Bold Words: A Century of Asian American Writing

by Rajini Srikanth (Editor), Esther Yae Iwanaga (Editor)

Other authors: Meena Alexander (Contributor), Agha Shahid Ali (Contributor), Indran Amirthanayagam (Contributor), Gina Apostol (Contributor), Jeannie Barroga (Contributor) — 65 more, Carlos Bulosan (Contributor), Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (Contributor), Patricia Chao (Contributor), Frank Chin (Contributor), Marilyn Chin (Contributor), Eric Chock (Contributor), Susan Choi (Contributor), Bao-Long Chu (Contributor), Frances Chung (Contributor), Linh Dinh (Contributor), Linh Dinh (Contributor), Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (Contributor), Lan Duong (Contributor), Sui Sin Far (Contributor), Luis H. Francia (Contributor), Eric Gamalinda (Contributor), Vince Gotera (Contributor), Jessica Hagedorn (Contributor), Garrett Hongo (Contributor), Judy Soo Hoo (Contributor), Cynthia Ignacio (Contributor), Lawson Fusao Inada (Contributor), Nurul Kabir (Contributor), Ginu Kamani (Contributor), Patti Kim (Contributor), Maxine Hong Kingston (Contributor), Tina Koyama (Contributor), Shishir Kurup (Contributor), Jhumpa Lahiri (Contributor), Andrew Lam (Contributor), Christian Langworthy (Contributor), Chang-Rae Lee (Contributor), Li-Young Lee (Contributor), Carolyn Lei-Lanilau (Contributor), Lê Thi Diem Thúy (Contributor), Walter K. Lew (Contributor), Shirley Geok-lin Lim (Contributor), R. Zamora Linmark (Contributor), Wing Tek Lum (Contributor), Alex Luu (Contributor), Janice Mirikitani (Contributor), Jana Monji (Contributor), Toshio Mori (Contributor), David Mura (Contributor), Tahira Naqvi (Contributor), John Okada (Contributor), Gary Pak (Contributor), Nina Revoyr (Contributor), Kim Ronyoung (Contributor), Alfredo Navarro Salanga (Contributor), Rick Shiomi (Contributor), Cathy Song (Contributor), Arthur Sze (Contributor), Eileen Tabios (Contributor), Barbara Tran (Contributor), Monique T.D. Truong (Contributor), Roberta Uno (Contributor), Reetika Vazirani (Contributor), Abraham Verghese (Contributor), Mitsuye Yamada (Contributor), Hisaye Yamamoto (Contributor), Lois-Ann Yamanaka (Contributor), Karen Tei Yamashita (Contributor), John Yau (Contributor), Alfred A. Yuson (Contributor)

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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.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Srikanth, Rajini	Editor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Iwanaga, Esther Yae	Editor	main author	all editions	confirmed
Alexander, Meena	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ali, Agha Shahid	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Amirthanayagam, Indran	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Apostol, Gina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Barroga, Jeannie	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bulosan, Carlos	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chao, Patricia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chin, Frank	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chin, Marilyn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chock, Eric	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Choi, Susan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chu, Bao-Long	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Chung, Frances	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dinh, Linh	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Dinh, Linh	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Duong, Lan	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Far, Sui Sin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Francia, Luis H.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gamalinda, Eric	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gotera, Vince	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hagedorn, Jessica	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hongo, Garrett	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Hoo, Judy Soo	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ignacio, Cynthia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Inada, Lawson Fusao	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kabir, Nurul	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kamani, Ginu	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kim, Patti	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kingston, Maxine Hong	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Koyama, Tina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kurup, Shishir	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lahiri, Jhumpa	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lam, Andrew	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Langworthy, Christian	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee, Chang-Rae	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lee, Li-Young	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lei-Lanilau, Carolyn	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lê Thi Diem Thúy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lew, Walter K.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lim, Shirley Geok-lin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Linmark, R. Zamora	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lum, Wing Tek	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Luu, Alex	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mirikitani, Janice	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Monji, Jana	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mori, Toshio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mura, David	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Naqvi, Tahira	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Okada, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Pak, Gary	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Revoyr, Nina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Ronyoung, Kim	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Salanga, Alfredo Navarro	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Shiomi, Rick	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Song, Cathy	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sze, Arthur	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tabios, Eileen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tran, Barbara	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Truong, Monique T.D.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Uno, Roberta	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Vazirani, Reetika	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Verghese, Abraham	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yamada, Mitsuye	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yamamoto, Hisaye	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yamanaka, Lois-Ann	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yamashita, Karen Tei	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yau, John	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Yuson, Alfred A.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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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.

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