Asian Authors

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Acknowledgments

From: Double Melancholy

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Prologue

From: Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

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Prologue 14 $1.40 Add
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Prologue

From: Dear Current Occupant

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I think about all the houses — This is for the teachers — Grade six — Waiting out front of the school to be picked up was torture — When the smoke cleared — Mama 11 $1.10 Add
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The Valkyries

From: We Two Alone

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Readings from this book by Jack Wang recount the fictionalized experiences of Chinese immigrants throughout the 20th century. In this story a young laundry boy risks his life to play organized … 49 $4.90 Add
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1994

From: Coconut Dreams

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Carriers — Birds of a Feather 20 $2.00 Add
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A Bird in My Hands

From: Tongues

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Languages: Korean, English. On losing language, pronounciation, and alienation. 9 $0.90 Add
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Blood and Absence Flows

From: Phantompains

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Ancho – Lady of Sorrows – Ama&Apo – Smoke Struck – Tito Joey – Elegy for Ang Kong – Staying Present 12 $1.20 Add
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Dear Current Occupant: Part One

From: Dear Current Occupant

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House with the sign in the window — Origami house with the handmade roof — Duplex near Fraser Street with the picture books in the closet — Letter to Santa — House with … 16 $1.60 Add
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Harbour

From: Before I Was a Critic I Was a Human Being

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The author briefly summarizes her life to contextulize the persepctive of her essays and her experiences as Asian woman living in a former British colony in the 21st century. 17 $1.70 Add
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Prelude to a Fugue

From: Double Melancholy

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In the introduction, the author describes his goals for the book: as a performance of decolonization, and a description of his understanding and relationship with art. 8 $0.80 Add
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The Nature of Things

From: We Two Alone

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Readings from this book by Jack Wang recount the fictionalized experiences of Chinese immigrants throughout the 20th century. In this story a Canadian couple gets caught in the outbreak of … 30 $3.00 Add
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The Net and the Sword (1953)

From: The Essential Douglas LePan

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3 – Tuscan Villa – Persimmons – Reconnaissance in Early Light – An Incident – The Net and the Sword – The New Vintage – The Nimbus – A Man of … ; 23 $2.30 Add
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1995

From: Coconut Dreams

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Picking Trilliums — When the Good Shines a Little Brighter — Two Islands 50 $5.00 Add
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Drift

From: Iceland Is Melting and So Are You

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3 – Beloved – The Theory of Everything – Concise Definitions Help You Choose the Best Word – Time Freeze – Timekeeper – The Disappearance of Clouds II – … 16 $1.60 Add
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Got Sick

From: Phantompains

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Pee – Iron Body – Coma Dreams – Hands – The Amputee by the Magnolia Tree – The ABG (Able-Bodied Gaze) – Report on Phantompains – ICU I – ICU II … 24 $2.40 Add
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II

From: The Fool

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3 – The fool – Runner – ID400 – Saint teen – Year of the rabbit – Ex nihilo – Its motion keeps – Perfect continuous future – Guided … 24 $2.40 Add