ENGL 3347-001 Asian-American Literature Spring 2008
Suggestions for Course Project Readings
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Below are assignments and schedules for the presentations and knowledge-base contributions. Links go to Amazon pages, which offer good basic descriptions of the texts. Note that you do not have to buy books from Amazon. I suggest libraries, in fact.
- 26 March
- Japanese-American Texts
- Houston, Jeanne Wakatsuki. Farewell to Manzanar. (Trezcher Austin)
- Mori Kyoko. Shizuko's Daughter. (Sarah Moore)
- Shigekawa, Marlene. Welcome Home Swallows. (Elise Ponce)
- Tung, Angela. Song of the Stranger. (Derek Smith)
- Uchida Yoshiko. The Best Bad Thing. (Quiana Washington)
- 31 March
- Watkins, Yoko Kawashima. So Far from the Bamboo Grove. (Alison Smith)
- Yep, Laurence. Hiroshima. (Gerrell Williams)
- Viet-American Texts
- Nguyen, Kien. The Unwanted. (Karina Lara)
- Thai-American Texts
- Ho, Minfong. Rice without Rain. (Heather Kukuk)
- South-Asian-American Texts
- Banerjee, Anjali. Maya Running. (Hannah Carrion)
- 2 April
- Mukerji, Dhan Gopal. Gay-Neck: The Story of a Pigeon. (Moraima Villela)
- Sheth, Kashmira. Blue Jasmine. (Rebecca Moore)
- Sreenivasan, Jyotsna. Aruna's Journeys. (Pierce Williams)
- Vijayaraghavan, Vineeta. Motherland. (Sebastien Sol)
- Korean-American Texts
- Balgassi, Haemi. Tae's Sonata. (Claudia Reed)
- 7 April
- Choi Sook-Nyul. Year of Impossible Goodbyes. (Kristyn McKenzie)
- Lee, Marie G. Necessary Roughness. (Drew Morris)
- Na An. A Step from Heaven. (Leticia Loredo)
- Park, Linda Sue. A Single Shard. (Kalee Johnson)
- Chinese-American Texts
- Wong, Janet S. A Suitcase of Seaweed. (Lakesia Frazier-Polk)
- 9 April
- Lord, Bette Bao. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson. (Sunny Bundy)
- Mah, Adeline Yen. Chinese Cinderella. (Erica Tisby)
- Namioka, Lensey. Yang the Youngest and His Terrible Ear. (John Omburo)
- Say, Allen. Grandfather's Journey. (Catherine Slough)
- Wong, Jade Snow. Fifth Chinese Daughter. (Carmen Gonzales)
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- 14 April
- Japanese-American Texts
- Kadohata, Cynthia. The Floating World. (Alison Smith)
- Okada, John. No-No Boy. (Gerrell Williams)
- Ozeki, Ruth L. My Year of Meats. (Carmen Gonzales)
- Yamanaka, Lois-Ann. Blu's Hanging. (Kalee Johnson)
- Viet-American Texts
- Cao, Lan. Monkey Bridge. (Derek Smith)
- 16 April
- Pham, Andrew X. Catfish and Mandala. (Drew Morris)
- Filipino-American Texts
- Jamero, Peter. Growing Up Brown. (Quiana Washington)
- Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters. (Claudia Reed)
- 21 April
- South-Asian-American Texts
- Lahiri, Jhumpa. Interpreter of Maladies. (Leticia Loredo)
- Manicka, Rani. The Rice Mother. (Erica Tisby)
- Korean-American Texts
- Kim Ronyoung. Clay Walls. (John Omburo)
- Lee Min Jin. Free Food for Millionaires. (Trezcher Austin)
- Sunée, Kim. Trail of Crumbs. (Sarah Moore)
- 23 April
- Chinese-American Texts
- Chao, Patricia. Monkey King. (Moraima Villela)
- Chin, Frank. Donald Duk. (Pierce Williams)
- Hwang, David Henry. M. Butterfly. (Sebastien Sol)
- Jin Ha. Waiting. (Karina Lara)
- 28 April
- Kingston, Maxine Hong. The Woman Warrior. (Rebecca Moore)
- Ng, Fae Myenne. Bone. (Hannah Carrion)
- See, Lisa. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. (Lakesia Frazier-Polk)
- Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. (Sunny Bundy)
- 30 April
- "Make-Up" Day
- Bacho, Peter. Cebu. (Elise Ponce)
Dinh, Linh. Blood and Soap. (Kristyn McKenzie)
- Chang, Henry. Chinatown Beat. (Catherine Slough)
- Lee, Sky. Disappearing Moon Cafe. (Heather Kukuk)
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