Shirley Lim

Crossing the Peninsula and Other Poems

The collected stories of the American Book Award winning author of Among the White Moon Faces

New and Selected Stories

Two Dreams

Written over the last decade, these poems include memories of the author's early childhood in Malaysia, immigration to America, and travel throughout the world, and affirmations of motherhood and maturity in the New World. From her background as a Malaysian Chinese later assimilated into Western culture, she has emerged with her own voice, combining bittersweet laughter and realistic affirmation. This unique voice establishes her as an important poet. "Here are the lines of loss--of family, country, self--yet what is lost is found, and these poems probe a woman's many and changing truths in language that will deepen the vision of every reader. "--Alicia Ostriker

What the Fortune Teller Didn't Say

Amy Ling

With the recent proliferation of critically acclaimed literature by Asian American writers, this groundbreaking collection of essays provides a unique resource for students, scholars, and the general reading public. The homogeneity implied by the term "Asian American" is replaced in this volume with the rich diversity of highly disparate peoples. Languages, religions, races and cultural and national backgrounds. Examining a century of Asian American literature from the late 19th century up through the contemporary experimental drama of Ping Chong, the contributors address the work of writers with Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, East Indian, and Pacific Island ancestry. Asian Canadian and Hawaiian literature are also considered.

Reading the Literatures of Asian America

World of Literature

This work provides an analysis of the origins and diverse concerns of South-East Asian writing in English. As well as looking at the work of Timothy Mo, Zulfikar Ghose and Kamala Das, the author examines the relationship of identity, text and nation, and considers how post-colonial writing has absorbed and redefined Western literary traditions.

Writing South East/Asia in English

A unique collection of essays explores the diversity of Asian American literature from the 19th century to the present

Sister Swing chronicles the growing up years of three sisters. It follows their transplant from a relatively sheltered life in Malaysia to the raw realities of the United States. It illuminates the complex relationships between the sisters, and gently but firmly explores the morals, values and mindsets of growing up Asian in a Western world.

Shirley Lim

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