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Contents
Preface ix
MEENA ALEXANDER by Brunda Moka-Dias 1
HIMANI BANNERJI by Geoffrey Kain 8
SUSHAM BEDI by Brunda Moka-Dias 13
WILLIAM PETER BLATTY by Rhonda Brock-Servais 18
VANCE BOURJAILY by Ymitri Jayasundera 24
CECILIA MANGUERRA BRAINARD by Eleanor Ty 29
THERESA HAK KYUNG CHA by Yi-Chun Tricia Lin 34
DIANA CHANG by Carol Roh-Spaulding 38
EVELINA CHAO by Wentong Ma 44
FRANK CHIN by Guiyou Huang 48
SOOK NYUL CHOI by Mara Scanlon 56
SUSAN CHOI by Elizabeth Fitzpatrick 60
DENISE CHONG by Nikolas Huot 64
LOUIS HING CHU by Shunzhu Wang 68
RICHARD CRASTA (also AVATAR PRABHU) by Barry Fruchter 76
KIRAN DESAI by Sarala Krishnamurthy 81
CHITRA BANERJEE DIVAKARUNI by Brunda Moka-Dias 87
WINNIFRED EATON by Lisa Botshon 93
INDIRA GANESAN by Harish Chander 99
STEPHEN GILL by Anita Mannur 105
JESSICA TARAHATA HAGEDORN by Ruby S. Ramraj 110
CHUANG HUA by Hailing Xiao 117
CYNTHIA KADOHATA by Su-lin Yu 120
YOUNGHILL KANG by James Livingston 127
RICHARD E. KIM by Jae-Nam Han 132
MAXINE HONG KINGSTON by Guiyou Huang 138
BHARTI KIRCHNER by Krishna Lewis 156
JOY KOGAWA by Cynthia F. Wong 161
ALEX KUO by Douglas Sugano 168
HELENA KUO by Jean Amato 172
CHANG-RAE LEE by Martin Kich 175
C. Y. LEE by Luchen Li 180
GUS LEE by John C. Hawley 185
MARIE G. LEE by Rhonda Brock-Servais 192
SKY LEE by Martin Kich 197
ADET LIN (also TAN YUN) by Jean Amato 204
STEVEN C. LO by Jeffrey Partridge 207
BETTE BAO LORD by Jean Amato 211
ANCHEE MIN by Shunzhu Wang 214
ROHINTON MISTRY by Bindu Malieckal 219
KYOKO MORI by Rhonda Brock-Servais 229
TOSHIO MORI by Sarah Catlin Barnhart 234
BHARATI MUKHERJEE by Jaspal Kaur Singh 240
MILTON MURAYAMA by Seri Luangphinith 251
KIRIN NARAYAN by Maya M. Sharma 257
FAE MYENNE NG by Xiaoping Yen 261
MEI NG by Sarah Catlin Barnhart 267
HUALING NIEH by Hailing Xiao 271
SANJAY NIGAM by Jaina C. Sanga 277
JOHN OKADA by Fu-jen Chen 281
MICHAEL ONDAATJE by Cynthia F. Wong 289
NAHID RACHLIN by Maya M. Sharma 296
BALACHANDRA RAJAN by Uppinder Mehan 303
NINOTCHKA ROSCA by Shannon T. Leonard 308
PATSY SUMIE SAIKI by Seri Luangphinith 313
BIENVENIDO N. SANTOS by Anita Mannur 317
LISA LENINE SEE by Xian Liu 323
SHYAM SELVADURAI by Peter G. Christensen 332
VIKRAM SETH by Anthony R. Guneratne 339
S. SHANKAR by Brunda Moka-Dias 345
BAPSI SIDHWA by Janet M. Powers 350
MAI-MAI SZE by Jean Amato 357
LIN TAI-YI (also ANOR LIN or LIN WU-SHUANG) by Jean Amato 360
AMY TAN by Wenying Xu 365
LINDA TY-CASPER by Shannon T. Leonard 374
HOLLY UYEMOTO by Suzanne Hotte Massa 382
JADE SNOW WONG by Leela Kapai 387
SHAWN WONG by Chih-Ping Chen 391
LOIS-ANN YAMANAKA by Chih-Ping Chen 398
KAREN TEI YAMASHITA by Douglas Sugano 403
Selected Bibliography 409
Index 413
About the Editor and Contributors 419
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