Description: This anthology presents literary and dramatic works from across Asia and the Asian diaspora, some appearing in English for the first time. These works question the standards that the analysis society employs to consider a historical period in which universal human rights and c...
Brief description: Bushra Rehman grew up in Corona, Queens. She is co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism, and author of the novel Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, the poetry collection Marianna's Beauty Salon, and the dark comedy Corona, one of the New York Public Library's favorite books about NYC.
Review Quotes: "A compilation of creative writings powerfully evocative and richly diverse, yet united by themes of conflict between the home and the world. To most of us who think of home and belonging as unconditional givens, reading these may well topple us from the couch of complacency we choose to lie on within the comfort and security of our dwelling. Goossen and Hazra deserve laud for this fine pick." --Mahesh Dattani, playwright