Acknowledgments
Introduction
Rajini Srikanth
PART 1 MEMOIR
PART 2 POETRY
PART 3 FICTION
PART 4 DRAMA
Appendix 1: Themes and Topics
Appendix 2: Ethnicity of Authors
Glossary
About the Contributors
About the Editors
Copyrights and Permissions
Index of Authors and Titles
Rajini Srikanth teaches at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
She is the coeditor of the award-winning anthology Contours of
the Heart: South Asian Map North America and the
collection A Part, Yet Apart: South Asians in Asian
America.
Esther Y. Iwanga teaches Asian American literature and
literature-based writing courses at Wellesley College and the
University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Bold Words is an ambitious attempt to sweep together, into an
elegant volume, examples of the literature produced by Chinese,
Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian and South-east Asian
Americans. The bookÆs reach extends beyond ethnic boundaries; it
consciously erases the boundaries of gender and genre often
observed by anthologies. The result is a richly varied . . .
collection of stories, poems, drama and memoir, the multilingual
voices echoing different corners of the world . . .
*Times Literary Supplement*
Bold Words is an ambitious collection of a wide range of works by
Asian American authors. In contrast to the limited scope of
previous compilations, this volume successfully reflects the
incredible diversity of the Asian American experience in terms of
ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, mixed racial heritage,
region and generation. . . . An anthology that would be equally
useful in the classroom or for an individual who wishes to acquire
broad knowledge of and exposure to Asian American literature over
the past century. . . . Comprehensive, well organized and
accessible, Bold Words would make a fine addition to any personal
or library collection. The reader will encounter many familiar
names, such as Carlos Bulosan, David Mura and Maxine Hong Kingston,
as well as an exciting array of other talented authors whose work
one will be happy to read.
*Pacific Reader*
Srikanth and Iwanaga reframe the debate by shifting attention away
from the ethnic and/or gender identities of the writers and onto
the writing itself by arranging the text by genre. With the
material grouped in this way, readers will attend to the
contribution writers are making to the literary field rather than
to their representation of any particular identity. . . . In doing
so, they present a broader range of international heritages,
including a strong showing of Indian, Arab, and Southeast Asian
writing, areas heretofore mostly overlooked. . . . The text is rich
with solid favorites and surprisingly good newcomers. Highly
recommended.
*Choice*
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