A century of Asian American writing has generated a forceful
cascade of "bold words." This anthology covers writings by Asian
Americans in all genres, from the early twentieth century to the
present. Some sixty authors of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean,
South Asian, and Southeast Asian American origin are represented,
with an equal split between male and female writers. The collection
is divided into four sections-memoir, fiction, poetry, and
drama-prefaced by an introductory essay from a well-known
practitioner of that genre: Meena Alexander on memoir, Gary Pak on
fiction, Eileen Tabios on poetry, and Roberta Uno on drama. The
selections depict the complex realities and wide range of
experiences of Asians in the United States. They illuminate the
writers' creative responses to issues as diverse as resistance,
aesthetics, biculturalism, sexuality, gender relations, racism,
war, diaspora, and family. Rajini Srikanth teaches at the
University of Massachusetts, Boston. She is the coeditor of the
award-winning anthology Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map
North America and the collection A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in
Asian America. Esther Y. Iwanaga teaches Asian American literature
and literature-based writing courses at Wellesley College and the
University of Massachusetts, Boston.
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