Asian American Short Story Writers

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Asian American Short Story Writers An A-to-Z Guide

Guiyou Huang

ISBN: 0-313-32229-5

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-32229-7

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392 pages

Greenwood Press

Publication: 6/30/2003

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Description: Asian America has produced numerous short-story writers in the 20th century. Some emerged after World War II, yet most of these writers have flourished since 1980. 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.

Writers include Frank Chin, Sui Sin Far, Shirely Geok-lin Lim, Toshio Mori, and Bharati Mukherjee. An introductory essay provides a close examination of the Asian American short story, and the volume closes with a list of works for further reading.

Table of Contents:

Himani Bannerji (1942-) by Chandrima Chakraborty
Susham Bedi (1945-) by Alice D'Amore
Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (1947-) by Alicia Otano
Carlos Bulosan (1911-1956) by Aiping Zhang
Jeffery Paul Chan (1942-) by Fu-jen Chen
G. S. Sharat Chandra (1938-2000) by Robert D. Sturr
Diana Chang (1934-) by Janet Hyunju Clarke
Frank Chin (1940-) by Aiping Zhang
Susan Choi (1969-) by Joonseong Park
Chitra Bannerjee Divakaruni (1956-) by Rocio G. Davis
Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton) (1865-1914) by Vanessa Holford Diana
Winnifred Eaton (1875-1954) by Jean Lee Cole
Jessica Hagedorn (1949-) by Aiping Zhang
Gish Jen (1956-) by Suchen Susan Huang
Ha Jin (1956-) Wenxin Li
Lonny Kaneko (1939-) by Kyoko Amano
Alex Kuo (1939-) by Doug Sugano
Jhumpa Lahiri (1967-) by Suchen Susan Huang
Andrew Lam (1963-) by Kim-An Lieberman
Evelyn Lau (1971-) by Nikolas Huot
Chang-rae Lee (1965-) by Joonseong Park
Don Lee (1959-) by Seiwoong Oh
Monfoon Leong (1916-1964) by Amy W. S. Lee
Russell Leong (1950-) by Jie Tian
Shirley Geok-lin Lim (1944-) by John H. Park
David Wong Louie (1954-) by Rocio G. Davis
Darrell H. Y. Lum (1950-) by Kenneth J. Speirs
Rohinton Mistry (1952-) by Alice D'Amore
Shani Mootoo (1958-) by Chandrima Chakraborty
Toshio Mori (1910-1980) by Sarah Catlin Barnhart
Bharati Mukherjee (1940-) by Leela Kapai
Fae Myenne Ng (1956-) by Su-ching Huang
Hualing Nieh (1925-) by Su-ching Huang
Susan Nunes (1943-) by Alice D'Amore
Gary Pak (1952-) by Michael Oishi
Ty Pak (1938-) by Seiwoong Oh
Nahid Rachlin (1947-) by Robert D. Sturr
Raja Rao (1908-) by Chandrima Chakraborty
Patsy Sumie Saiki (1934-) by Amy W. S. Lee
Bienvenido N. Santos (1911-1996) by Nikolas Huot
Kathleen Tyau (1947-) by Gayle K. Sato
Jose Garcia Villa (1908-1997) by Nikolas Huot
Sylvia A. Watanabe (1952-) by Gayle K. Sato
Hisaye Yamamoto (Desoto) (1921-) by Seiwoong Oh
Lois-Ann Yamanaka (1961-) by Kyoko Amano
Karen Tei Yamashita (1951-) by Robin E. Field
Wakako Yamauchi (1942-) by Bill Clem
John Yau (1950-) by Sue-Im Lee
Selected Bibliography
Index
Notes on the Editor and Contributors

About the Author: GUIYOU HUANG is Chair of the Department of English, and Director of the University Honors Program at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. His previous books include Whitmanism, Imagism, and Modernism in China and America (1997), Asian American Autobiographers (Greenwood, 2001), and Asian American Poets (Greenwood, 2002). He is also Editor of the forthcoming Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature.

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