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\"Talking<\/a>A first collection of lyrical short stories, set in the Hawaiian Islands, about such diverse characters as a female Chinese Fred Astaire, a grandmother who makes quilts of stolen pieces of laundry, and a wild young woman longing to leave the islands any way she can.<\/p>\n

The title story, \u201cTalking to the Dead,\u201d received the 1991 PEN\/O. Henry Prize<\/a>; the collection was a finalist for the 1993 PEN\/Faulkner Award<\/a> and won a PEN\/Oakland Josephine Miles Award for fiction.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 1992<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"TalkingA first collection of lyrical short stories, set in the Hawaiian Islands, about such diverse characters as a female Chinese Fred Astaire, a grandmother who makes quilts of stolen pieces of laundry, and a wild young woman longing to leave the islands any way she can.<\/p>\n

The title story, \u201cTalking to the Dead,\u201d received the 1991 PEN\/O. Henry Prize<\/a>; the collection was a finalist for the 1993 PEN\/Faulkner Award<\/a> and won a PEN\/Oakland Josephine Miles Award for fiction.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Asian American Titles,” What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature<\/em>, Gale Research, 1997<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n

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