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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...

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Review 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....

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Review 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....

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Review 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...

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Ethical 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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