Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women Edited by Elaine H. Kim (Out of Print)

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Asian-American women writers of all ages explore a complex range of identities through poetry, fiction, essays, and memoirs, most of which have never been published. The contributors take on little explored topics and expand the limits of ethnic-based identity, resisting stereotypes and breaking silences. Candid and memorable, their essays, stories, and poetry change popular assumptions and engage readers.

This inclusive new collection, by the editors of Making Waves, gathers a diverse range of poems, essays, and fiction by Asian-American women, established writers and new voices alike.

Contributors include:
Marilyn Chin
Chitra Divakaruni
Yen Le Espiritu
Kimiko Hahn
Nora Okja Cobb Keller
Elaine Kim
Carolyn Lei-lanilau
Maria G. Lee
Lisa Lowe
Chandra Talpade Mohanty
Dana Y. Takagi
Renee Tajima-Peí±a
Trinh T. Minh-ha
Mitsuye Yamada
Helen Zia

Editorial Reviews
From Library Journal
In this new anthology of writing by Asian American women, Kim, Lilia V. Villanueva, and Asian Women United of California expand considerably on Making Waves (Cornell Univ., 1993) to produce a wonderful collection of fresh new stories, poems, memoirs, and essays. Included are thought-provoking poems about discarded, unwanted babies and the ravages of war by established poets such as Chitra Divakarum (Black Candle, Calyx, 1991) and Kimiko Hahn (Unbearable Heart, Kaya Prod., 1995). Susan Ito, a new writer, movingly expresses the heart of being a "Hambun-Hambun" literally half-and-half: a white and Japanese child/woman in America. A scholarly excerpt from Sumi Cho's Critical Race Feminism (New York Univ., 1997) might be too erudite for the lay reader, but other eloquent reflections such as Nora Okja Cobb Keller's "The Brilliance of Diamonds" the story of how she got her name and Hershini Bhana's gripping poem about rape are further examples of the diversity in this book. Recommended for large public and academic libraries. Janis Williams, Shaker Heights P.L., Ohio
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Includes the following, but not limited to:
How To Articulate The Inarticulable I by Hershini Bhana
No Stone by Catalina Cariaga
A Portrait Of The Self As Nation, 1990-1991 by Marilyn Mei Ling Chin
Mango by Passion Cummings
The Babies I by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
The Babies: Ii by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Blindsided by Kimiko Hahn
The Box Of Abandoned White Buttons by Kimiko Hahn
Inheritance by Brenda Kwon
Silence Of Form by Mong Lan
Fortune by Priscilla Lee
Virginia Wong's Way Of Seeing by Lin Min Mo
Thirty And Five Books, Sels by Myung Mi Kim
Jean And Me by Linda Nishioka
For My Lola by Juno Salazar Parrenas
A Straight Sex Asian Love/pilipina (p) Pucking Poem by Juno Salazar Parrenas
The Family Hour by Sheerekha Pillai
For A Show by Trin T. Minh-ha
It Went By Me by Trin T. Minh-ha
Making Peace by Trin T. Minh-ha
Monotone by Trin T. Minh-ha
Moon Tide by Trin T. Minh-ha
No Name by Trin T. Minh-ha
No To No by Trin T. Minh-ha
Wordwarring by Trin T. Minh-ha
Warning by Mitsuye Yamada

Paperback: 309 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press; 1 edition (July 30, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 080705913-7
ISBN-13: 978-08-0-705913-5
Package Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds