Asian American Literature
This guide will help you to find the various locations of Asian American literature in the Mid-Manhattan Library. When you are looking in the Library's catalog for literature by or about a specific author, look in the Names file. You may also look in the Subject file under the heading American Literature - Aisan-American Authors, or Asian-Americans - Literary Collections. To find periodical citations and material from electronic databases, you will want to look at the Book and Literature section of the Electronic Resources, particularly the index of Modern Language Assocation (MLA).
Selected Biographies and Bibliographies
Houston A. Baker, ed., Three American Literatures: Essays in Chicano, Native American, and Asian-American Literature for Teachers of American Literature 810.992 T
Rafaela G. Castro, ed., What Do I Read Next?: Multicultural Literature 016.8108 W
King-Kok Cheung, ed., Asian American Literature:An Annotated Bibliography 016.8108 C
Emmanuel S. Nelson., ed., Writers of the Indian Diaspora: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook 820.9954 W
David R. Peck, ed., American Ethnic Literatures: Native American, African American, Chicano/Latino, and Asian American Writers and Their Backgrounds: An Annotated Bibliography 016.8109 P
Lawrence Trudeau, ed., Asian American Literature: Reviews and Criticism of Works by American Writers of Asian Descent (RR)
Selected Anthologies
Asian Woman United of California, Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings by and about Asian American Woman 305.4889 M
Misha Berson, ed., Between Worlds: Contemporary Asian-American Plays 812.008 B
Juliana Chang, ed., Quiet Fire: A Historical Anthology of Asian American Poetry 1892-1970 811.008 Q
Jeffrey Chan, ed., The Big Aiiieeeee: An Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese American Literature 810.8 B
Frank Chin, ed., Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers 810.8 A
Jessica Hagedorn, ed., Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction 808.831 C
Maria Hong, ed., Growing up Asian American: An Anthology 810.8 G
Garrett Hongo, ed., The Open Boat: Poems from Asian America 811.008 O
Velina Houston, But Still, Like Air, I'll Rise: New Asian-American Plays 812.008 B
Elaine H. Kim, ed., Making More Waves: New Writing by Asian American Women 810.8 M
Geraldine Kudaka, ed., On a Bed of Rice: An Asian American Erotic Feast 810.8 O
Walter Lew, ed., Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry 811.008 P
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, ed., Forbidden Stitch: An Asian-American Women's Anthology 1989 810.8 F
Roshni Rustomji-Kerns, ed., Living in America: Poetry and Fiction by South Asian American Writers 810.8 L
Sunaina Maira, ed., Contours of the Heart: South Asians Map North America 818.008 C
Roberta Uno, ed., Unbroken Thread: An Anthology of Plays by Asian American Women 812.008 U
David Hsin-Fu Wand, ed., Asian-American Heritage: An Anthology of Prose and Poetry 810.8 W
Sylvia Watanabe, ed., Home to Stay: Asian American Women's Fiction 808.83 H
Women of South Asian Descent Collective, Our Feet Walk the Sky: Women of the South Asian Diaspora 810.8 O
Laurence Yep, ed., American Dragons: Twenty-five Asian American Voices 810.8 A
Selected Criticism
Harold Bloom, ed., Asian-American Writers 810.99A
Harold Bloom, ed., Asian-American Women Writers 818.992 A
King-Kok Cheung, ed., An Interethnic Companion to Asian American Literature 810.99 I
Christina Chiu, ed., Lives of Notable Asian Americans: Literature and Education 928.1 C
Esther Mikyung Ghymn, The Shapes and Styles of Asian American Prose Fiction 813.009 G
Elaine H. Kim, Asian American Literature: An Introduction to the Writings and Their Social Context 810.99 K
Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, ed., Reading the Literatures of Asian America 810.99 R
Amy Ling, Between Worlds: Women Writers of Chinese Ancestry 810.99 L
C.D. Narasimhaiah, ed., Asian Response to American Literature 810.9 A
Also ask the librarians about the staff-compiled index for critical material on women writers.
Websites
Asian American Writer's Workshop
http://www.aaww.org
- The Workshop is the premiere resource for writers, readers and publishers on literature written by Asians living in America. The only organization of its kind, the Workshop has become one of the most active community-based arts organization in the United States. Based in New York City, we have a fast-growing membership, a list of award-winning books and have become an educational force for Asian American literature and awareness across the nation. [mission statement from this site]
Asian-American Literature: History, Classroom Use, Bibliography & WWW Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/asialit.htm