InvAsian: Asian Sisters Represent by Asian Women United, edited by Marjorie Biggs [in AsianWeek]
25 Apr, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost, Young Adult Readers
A fabulous collection of 66 poems and stories by diverse APA women, from young girls struggling with identity to long-established voices searching for truth.
Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, April 25, 2003
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