Description:
The first book-length work to examine the entirety of Kingston's unique literary career
Brief description: Julia H. Lee is an associate professor of Asian American studies at the University of California, Irvine, and the author of Interracial Encounters: Reciprocal Representations in African and Asian American Literatures, 1896-1937.
Review Quotes: "A foundational figure, Maxine Hong Kingston occupies a rightful place as one of the most important writers in the contemporary American literary canon. Julia H. Lee's impactful, impressive treatment of the author's oeuvre--along with her sophisticated attention to the considerable amount of criticism it has generated--is both critical tribute and scholarly testament to why Kingston still matters."--Cathy J. Schlund-Vials, University of Connecticut