"This is a major compilation of Asian American authors, some native-born, others immigrants, refugees, or expatriates. While some of the writers are well known (e.g., Ved Mehta, Meena Alexander), most are emerging voices. The volume is divided into two parts: poetry and fiction. Poets are represented by one or two poems; short story writers by just one piece. Each author contributed a "statement," whether biographical, literary, or philosophical, that appears before his or her work. The editor (professor emeritus, liberal studies and India Studies Program, Sonoman State Univ.) has provided...
"This is a major compilation of Asian American authors, some native-born, others immigrants, refugees, or expatriates. While some of the writers are w...
"These writings on war by Middle Eastern and South Asian women are passionate, bitter, and deeply attached to place and circumstance. They should be part of our essential reading. At the tail end of this century, they help to remap a vivid, splintering world."--Meena Alexander, author of "Fault Lines." Lightning Print On Demand Title
"These writings on war by Middle Eastern and South Asian women are passionate, bitter, and deeply attached to place and circumstance. They should be p...
People of Asian descent have lived for centuries in North and South America, where they have been actively involved in the creation of multicultural, multiethnic societies. This groundbreaking anthology explores their experiences among ethnic and cultural groups in a unique collection of works by and about Asian Americans. Utilizing a rich blend of analytical, autobiographical, biographical, and narrative essays, oral histories, fiction, photography, and artwork, the anthology focuses especially on the interactions of Asians with others outside the dominant culture. Contributors range from...
People of Asian descent have lived for centuries in North and South America, where they have been actively involved in the creation of multicultural, ...
"Two Indians, one Native American and the other South Asian Parsi meet in the sixties in Berkeley. Spanning a period from war to war-Vietnam to Chiapas-friendships and stories intertwine with the controversies or race and history. By turns tragic and comic, heartbreak tempered by hilarity."-Karen Tei Yamashita author of I Hotel and Tropic of Orange
"Two Indians, one Native American and the other South Asian Parsi meet in the sixties in Berkeley. Spanning a period from war to war-Vietnam to Chiapa...
