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Introduction by Guiyou Huang Ai (1947- ) by Nikolas Huot Meena Alexander (1951- ) by Purvi Shah Agha Shahid Ali (1949- ) by Purvi Shah Himani Bannerji (1942- ) by Chandrima Chakraborty Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge (1947- ) by Xiaoping Yen Virginia R. Cerenio (1955- ) by Melinda L. De Jesus G.S. Sharat Chandra (1938-2000) by Keith Lawrence Diana Chang (1934- ) by Eduardo de Almeida Marilyn Mei Ling Chin (1955 ) by Zhou Xiaojing Eric Chock (1950- ) by Rhoda J. Yen Rienzi Crusz (1925- ) by Di Gan Blackburn Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1956- ) by Purvi Shah Jessica Hagedorn (1949- ) by George Uba Kimiko Hahn (1955- ) by Zhou Xiaojing Yukihide Maeshima Hartman (1939- ) by Joe Kraus Sadakichi Hartmann (1867-1944) by Linda Trinh Moser Garrett Hongo (1951- ) by Roy Osamu Kamada Lawson Fusao Inada (1938- ) by Gayle K. Sato Lonny Kaneko (1939- ) by Tamiko Nimura Myung Mi Kim (1957- ) by James Kyung-Jim Lee Juliet Sanae Kono (1943- ) by Nikolas Huot Lydia Kwa (1959- ) by Gaik Cheng Khoo Alan Chong Lau (1948- ) by Brian Komei Dempster Carolyn Lau (1946- ) by Rowena Tomaneng Matsunari Evelyn Lau (1971- ) by Nikolas Huot Le Thi Diem Thuy (1972- ) by Melinda L. De Jesus Li-Young Lee (1957- ) by Wenying Xu Shirley Geok-Lin Lim (1944- ) by Nina Morgan Fatima Lim-Wilson (1961- ) by Bill Clem Wing Tek Lum (1946- ) by Lavonne Leong Pat Matsueda (1952- ) by Lavonne Leong Janice Mirikitani (1941- ) by Tamiko Nimura David Mura (1952- ) by Roy Osamu Kamada Tran Thi Nga (1927- ) by Michael Janette Yone Noguchi (1875-1947) by Edward Marx Uma Parameswaran (1938- ) by Di Gan Blackburn Albert Saijo (1926- ) by Lavonne Leong Cathy Song (1955- ) by Gayle K. Sato Toyo Suyemoto (1916- ) by Robert Hayashi Arthur Sze (1950- ) by Zhou Xiaojing Jose Garcia Villa (1908-1997) by Roc'o G. Davis Nanying Stella Wong (1914- ) by Shawn Holliday Nellie Wong (1934- ) by Ernest J. Smith Rita Wong (1968- ) by Gaik Cheng Khoo Merle Woo (1941- ) by Su-ching Huang Mitsuye (May) Yamada (1923- ) by Di Gan Blackburn Lois-Ann Yamanak (1961- ) by Peter E. Morgan John Yau (1950- ) by Zhou Xiaojing Selected Bibliography Index

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Alphabetically arranged entries on 48 Asian American poets discuss their lives and works and provide bibliographical information.

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GUIYOU HUANG is Associate Professor of English and Director of the University Honors Program at Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.

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?...offers substantial entries on prominent Asian American Playwrights....recommended as a good introduction for academic and large public libraries...?-Booklist/RBB

..."offers substantial entries on prominent Asian American Playwrights....recommended as a good introduction for academic and large public libraries..."-Booklist/RBB