Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women

by Elaine H. Kim, Lilia V. Villanueva, Asian Wmen United of California

Overview

Asian-American women writers of all ages explore a complex range of identities through poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs, most of which have never been published. The contributors take on littleexplored topics and expand the limits of ethnic-based identity, resisting stereotypes and breaking silences. Candid and memorable, their essays, stories, and poetry change popular assumptions and engage readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807059135
Publisher:	Beacon
Publication date:	07/28/1997
Pages:	309
Product dimensions:	5.95(w) x 8.97(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Asian Women United of California is a nonprofit organization founded in 1976. The group has produced several books and films.

Editorial Reviews

In this new anthology of writing by Asian American women, Kim, Lilia V. Villanueva, and Asian Women United of California expand considerably on Making Waves (Cornell Univ., 1993) to produce a wonderful collection of fresh new stories, poems, memoirs, and essays. Included are thought-provoking poems about discarded, unwanted babies and the ravages of war by established poets such as Chitra Divakarum (Black Candle, Calyx, 1991) and Kimiko Hahn (Unbearable Heart, Kaya Prod., 1995). Susan Ito, a new writer, movingly expresses the heart of being a "Hambun-Hambun" literally half-and-half: a white and Japanese child/woman in America. A scholarly excerpt from Sumi Cho's Critical Race Feminism (New York Univ., 1997) might be too erudite for the lay reader, but other eloquent reflections such as Nora Okja Cobb Keller's "The Brilliance of Diamonds"the story of how she got her nameand Hershini Bhana's gripping poem about rape are further examples of the diversity in this book. Recommended for large public and academic libraries.Janis Williams, Shaker Heights P.L., Ohio

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