnings as the second daughter of eight children born to immigrant parents, to her rise as the first and quite possibly the greatest Asian Pacific American superstar. On the cusp of the centennial of her birth, Anna May Wong is suddenly back in the limelight, with a recent film retrospective at New York’s MOMA, two planned documentaries, two additional books, and even a couture collection this spring from designer Maggie Norris.
Review: “New and Notable Books,” AsianWeek, February 6, 2004
Readers: Adult
Published: 2004