Translations / Wing Tek Lum -- Yahk Fahn, Auntie / Darrell Lum -- Stoplight / Steve Chan-No Yoon -- Miss Butterfly / Toshio Mori -- Hollywood and the Pits / Cherylene Lee -- Who's Hu? / Lensey Namioka -- For my father / Janice Mirikitani -- a father's wishes-- / Alan Chong Lau -- Dana's eyes / Nicol Juratovac -- Koden / Judith Nihei -- Breaking tradition / Janice Mirikitani -- A sea worry / Maxine Hong Kingston -- Attention to detail / Richard Haratani -- Desert flowers / Janice Mirikitani -- A taste of snow / Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston -- They was close, those brothers / Lane Nishikawa -- And the soul shall dance / Wakako Yamauchi -- Rain music / Longhang Nguyen -- A lesson from the heart / Julie Yabu -- Yai / Visalaya Hirunpidok -- There's no reason to get romantic / Ann Tashi Slater -- Grandma Ling, Grandma Traub / Amy Ling -- Jijan / Rebecca Honma -- Black powder / William F. Wu.
Summary:
Includes short stories, poems, and excerpts from plays that relate what it is like growing up Asian American.
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