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Asian American Short Story Writers: An A-To-Z Guide

Book by Guiyou Huang, Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 2003

Subjects:

American Fiction--20th Century--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Fiction--20th Century--Dictionaries, Asian American Authors--Biography--Dictionaries, Asian Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, Asian Americans--Intellectual Life--Dictionaries, Authors, American--20th Century--Biography--Dictionaries, Immigrants In Literature--Dictionaries, Short Stories, American--Asian American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Short Stories, American--Asian American Authors--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

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 ...
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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.
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Asian-American Poets: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Guiyou Huang; Greenwood Press, 2002

Subjects:

American Poetry--Asian American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Poetry--Asian American Authors--Dictionaries, Asian Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, Asian Americans--Intellectual Life--Dictionaries, Poets, American--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

Even though Asian American literature is enjoying an impressive critical popularity, its poetry has been a neglected area of study. This reference helps remedy that situation by providing extended entries on 48 American poets of Asian descent. The entries are arranged alphabetically and each is ...
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Even though Asian American literature is enjoying an impressive critical popularity, its poetry has been a neglected area of study. This reference helps remedy that situation by providing extended entries on 48 American poets of Asian descent. The entries are arranged alphabetically and each is written by an authority in the field. Each includes a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a review of the poet's critical reception, and a bibliography of primary and secondary works. The volume concludes with a selected, general bibliography. As an overview of Asian American poetry, this volume synthesizes current research and points to the urgent need for additional scholarship.
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Asian American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Emmanuel S. Nelson; Greenwood Press, 2000

Subjects:

American Fiction--Asian American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, American Fiction--Asian American Authors--Dictionaries, Asian Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, Asian Americans--Intellectual Life--Dictionaries, Fiction, Novelists, American--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

As a distinct area of literary study, Asian American literature now enjoys a level of critical recognition that was unimaginable when academic interest in the field began modestly some 25 years ago. Part of this recognition stems from the increasing contributions of Asian American novelists, whose ...
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As a distinct area of literary study, Asian American literature now enjoys a level of critical recognition that was unimaginable when academic interest in the field began modestly some 25 years ago. Part of this recognition stems from the increasing contributions of Asian American novelists, whose works continue to capture growing levels of popular attention. This reference book provides alphabetically arranged entries for 70 Asian American novelists. Each entry is written by an expert contributor and provides a short biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the novelist's critical reception, and a bibliography of primary and secondary sources. In addition, the volume concludes with a selected, general bibliography.
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Asian American Autobiographers: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook

Book by Guiyou Huang; Greenwood Press, 2001

Subjects:

American Prose Literature--Asian American Authors--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries, Asian American Authors--Biography--Dictionaries, Asian Americans In Literature--Dictionaries, Asian Americans--Biography--Dictionaries, Autobiographical Fiction, American--Bio-Bibliography--Dictionaries

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...collection of critical essays. Asian American Autobiographers...most recognized Asian American literary scholars...SelflWriting Nation: Essays on Theresa Hak...Like earlier essays, writing on Cha...alternative Asian American identity. BIBLIOGRAPHY...
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Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context

Book by Elaine H. Kim; Temple University Press, 1982

Subjects:

American Literature--Asian American Authors--History And Criticism, Asian Americans In Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...and Bruce Iwasaki of the Asian American Studies Center at UCLA. 2 Several anthologies of Asian American literature contain introductory essays of a general nature. The best known of these are in Asian American Authors 1972 , edited...

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Currents of Study: Charting the Course of Asian American Literary Criticism

Journal article by Stephen Hong Sohn, John Blair Gamber; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 37, 2004

Subjects:

Asian American literature--Criticism and interpretation, Criticism--Analysis, Literary criticism--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...American Literatures: Essays in Chicano, Native American, and Asian-American Literature...1995) contains two essays on Asian American literature devoted...the examination of Asian American queerness with essays on Frank Chin and on...
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Reading Asian American Poetry

Journal article by Juliana Chang; MELUS, Vol. 21, 1996

Subjects:

American poetry--Asian-American authors, Multiculturalism--Literature

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...remarkable varieties of Asian American poetic discourse...number of critical essays have focused attention...literature, numerous essays on Asian American writing appear...think of how few essays are devoted to the whole genre of Asian American poetry." What...
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Introduction: Cross Wire: Asian American Literary Criticism

Journal article by Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, Gina Valentino, Stephen Hong Sohn, John Blair Gamber; Studies in the Literary Imagination, Vol. 37, 2004

Subjects:

Asian American literature--Criticism and interpretation, Criticism--Analysis, Literary criticism--Analysis

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...asked broadly for essays focusing on Asian American literary productions...concludes with paired essays that destabilize...conventional notions of Asian American literary studies...in London. These essays expand the arena of Asian American literary criticism...
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In Defense of Asian American Studies: The Politics of Teaching and Program Building

Journal article by Sharon S. Lee; Journal of Higher Education, Vol. 78, 2007

Subjects:

Asian American studies--Criticism and interpretation, Asian Americans--Criticism and interpretation, Asian Americans--Study and teaching, Chan, Sucheng--Criticism and interpretation, Chan, Sucheng--Works, College faculty--Criticism and interpretation, College faculty--Works, College teachers--Criticism and interpretation, College teachers--Works, In Defense of Asian American Studies: The Politics of Teaching and Program Building (Book)--Criticism and interpretation, Intercultural education--Criticism and interpretation, Multicultural education--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...Additionally, essays in edited volumes...emeritus of Asian American Studies and...Defense of Asian American Studies: The...documents--essays she wrote between...academy. Chans essays also do not...institution. Asian American scholars teaching...
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Transnational Asian American Literature: Sites and Transits

Journal article by Mayuri Deka; MELUS, Vol. 32, 2007

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Transnational Asian American Literature: Sites and Transits (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Temple University Press, 2006. 320 pages. $76.50 cloth; $25.95 paper. Transnational Asian American Literature: Sites and Transits is a collection of thirteen essays that address literary representations of the complexities of globalized Asian American...

