9 Contemporary Literature, 1970 to Present
Kingston, Earll, 248
Kingston, Maxine Hong, 5, 52, 131, 141,
243, 247–254
Kinnell, Galway, 126
Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You, The, 60
Kinsey, Alfred C., 165, 370
Kiowa (character), 296
Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Prize, 148
Kirkwood, James, Jr., 39, 44, 46
Kissing the Bread: New and Selected Poems,
62
Kiss of the Spider Woman, 39
Kitchen God ’s Wife, The, 67
Kittatinny: A Tale of Magic, 66
Kittel, Daisy Wilson, 347
Kittel, Frederick August, 347
Kleban, Edward, 46
Klein, Joe, 14
Komunyakaa, Yusef (see James Willie
Brown Jr.)
Kooser, Ted, 126
Korea, 60, 64
Korean Americans, 137
Kosinski, Jerzy, 13
Kosovo, 10
Kovic, Ron, 140, 147
Kramer, Larry, 15, 39, 46
Kranow, Stanley, 141
Kremlin, 255
Krik? Krak!, 61
Kristeva, Julia, 19
Kudzu, 44
Kumin, Maxine, 64
Kundera, Milan, 17
Kunitz, Stanley, 237
Kunkel, Rhea (character), 290
Kunkel, Rhoda (character), 290
künstlerroman, 371
Kuo, Alex, 153
Kushner, Tony, 7, 15, 36, 254–258
Kuwait, 10
L
L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, 117, 127
La Cage aux Folles, 39
La Condition postmoderne: Rapport sur le
savoir, 129
Lacuna, The, 243
Ladder of Years, 68
Laguna Woman, 330–331
Lahiri, Jhumpa, 15, 258
Lahr, John, 255
Lakeboat, 270
Lake No Bottom, 49
Lam, Andrew, 141, 147
Lamartine (character family), 225
Lamont Poetry Award, 59
Land of Bliss, The, 67, 127
Land of Unlikeness, 126
Landor’s Poetry, 303
Lange, Jessica, 323
Langston Hughes: American Poet, 343
Language poets, 117
Language School, 125
Langworthy, Christian, 141, 147
Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, 237
Lannon Lifetime Achievement
Award, 138
Lapine, James, 39, 45–46
Laramie Project, The, 39
Lariat Award, 70
Larsen, Nella, 26
Larson, Jonathan, 39, 46
Las Meninas, 47
Last Chord, The, 45
Last Dance, The, 47, 65
Last Days of Louisiana Red, The, 34, 138
Last Generation:, Poetry and Prose, The,
47, 65
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace: The Diary
of Thuy Dang Tram, 148
Last of the Menu Girls, The, 60
Last of the Thorntons, The, 45
Last Report on the Miracles at Little No
Horse, The, 225
Last Song, The, 63, 115, 125
Last Summer at Bluef ish Cove, 39
Last Thing He Wanted, The, 205
Latin America, 17
Latin Americans
feminism, 52
Latin Deli: Prose & Poetry, The, 61
Latino/Latina studies, 18
Latino Youth Alternative High School
(Chicago), 188
Latin Women Pray, 61
Laundry and Bourbon, 36
Lavan Younger Poets Award, 219
Laviera, Tato, 372
Laxmi (character), 260