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Books on: asian american writers

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Asian-American Writers

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1999

Subjects:

American Literature--Asian American Authors--History And Criticism, Asian Americans In Literature, Asian Americans--Intellectual Life, Fiction

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

-- Brings together the best criticism on the most widely read poets, novelists, and playwrights
-- Presents complex critical portraits of the most influential writers in the English-speaking world -- from the English medievalists to contemporary writers
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Living in America: Poetry and Fiction by South Asian American Writers

Book by Roshni Rustomji-Kerns; Westview Press, 1995

Subjects:

American Literature--20th Century, American Literature--South Asian American Authors, South Asian Americans--Literary Collections

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Poetry and Fiction by South Asian American Writers EDITED BY Roshni Rustomji-Kerns...dedicated to: The South Asian American writers whose voices are heard in this anthology The many South Asian American writers who submitted works that...
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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 Women Writers

Book by Harold Bloom; Chelsea House, 1997

Subjects:

American Literature--Asian American Authors--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--Asian American Authors--History And Criticism, American Literature--Women Authors--Bio-Bibliography, American Literature--Women Authors--History And Criticism, Asian American Women In Literature, Asian Americans In Literature, Women And Literature--United States

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...most of the works of the Asian American writers discussed so far, authorial...works of imagination. When Asian American writers reject the "recently dominant...Shirley Geok-lin Lim, "Twelve Asian American Writers: In Search of Self-Definition...
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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

...Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers 1974 , edited by Frank...ending with contemporary Asian American writers. The study is also organized...that Kingston and other Asian American writers face is how to preserve...

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Journal Articles on: asian american writers

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The More Things Change: Paradigm Shifts in Asian American Studies

Journal article by Stephen H. Sumida; American Studies International, Vol. 38, 2000

Subjects:

American literature--Asian-American authors, Asian Americans--Social aspects, Assimilation (Sociology)--Analysis, Ethnicity--United States

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers excoriated what they identified...their Asian homelands. The Asian American writers whose works appear in that...publishers and sparked a trend, Asian American writers as "hot properties."(4) The...
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Aiiieeeee! and the Asian American Literary Movement: A Conversation with Shawn Wong

Journal article by Jeffrey F.L. Partridge; MELUS, Vol. 29, 2004

Subjects:

Asian American literature--Analysis, Wong, Shawn--Interviews

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian American Writers, published by Howard University...it I dont know any other Asian American writers? Why hasnt a teacher ever...notice. We were going to be Asian American writers, and we felt the best way...
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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

...small number of prominent Asian American writers as well as a relatively unreceptive...instrumental to the ways in which Asian American writers conceive of and write about...resistance narratives of Asian American writers, and in privileging oppositional...
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In Her Mother's House: The Politics of Asian American Mother-Daughter Writing

Journal article by Ivy Liu Manley; American Studies International, Vol. 39, 2001

Subjects:

Books--Reviews, In Her Mother's House: The Politics of Asian American Mother-Daughter Writing (Book)--Reviews

Collections: Entire Library

...in the writing of female Asian American writers that is often ignored by...institutions. Outside of academia, Asian American writers struggle with stereotypes...critical analysis of female Asian American writers who are less well known by...
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Writing the Asian American Artist: Maxine Hong Kingston's Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book

Journal article by Irma Maini; MELUS, 2000

Subjects:

American fiction--Criticism, interpretation, etc., American literature--Chinese American authors, Asian American women--Authorship, Kingston, Maxine Hong--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...representative of other Asian American writers. Works Cited Achebe...Frank. "Come all ye Asian American writers of the Real and the Fake...Cultural Mis-readings by American Reviewers." Asian and Western Writers in Dialogue: New Cultural...

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Magazine Articles on: asian american writers

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Portraits by Gotanda: In a Cavalcade of Plays Both Intimate and Epic, the Playwright Elucidates Asian-American Life

Magazine article by Terry Hong; American Theatre, Vol. 24, March 2007

Subjects:

American writers--Interviews, Authors, American--Interviews, Gotanda, Philip Kan--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

...continue to give back to the Asian-American community is to nurture other young writers, especially playwrights-in-training...advice to an upcoming Asian-American artist might be different...background? I mentor writers and filmmakers from a...
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Toronto Circle: In Accomplished Stories and Novels South Asian Writers Who Are Exiles in Canada Are Re-creating the Worlds They Left Behind

Magazine article by Jamie James; The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 285, April 2000

Subjects:

Asian writers, Canada, Canadian literature, Canadian writers, Mistry, Rohinton, Selvadurai, Shyam, South Asians--Canada, Vassanji, M.G.

