TY - BOOK AU - Alexander,Meena AU - Cheung,King - Kok AU - Cheung,King-Kok AU - Divakaruni,Chitra Banerjee AU - Gotanda,Philip Kan AU - Hagedorn,Jessica AU - Hayslip,Le Ly AU - Jen,Gish AU - Kim,Myung Mi AU - Law-Yone,Wendy AU - Lee,Li-Young AU - Leong,Russell AU - Lim,Paul Stephen AU - Louie,David Wong AU - Mirikitani,Janice AU - Pak,Gary AU - Robles,Al AU - Somtow,S.P. AU - Uyematsu,Amy AU - Yamamoto,Hisaye AU - Yamashita,Karen Tei AU - Yamauchi,Wakako TI - Words Matter: Conversations with Asian American Writers T2 - Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies SN - 9780824821340 AV - PS153.A84 W67 2000eb U1 - 810.9/895/0904 22 PY - 2000///] CY - Honolulu : PB - University of Hawaii Press, KW - American literature KW - Asian American authors KW - History and criticism KW - Theory, etc KW - Asian Americans in literature KW - Asian Americans KW - Interviews KW - Intellectual life KW - Authors, American KW - 20th century KW - Authorship KW - LITERARY CRITICISM / American / Asian American KW - bisacsh N1 - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; "Where do we live now-here or there?" --; 1. Interview by Emily Porcincula Lawsin --; 2.Interview by King-Kok Cheung --; 3. Interview by Rahpee Thongthiraj --; 4. Interview by Zainab Ali and Dharini Rasiah --; 5. Interview by James Kyung-Jin Lee --; 6.Interview by Khanh Ho --; "We came into the circle of recovery" --; 7. Interview by Grace Kyungwon Hong --; 8. Interview by Dharini Rasiah --; 9. Interview by Darlene Rodrigues --; 10.Interview by Robert B. Ito --; "It's like putting us in the Chinese laundries" --; 11. Interview by Stacey Yukari Hirose --; 12. Interview by Rachel Lee --; 13. Interview by Robert B. Ito --; 14. Interview by Scott Kurashige --; 15.Interview by James Kyung-Jin Lee --; "I'm on the side of literature" --; 16. Interview by Nancy Yoo and Tamara Ho --; 17. Interview by Brenda Kwon --; 18. Interview by Michael S. Murashige --; 19. Interview by King-Kok Cheung --; Contributors --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print N2 - In this age of rapid transition, Asian American studies and American studies in general are being reconfigured to reflect global migrations and the diverse populations of the United States. Asian American literature, in particular, has embodied the crisis of identity that is at the heart of larger academic and political debates surrounding diversity and the inclusion and exclusion of immigrant and refugee groups. These issues underlie the very principles on which literature, culture, and art are produced, preserved, taught, and critiqued. Words Matter is the first collection of interviews with 20th-century Asian American writers. The conversations that have been gathered here-interviews with twenty writers possessing unique backgrounds, perspectives, thematic concerns, and artistic priorities-effectively dispel any easy categorizations of people of Asian descent. These writers comment on their own work and speak frankly about aesthetics, politics, and the challenges they have encountered in pursuing a writing career. They address, among other issues, the expectations attached to the label "Asian American," the burden of representation shouldered by ethnic artists, and the different demands of "mainstream" and ethnic audiences UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824865641 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824865641 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824865641/original ER -