Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction (Charlie Chan Is Dead #1) by Jessica Hagedorn

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"From Jose Garcia Villa’s minimalist “Untitled Story,” first published in 1933, to Meena Alexander’s “Manhattan Music,” with its razor-sharp look at the hip downtown New York art scene of the troubled 1990s, the selections in this ground-breaking anthology sweep across the twentieth century and across the range of Asian American experience. "-Excerpts from the author's website.

About the Author
Jessica Hagedorn was born and raised in the Philippines and came to the United States in her early teens. Her novels include Toxicology, Dream Jungle, The Gangster Of Love, and Dogeaters, winner of the American Book Award and a finalist for the National Book Award.
Hagedorn is also the author of Danger And Beauty, a collection of poetry and prose, and the editor of three anthologies: Manila Noir, Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction and Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home In The World.
From 1975-85, Hagedorn led a band called The Gangster Choir. One of their signature songs, “Tenement Lover”, is part of John Giorno’s ‘80s music anthology, A Diamond Hidden in the Mouth Of A Corpse.
Honors and prizes include a Gerbode, Hewlett Foundations’ Playwriting Award, a Philippine National Book Award, a Lucille Lortel Playwrights’ Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fiction Fellowship, a Kesselring Prize Honorable Mention for Dogeaters, an NEA-TCG Playwriting Residency Fellowship, as well as fellowships from the Sundance Playwrights’ Lab and the Sundance Screenwriters’ Lab. She is presently working on a musical play about the pioneering, all-female rock band, Fanny

Item Weight : 1.5 pounds
Paperback : 592 pages
ISBN-10 : 014023111-0
ISBN-13 : 978-01-4-023111-3
Product Dimensions : 6.04 x 1.32 x 8.9 inches
Publisher : Penguin Books (December 1, 1993)
Language: : English