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Bold Words
A Century of Asian American Writing
ISBN: 0813529654
ISBN-13: 9780813529653
Format: Hardcover
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Summary
This anthology includes literature by American writers from China, Japan, Korea, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Philippines.
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"The book's reach extends beyond ethnic boundaries; it consciously erases the boundaries of gender and genre often observed by anthologies. The result is a richly varied, somewhat uneven, collection of stories, poems, drama and memoir...." -- Navtej Sarna
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr
Published date: 2001
Size: 7.25 x 10.5 inches
Weight: 2.15 pounds
Pages: 442
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Bold Words: A Century of Asian American Writing
Rutgers University Press. LIBRARY BINDING. 0813529654 Paperback, student edition, no cd, no apparent missing pages, light wear on the edges and corners, no apparent writing or highlighting, marker on the back cover, pages are stiff, wavy and lightly discolred from water but deosn't effect the text. aw cr . Fair. ( more information) Offered by Borgasorus Books, Inc (United States)
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Bold Words : A Century of Asian American Writing
Srikanth, Rajini (editor); Iwanaga, Esther Yae (editor)
New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A.: Rutgers University Press, 2001. NEAR FINE 1st edition (two corners lightly bumped) without a dust jacket (as issued). Bound in black cloth with titles stamped in silver on spine. xxiv + 442 pages,,including a glossary and several indexes.. ISBN: 0813529654. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine. AMERICAN LITERATURE ASIAN AUTHORS AMERICANS. ( more information) Offered by Gordon Beckhorn -- Bookperson (United States)
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