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...and Novels South Asian Writers Who Are Exiles...Most of the new American and British novels...found many South Asian writers at work in Canada...question that these writers form a school...Mistry to be a South Asian writer. If Mistry...
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Out of the Margins: A National Theatre Conference in Los Angeles Galvanizes Asian-American Forces

Magazine article by Velina Hasu Houston; American Theatre, Vol. 23, October 2006

Subjects:

Theater--Conferences, meetings and seminars

Collections: Entire Library

...is excited about the "new Asian-American writers and performers who are re-jiggering...companies. Dang says: "There are Asian-American writers who will not submit their...or present by established Asian-American writers who are writing from a mature...
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Mia Katigbak Classical Virtues: A Leading Asian-American Actor and Producer Mines New Mythologies

Magazine article by Pamela Renner; American Theatre, Vol. 21, July 2004

Subjects:

Actors--Biography, Actors--Interviews, Actresses--Biography, Actresses--Interviews, Katigbak, Mia--Biography, Katigbak, Mia--Interviews, Theatrical producers (Persons)--Biography, Theatrical producers (Persons)--Interviews, Theatrical producers and directors--Biography, Theatrical producers and directors--Interviews

Collections: Entire Library

...production of Antigone, which will perform at INTAR. In the future, Katigbak plans to commission new works from Asian-American writers, based loosely upon the classics. The possibilities for mining new mythologies are endless, as are the chances...
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Opening a New Window: What's an Asian-American Actor to Do When the Role He Wants Is Saddled with a Dubious Past?

Magazine article by Alan Muraoka; American Theatre, Vol. 23, October 2006

Subjects:

Actors--Personal narratives, Actresses--Personal narratives, Theater--Personal narratives

Collections: Entire Library

...associated with the role of Ito. An Asian-American actress friend of mine calls it...which it does so often when bad writers get hold of Asian characters...love. Alan Muraoka will direct Asian Americans on Broadway: Opening Doors at...

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Newspaper Articles on: asian american writers

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Treasures on File in Asian Collections

Newspaper article by Ann Geracimos; The Washington Times, August 21, 2000

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

...Poe was the name of her late husband, an American librarian whom she met in a class on cataloging...handsome and very readable guide to the Asian Collections, available for $10 in the...of last resort for White House speech writers as well as Immigration and Naturalization...
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Rahyan Carlos' 'Hide and Seek,' a Mix of Asian and Hollywood Horror Films

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 28, 2007

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

...Based on his experience and observation, Asian story telling is more about movement which...having a minimalist scoring. While the American horror genre is rich in color and uses...dreamed of working with veteran script writers like Gina Tagasa who penned the screenplay...
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Our Legacy of Social Responsibility; (Speech Delivered at the Asian Forum 2006 on Corporate Social Responsibility Held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Quezon City, on September 25-26, 2006.)

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 10, 2006

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

...Businessman of the Year from the Business Writers Association of the Philippines, he said...Manila Electric Company from its erstwhile American owners in 1961 and its transformation...education, among them the money to build the Asian Institute of Management building in Makati...
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FILM Writers ? Producers ? Directors ? Actors ? Distributors ? Agents ? Backers ? Publicists

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 9, 2007

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

...successsince has been the zombie-strewn 28 Days Later. Hes made two American films,The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio and A Life Less Ordinary. Gurinder Chadha, 47 DIRECTOR Anglo-Asian Chadha caused a stir with her highly original Bhaji on the Beach...
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FILM Writers Producers Directors Actors Distributors Agents Backers Publicists; Peter Morgan

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), October 9, 2007

Subjects:

Actors, Actresses, Motion picture industry, Movie distributors

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

...success since has been the zombie-strewn 28 DaysLater. Hes made two American films, The Beach with Leonardo DiCaprio and ALife Less Ordinary. Gurinder Chadha, 47 DIRECTOR Anglo-Asian Chadha caused a stir with her highlyoriginal Bhaji on the Beach...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: asian american writers

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American Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...American (e.g., Louise Erdrich and N. Scott Momaday), Asian-American (e.g., Maxine Hong Kingston and Amy Tan), and homosexual...Edmund Wilson , David Leavitt, and Rita Mae Brown) writers, who previously were often excluded or ignored in mainstream...
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California

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...community groups formed to suppress civil disorder. American writers such as Bret Harte and Mark Twain have recorded...of Californias truck-farming operations, the issue of Asian immigration again arose. The bitter struggle for the...
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Drama, Western

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...1967) explored black American life; writers including Ed Bullins (e.g., The Taking...distinctive and prolific of the centurys African-American playwrights, August Wilson , debuted...Butterfly (1988), which also dealt with Asian identity, and Paul Rudnicks Jeffrey...
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Slavery

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...marks of luxury, and exotic, especially Asian, slaves were in great demand. As the number...Indies and Latin America were the Native Americans, but, because the majority of Native American...Act of 1833. However, according to some writers, the British, in abolishing slavery, were...
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Encyclopedia

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...Other classical writers tried to follow...of knowledge. The Asian encyclopedias, particularly...first noteworthy American encyclopedia was The Encyclopedia Americana, edited by Francis...1829 33). Important American encyclopedias include...

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