Take Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America edited by Quang Bao and Hanya Yanagihara [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]
01 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Fiction, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost, Short Stories
Extensive poetry, prose, drama, and photos that capture the gay APA experience.
Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, October/November 2001
Readers: Adult
Published: 2001
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Young Asian American girls from all over the country share poems, essays, and stories that speak of their bicultural roots – feeling at home in no land, challenging family relationships made more difficult by...
Da Pidgin Guy: Lee Tonouchi reclaims his native language
They call him “Da Pidgin Guerrilla.” Bekuz o’ da way he talk. And da fak dat he determined to keep duh langwage of da Locals alive....
A quirky debut collection populated by the inhabitants of a fictional California seaside town, not unlike Half Moon Bay. Lee's memorable characters are so real, you'll swear you know some of them! Absolutely fabulous.
Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/08/amagazine-2001-0607-new-and-notable.pdf"...
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A word of advice: Don’t read The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (which just won the Pulitzer for fiction) at the same time as Anita Desai’s new collection of short stories, Diamond Dust....
In the title poem of Russell Leong’s 1993 poetry collection, The Country of Dreams and Dust (West End Press), an epic work encompassing the history of the Chinese in America, Leong alludes to what...
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A collection of 12 diverse folktales, including stories about magic monkeys, foolish cats, a talking bowl, kind old men rewarded for their generosity, mountain gods, and vengeful snakes.
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A collection of 10 short works about young Asian Americans coming of age, coming to terms with an identity comprised of two very different cultures. Stories range from a young Chinese American girl obsessed...
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