American Literature list
Bacho, Peter. Dark Blue Suit and Other Stories.
Barroga, Jeannie. Walls
Bulosan, Carlos. America is in the Heart.
Cha, Theresa. Dictee.
Chin, Marilyn. Rhapsody in Plain Yellow.
Chin, Frank. The Year of the Dragon.
Chin, Frank et al. Introduction to Aiiieeeee
Chu, Louis. Eat A Bowl of Tea.
Eaton, Edith (Sui Sin Far). Mrs. Spring Fragrance.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters.
Hongo, Garrett. Yellow Light
Hwang, David Henry. M. Butterfly.
Kang, Younghill. East Goes West.
Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior, China Men.
Kim, Ronyoung. Clay Walls
Kogawa, Joy. Obasan.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. The Namesake.
Law-Yone, Wendy. The Coffin Tree.
Lee, Chang-Rae. Native Speaker.
Lee, Li-Young. Rose.
Leong, Russell. Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories.
Linmark, R. Zamora. Rolling the Rs.
Louie, David Wong. The Barbarians are Coming.
Mukherjee, Bharati. Jasmine.
Ng, Fae Myenne. Bone.
Okada, John. No-No Boy.
Pak, Gary. The Watcher of Waipuna and Other Stories.
Santos, Bienvenido. Scent of Apples.
Truong, Monique. The Book of Salt.
Wong, Jade Snow. Fifth Chinese Daughter.
Yamamoto, Hisaye. Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories.
Yamanaka, Lois-Ann. Blu’s Hanging, Saturday Night at the Pahala Theatre.
Yamashita, Karen Tei. Tropic of Orange.
For Further Reading:
Prose
Alexander, Meena. "Homeward." Toronto South Asian Review 2.2 (1983): 33-37., The Shock of Arrival. Boston: South End Press, 1996., Fault Lines: a Memoir. New York: Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2003.
Bacho, Peter. Cebu. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991.
Cao, Lan. Monkey Bridge. New York: Penguin Books, 1997.
Chan, Jeffrey Paul. "Jackrabbit." Yardbird Reader 3, no. 179: 217-38.
Chang, Diana. The Frontiers of Love. New York: Random House, 1956
Chin, Frank. Chinamen Pacific and Frisco R.R. Co. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press., Donald Duk. Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1991., Bulletproof Buddhists and Other Essays. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Pres, 1998.
Chin, Frank, et al., eds. AIIIEEEEE! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers. Washington: Howard Univ. Press, 1983., The Big AIIIEEEEE! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers. New York: Penguin, 1991.
Choi, Sook Nyul. Year of Impossible Goodbyes. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
Choi, Susan. American Woman. New York: Harper Collins, 2003.
Chuang, Hua [pseud.]. Crossings. New York: Dial, 1968.
Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. Arranged Marriage : Stories. New York: Anchor Books, 1995., Mistress of Spices. New York: Anchor Books, 1997., Sister of My Heart. New York: Doubleday, 1999., The Vine of Desire. New York: Doubleday, 2002., Queen of Dreams. New York: Doubleday, 2004.
Eaton, Winnifred [ OnotoWatanna]. Honorable Miss Moonlight. New York: Harper, 1912, [anonymous]., Me: A Book of Remembrance. New York: The Century Co., 1915, Jackson: University of Mississippi, 1997., Miss Numè of Japan: A Japanese American Romance. Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1899, Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999., A Half-caste and Other Writings. Urbana: University of Illinois, 2003.
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