Growing Up Asian American edited by Maria Hong [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
A diverse collection of essays, excerpts, and short stories about growing up in the U.S., all authored by Americans of Asian descent that address such global issues as parent-child relationships,...
An Asian American historical classic, focusing on the Chinese in America – from the first Gold Mountain settlers to contemporary activists and shop owners – told through both personal narratives and extensive interviews, using...
A groundbreaking history of Asian Americans in the U.S. during the last 150 years, told predominantly through the actual narratives of Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Asian Indian, Vietnamese,...
Most likely the first historical text to examine the experiences of Chinese American women over a 150-year history, utilizing personal interviews, photographs, and long-overlooked documents. Could also be suitable for...
A collection of oral histories from first- to fourth-generation Asian Americans of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Indian, Southeast Asian, and Pacific Island ancestry. Asian Americans of diverse backgrounds reflect on their American...
An illustrated history book which traces the presence of Chinese in America, from the first written proof (a Buddhist priest arrived in Canada and...
A historical look at the Chinese American experience from early pioneers to modern day heroes. Through personal histories,
Two important plays on the Asian American experience: Paper Angels, a groundbreaking one-act play about Chinese immigrants detained on the West Coast immigration center, Angel Island, debuted in 1980 and was produced by American...
A collection of six plays by groundbreaking Asian American playwright, David Henry Hwang, including his much-produced contemporary classic, FOB, the gender-bender Broadway hit, M. Butterfly, and the Philip Glass collaboration, 1000 Airplanes on the Roof.
Hwang was...
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"One of the best introductions I have been given was at a meeting at the Chinese Historical Society. The person said, 'Connie only writes for a purpose,'" explained Connie Young Yu to...
Laurence Yep is a multi-faceted writer. His best-known works include two children's books, Dragonwings and Dragon's Gate, both of which were named Newbery Honor books. His audiences include children and adults of all ages. Although he...
Hisaye Yamamoto began writing fiction at the age of 14 received her first acceptance from a literary magazine at 27. In between, "I got a whole slew of rejection slips," she recalled with a...
Gus Lee, one-time attorney, now full-time writer, began his first book in 1989 as a private memoir. "My daughter asked me to write a family journal and it turned out to be <a href="http://bookdragon.si.edu/1997/03/02/china-boy-by-gus-lee/"...
Gish Jen cites her husband, David O'Connor, as "the liberator" who helped her write again. Newly married after completing her master's degree in fine arts, Jen had put her writing aside to become, as...