Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature

Wittman Ah Sing is not an immigrant. He is a fifth-generation American, as “American as [Beat writer Jack] Kerouac,” and he conc ...

In KAREN TEI YAMASHITA’s works, lines and bor- ders which serve to articulate cartographic, politi- cal, economical, as well as ...

of a grain store worker and a maid—both of whom died young—Tsiang grew up in impover- ished circumstances. A gifted student, Tsi ...

American Literature, edited by Keith Lawrence and Floyd Cheung. Philadelphia: Temple Univer- sity Press, 2005. Floyd Cheung Tsuk ...

silent letters.” As Tuan continued to explore her interest in language, she wrote her first play, Last of the Suns. The play, fi ...

of Texas, Austin. She lives in the Elysian Park/Echo Park section of Los Angeles. Samuel Park Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a San ...

Oregon ever since. After college she pursued sev- eral careers and interests including working as a hand-weaver, freelance journ ...

egon to go to college is perhaps the most poignant reminder of the paradise lost. A Little Too Much Is Enough had its beginning ...

language barriers, and reciprocal learning be- tween two cultures. However, Jen is quick to note that Typical American also exhi ...

297  Uchida, Yoshiko (1922–1992) Yoshiko Uchida was born in Alameda, California, and raised in San Francisco. Her father, Dwig ...

two-year fellowship study in Japan, Yoshiko wrote The Magic Listening Cap: More Folk Tales from Japan, her second collection of ...

and his rootedness in the community; the Billi- morias’ marriage devolving from great romance to misery; the tragedy of Tehmi En ...

University, Ung postponed graduate school and became a spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World. Published by Har ...

from a well-connected family. They have two chil- dren, but Goma’s family constantly criticizes Ram- achandra for his lack of ec ...

that pledge in the internment camps during World War II. Uyehara then repositions herself as a young Muslim woman being consider ...

I’m a little less than forty years away from my own happily ever after” (197). Having realized that she is part of the family, a ...

304  Villa, José García (1908–1997) José García Villa was born in Singalong, Manila, to Guía García and Dr. Simeón Villa, pers ...

with her parents-in-law and her sister-in-law and is basically their unpaid cook and maid. When Priya does not have a baby withi ...

poetry. He recounts his confusion in school as he reads accounts of history that exclude the Japanese presence in America. It is ...

307  Wait for Me An Na (2006) Wait for Me, AN NA’s second novel, is a major breakthrough for Korean-American young adult liter ...