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Words Matter
In this age of rapid transition, Asian American studies and American studies in general are being reconfigured to reflect global migrations and the diverse populations of the United States. Asian American literature, in particular, has embodied the crisis of identity that is at the heart of larger academic and political debates surrounding diversity and the inclusion and exclusion of immigrant and refugee groups. These issues underlie the very principles on which literature, culture, and art are produced, preserved, taught, and critiqued. Words Matter is the first collection of interviews with 20th-century Asian American writers. The conversations that have been gathered here—interviews wi...
Asian American Short Story Writers
Asian America has produced numerous short-story writers in the 20th century. Some emerged after World War II, yet most of these writers have flourished since 1980. The first reference of its kind, this volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for 49 nationally and internationally acclaimed Asian American writers of short fiction. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and includes a biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a survey of the writer's critical reception, and primary and secondary bibliographies. Writers include Frank Chin, Sui Sin Far, Shirely Geok-lin Lim, Toshio Mori, and Bharati Mukherjee. An introductory essay provides a close examination of the Asian American short story, and the volume closes with a list of works for further reading.
Poetry and Culture in Britain, Canada and the United States
This book is about poetry and the poetic in the cultures and literatures of Britain, Canada and the United States. Close reading is the primary method. The figures discussed in the book were born from 1911 to the post-war years after 1945. The volume proceeds from Marshall McLuhan as a poet through Douglas LePan, Ted Hughes, Leonard Cohen, Margaret Atwood, Thomas King and Forrest Gander to Hannah Lowe, Russell Leong, Marilyn Chin, Fred Wah (interpoetics, poetry and culture in Chinese diasporic poetry), Louis Riel, Pauline Johnson, Naomi McIlwraith (Indigenous and Métis poetry), Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá, Anne Bradstreet, Phillis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Joan Kane, Russell Leong, Marilyn Chin and Forrest Gander (the multiple makings of poetry of North America). Here is a poetry of the North Atlantic world, a transatlantic poetics then and now. The book reads poetry and the poetic in terms of media, aesthetics, drama, criticism, music, interpoetics, diaspora, culture, diversity, and African, Asian and Indigenous poets.
Noah Directory of International Package
A wide selection of the work of some of today's most
Asian American Literature
Asian American Literature: An Encyclopedia for Students is an invaluable resource for students curious to know more about Asian North American writers, texts, and the issues and drives that motivate their writing. This volume collects, in one place, a breadth of information about Asian American literary and cultural history as well as the authors and texts that best define it. A dozen contextual essays introduce fundamental elements or subcategories of Asian American literature, expanding on social and literary concerns or tensions that are familiar and relevant. Essays include the origins and development of the term "Asian American"; overviews of Asian American and Asian Canadian social and...
Meishi
The business card is an easy form of media which is used by almost all people, all over the world. Although the business card is casually passed and received, its function is beginning to extend infinitely. This small paper medium is beginning to become a huge individual resource - a large amount of data can be stored in that small square. The business card is more than just your name and contact information on a piece of paper; it is your visual message, your individuality and your personality. It reflects your character. The business card is your own personal art world. Meishi: Little Graphic Art Gallery of the World showcases hundreds of examples of these small works of art. Each creative design is a miniature masterpiece. SELLING POINTS: The business card has been used as a name card and a promotional tool for many years. This book is a comprehensive collection of unique business card designs, representing high quality and rich diversity in their design Presents over 800 outstanding designs from more than 25 countries ILLUSTRATIONS 800 colour illustrations
Word and Image
This volume, celebrating the tenure of Russell C. Leong as editor of the Amerasia journal upon the occasion of his retirement, includes an essay and several poems by him (some of the latter in both English and Chinese versions) and a selected bibliography of his works.
The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945
The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945
Narratives of Diaspora
Chinese American authors often find it necessary to represent Asian history in their literary works. Tracing the development of the literary production of Maxine Hong Kingston, Amy Tan, Lisa See, and Russell Leong, among others, this book captures the effects of international politics and globalization on Chinese American diasporic consciousness.
West Meets East
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