The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America edited by Garrett Hongo [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
01 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost
A collection of works by 30 Asian American writers, both U.S.- and foreign-born, covering over 100 years of the Asian American presence in America, writing on such diverse subjects as immigration, sojourning, stereotypes, assimilation,...
Award-winning second poetry collection, which draws on Hongo’s diverse background, filled with images of Hawaiian volcanoes, war-torn battlefields, a high school classroom, Chinatown back alleys, and California beaches.
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A collection of 15 autobiographical essays from leading Asian American voices, confronting racism, language, family, stereotypes, and other social and political issues. Contributors include such writers as Peter Bacho, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston,...