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Memorial Service for the Victims of the Southeast Asian Tsunami

Magazine article by Paul Wolfowitz; U.S. Department of Defense Speeches, January 9, 2005

Subjects:

United States. Department of Defense--Officials and employees, Wolfowitz, Paul D.--Speeches, lectures and essays

Collections: Entire Library

...the Victims of the Southeast Asian Tsunami. by Paul D. Wolfowitz...Bush, his entire Cabinet, the American government and the American people. It has been widely noted...their prayers and their deeds, Americans have shown solidarity with the...
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Stimulating & Sustaining Regional Growth

Magazine article by Thaksi Shinawatra; Presidents & Prime Ministers, Vol. 11, January 2002

Subjects:

Association of South East Asian Nations--Management, Prime ministers--Addresses, essays, lectures, Thailand--Economic aspects

Collections: Entire Library

...year 2010. In fact, the East Asian region is fast challenging the traditional North American and European regions for the...If we look at the entire Asian region as a whole, there is...informal and open venue for Asian leaders to exchange views...
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Malaysia-Singapore Cooperation

Magazine article by Go Cho Tong; Presidents & Prime Ministers, Vol. 10, January 2001

Subjects:

Association of South East Asian Nations--Economic aspects, Goh Chok Tong--Addresses, essays, lectures, Malaysia--Economic aspects, Prime ministers--Addresses, essays, lectures, Singapore--Economic aspects

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...Tong Malaysia has swiftly and successfully overcome the Asian financial crisis. Malaysias economic indicators for the first...economy from external shocks this year such as a slowdown in the American economy. I share its confidence because the Malaysian government...
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Asian Minor

Magazine article by John Derbyshire; National Review, Vol. L, August 3, 1998

Subjects:

Book publishing, Publishing industry, Random House Inc.

Collections: Entire Library

...the same reaction to these essays. Young Eric Liu is the offspring...identity he wants is ``Asian American. And what on earth is ``Asian American-ness? Why, its a ``lifestyle...Liu flatly denies that ``Asian American is a racial category. The...
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Asian Values, a Fabulous Notion

Magazine article by Jonathan Mirsky; New Statesman, Vol. 127, April 3, 1998

Subjects:

Asians--Moral and ethical aspects, Values--Analysis

Collections: Entire Library

...human rights make things worse. Members of American and western chambers of commerce in Hong...Apart from justifying repression, "Asian values" is a paltry concept. I cant imagine...these charges in his new collection of essays, Chinas Transition (Columbia University...

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Springfield Students Take King Day to Heart

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), January 17, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...theme of Kings famous quote, "We cannot walk alone." The essays, an assignment for an Advanced Placement composition...Its something thats happened to me," said Lam, an Asian-American who in her essay described being harassed while driving...
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Melting-Pot HOUSEHOLDS

Newspaper article by Marge Fahey; The Washington Times, December 26, 2000

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...much with the European culture as the Asian culture. INTERFAITH MARRIAGE The only...Puerto Rican, and his wife is Italian American, and they have two daughters, ages 3 and...Diverse Identities: Classic Multicultural Essays," edited by James D. Lester, NTC Publishing...
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Fallon to Recruit Arab Nations for Help; New Commander in Middle East Targets Those 'Standing Around'

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 12, 2007

Subjects:

Arab countries

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...from the embassies of Middle East nations in Washington, plus retired American diplomats who have served in the region. He has been deluged with briefing papers, scholarly essays and news articles. Adm. Fallon, who has a reputation as a quick study...
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A Swiss Achievement, Middle East, and Asia

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 23, 2002

Subjects:

Palestine Liberation Organization

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...transition in Communist Chinas leadership. The essays are informed speculations by Asian scholars which ought to be studied by the Bush...than the past fifty years of Asian history - American involvement even more intense and complex...
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Board Demands ECC Hire More Minorities Members Want Officials to Develop Plan for Faculty

Newspaper article by Tara Malone; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 16, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...identified as Latino, black, Asian or Native American. "The board again needs to...applicants to detail in two essays what diversity means to them...of whom were Latino, black, Asian or Native American. Four minority candidates...

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Cather did not resort to new devices; the essays of E. B. White were models of pure...horror, and meaninglessness of contemporary American life became a major theme of novelists...Louise Erdrich and N. Scott Momaday), Asian-American (e.g., Maxine Hong Kingston and...
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Tan, Amy

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...immigrants, she has taken for her theme the lives of Asian-Americans and the generational and cultural differences among...written a childrens book, The Moon Lady (1992), and essays, e.g., the autobiographical pieces collected in The...
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Whistler, James Abbott Mcneill

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...WHISTLER, JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL 1834 1903, American painter, etcher, wit, and eccentric, b...appreciation for the works of Velazquez and for Asian art, particularly the Japanese print...Whistler was the author of brilliant critical essays and aphorisms. The lecture published under...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...and Matt Crowleys witty but grim portrait of pre-Stonewall American gay life, The Boys in the Band (1968). In later years gay...David Henry Hwangs M. Butterfly (1988), which also dealt with Asian identity, and Paul Rudnicks Jeffrey (1993). Tony Kushner...
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Wilson, Woodrow

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...1896), A History of the American People (5 vol., 1902), and...Master and Other Political Essays (1893) and Mere Literature and Other Essays (1893). Wilsons addresses...considered among the finest by an American, have been published and...

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