Praise for the print edition:
"...there isn’t any other encyclopedia devoted to Asian American literature. Recommended..."—Booklist
"Recommended."—Choice
"...approachable and well-presented...[a] useful resource...recommended..."—Library Journal
Asian Americans have been writing and publishing since the 19th century, but today the popularity and importance of Asian-American literature is greater than ever. The thid edition of the Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature traces American writers whose roots are in all parts of Asia, including China, Korea, Japan, Southeast Asia, the Philippines, the Indian subcontinent, and the Middle East.
Writers new to this edition include Ocean Vuong, Yiyun Li, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Celeste Ng, Min Jin Lee, and many more.
Coverage includes:
- Carlos Bulosan
- Donald Duk
- Sui Sin Far (Edith Maude Eaton)
- Jessica Hagedorn
- David Henry Hwang
- Maxine Hong Kingston
- Interpreter of Maladies
- Gish Jen
- Ha Jin
- The Joy Luck Club
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Chang-rae Lee
- Bharati Mukherjee
- Native Speaker
- No-No Boy
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- John Okada
- Cathy Song
- Amy Tan
- Waiting
- The Woman Warrior
- and more.