Review of Xinran's 'Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother'
xinran_-_book_cover.jpgFrom Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club to Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, the idea of a generational war between mothers and their daughters -- usually culminating in the...
View ArticleReview of Maxine Hong Kingston's 'I Love a Broad Margin to My Life'
kingston_cover.jpgMaxine Hong Kingston’s latest memoir, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, attempts to deconstruct the memoir form by playing on the central tension between preservation and erasure....
View ArticleReview of Diane Farr's 'Kissing Outside the Lines'
cover.jpgThere is much in Diane Farr’s memoir Kissing Outside the Lines to put one off. A white woman, the author details her path to marriage to a Korean American man, in some appalling ways....
View ArticleReview of Sandra Park's 'If You Live in a Small House'
if-you-live-in-a-small-house_-_book_cover.jpgFollowing the lives of a multigenerational Korean American family, Sandra Park captures the nuanced tensions between characters forced to live together in a...
View ArticleEthical Manhoods: Interview with Professor and Filmmaker Celine...
cpsphoto.jpegProfessor Parreñas-Shimizu talks about her latest book, Straitjacket Sexualities: Unbinding Asian American Manhoods in the Movies.Celine Parreñas-Shimizu begins her latest book,...
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