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Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian-American Fiction

by Jessica Hagedorn (Editor)

Other authors: Gina Apostol (Contributor), Lisa Asagi (Contributor), Peter Bacho (Contributor), Carlos Bulosan (Contributor), Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (Contributor)38 more, Marilyn Chin (Contributor), Sara Chin (Contributor), Christina Chiu (Contributor), Peter Ho Davies (Contributor), Linh Dinh (Contributor), Eric Gamalinda (Contributor), Karl Taro Greenfeld (Contributor), Philip Huang (Contributor), Gish Jen (Contributor), Ginu Kamani (Contributor), Nora Okja Keller (Contributor), Elaine Kim (Preface), Jhumpa Lahiri (Contributor), Christian Langworthy (Contributor), Chang-Rae Lee (Contributor), Don Lee (Contributor), Russell Charles Leong (Contributor), Ed Lin (Contributor), R. Zamora Linmark (Contributor), David Wong Louie (Contributor), Darrell Lum (Contributor), Bharati Mukherjee (Contributor), Sabina Murray (Contributor), Meera Nair (Contributor), Han Ong (Contributor), Ruth Ozeki (Contributor), Brian Ascalon Roley (Contributor), Bienvenido Santos (Contributor), Akhil Sharma (Contributor), Dao Strom (Contributor), Monique Truong (Contributor), Ka Vang (Contributor), Jose Garcia Villa (Contributor), Shawn Wong (Contributor), Hisaye Yamamoto (Contributor), Lois-Ann Yamanaka (Contributor), Karen Tei Yamashita (Contributor), Wakako Yamauchi (Contributor)

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More than a decade after its initial publication, the groundbreaking anthology Charlie Chan Is Dead remains the best available source for contemporary Asian American fiction. Edited by acclaimed novelist and National Book Award nominee Jessica Hagedorn, Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World brings together  forty-two fresh, fascinating voices in Asian American writing--from classics by Jose Garcia Villa and Wakako Yamauchi to exciting new fiction from Akhil Sharma, Ruth Ozeki, Chang-Rae Lee, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Monique Truong. Sweeping in background and literary style, from pioneering writers to newly emerging voices from the Hmong and Korean communities, these exceptional works celebrate the full spectrum of Asian American experience and identities, transcending stereotypes and revealing the strength and vitality of Asian America today.… (more)
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Hagedorn, JessicaEditorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Apostol, GinaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Asagi, LisaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bacho, PeterContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Bulosan, CarlosContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Cha, Theresa Hak KyungContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chin, MarilynContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chin, SaraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Chiu, ChristinaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Davies, Peter HoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Dinh, LinhContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Gamalinda, EricContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Greenfeld, Karl TaroContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Huang, PhilipContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Jen, GishContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kamani, GinuContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Keller, Nora OkjaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Kim, ElainePrefacesecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lahiri, JhumpaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Langworthy, ChristianContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lee, Chang-RaeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lee, DonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Leong, Russell CharlesContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lin, EdContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Linmark, R. ZamoraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Louie, David WongContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Lum, DarrellContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Mukherjee, BharatiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Murray, SabinaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Nair, MeeraContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ong, HanContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Ozeki, RuthContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Roley, Brian AscalonContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Santos, BienvenidoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Sharma, AkhilContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Strom, DaoContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Truong, MoniqueContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Vang, KaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Villa, Jose GarciaContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Wong, ShawnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Yamamoto, HisayeContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Yamanaka, Lois-AnnContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Yamashita, Karen TeiContributorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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More than a decade after its initial publication, the groundbreaking anthology Charlie Chan Is Dead remains the best available source for contemporary Asian American fiction. Edited by acclaimed novelist and National Book Award nominee Jessica Hagedorn, Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World brings together  forty-two fresh, fascinating voices in Asian American writing--from classics by Jose Garcia Villa and Wakako Yamauchi to exciting new fiction from Akhil Sharma, Ruth Ozeki, Chang-Rae Lee, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Monique Truong. Sweeping in background and literary style, from pioneering writers to newly emerging voices from the Hmong and Korean communities, these exceptional works celebrate the full spectrum of Asian American experience and identities, transcending stereotypes and revealing the strength and vitality of Asian America today.

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Contains:
  • Cunanan's wake / Gina Apostol
  • Fascination, gravity, and deeply done kiss / Lisa Asagi
  • Rico / Peter Bacho
  • Homecoming / Carlos Bulosan
  • Melpomene tragedy / Theresa Hak Kyung Cha
  • Two parables : Parable of the cake ; Moon / Marilyn Chin
  • Red wall / Sara Chin
  • Doctor / Christina Chiu
  • The Hull case / Peter Ho Davies
  • Dead on arrival / Linh Dinh
  • Formerly known as Bionic Boy / Eric Gamalinda
  • Submission / Karl Taro Greenfeld
  • Baby / Philip Huang
  • Who's Irish? / Gish Jen
  • Waxing the thing / Ginu Kamani
  • Beecah, from Comfort woman / Nora Okja Keller
  • Sexy / Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Mango / Christian Langworthy
  • Ahjuhma, from Native speaker / Chang-Rae Lee
  • Voir dire / Don Lee
  • No Bruce Lee / Russell Charles Leong
  • Late bloomer, from Waylaid / Ed Lin
  • Mister Porma / R. Zamora Linmark
  • Cold-hearted / David Wong Louie
  • Fourscore and seven years ago / Darrell Lum
  • The management of grief / Bharati Mukherjee
  • Folly / Sabina Murray
  • Video / Meera Nair
  • Fiesta of the damned / Han Ong
  • Ships in the night / Ruth Ozeki
  • Separation anxiety, from American son / Brian Ascalon Roley
  • Immigration blues, from The man who (thought he) looked like Robert Taylor / Bienvenido Santos
  • Surrounded by Sleep / Akhil Sharma
  • Papier, from Grass roof, tin roof / Dao Strom
  • Live-in cook, from The book of salt / Monique Truong
  • Ms. Pac-Man ruined my gang life / Ka Vang
  • Untitled story / José Garcia Villa
  • Eye contact, an outtake from American knees / Shawn Wong
  • The brown house / Hisaye Yamamoto
  • The keeper, from Father of the four passages / Lois-Ann Yamanaka
  • What if Miss Nikkei were God(dess)? / Karen Tei Yamashita
  • That was all / Wakako Yamauchi
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