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Fiction Asian American

Strike the Wok

New Chinese Canadian Anthology, A

edited by Lien Chao & Jim Wong-Chu

Publisher
Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.
Initial publish date
Jan 2003
Category
Asian American, Anthologies (multiple authors)
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781894770095
    Publish Date
    Jan 2003
    List Price
    $23.95

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Description

This new anthology brings together some of the most exciting works of fiction by contemporary Chinese Canadian writers. Representing three generations of Chinese from a variety of backgrounds, including writers born in Canada as well as places outside, presenting a diversity of themes and styles, and set in various geographical locations and time periods, Strike the Wok is a truly kaleidoscopic look at Chinese life from modern Canadian perspectives. Internationally renowned as well as newer voices are included.

About the authors

Lien Chao's profile page

Jim Wong-Chu was a poet, author, editor, and historian, and the founder of the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop and Ricepaper magazine. His groundbreaking 1986 poetry book Chinatown Ghosts was reissued in a new edition in 2018. He co-edited the anthologies Many-Mouthed Birds: Contemporary Writing by Chinese Canadians (Douglas & McIntyre), Swallowing Clouds: An Anthology of Chinese-Canadian Poetry (Arsenal Pulp), and AlliterAsian: Twenty Years of Ricepaper Magazine (Arsenal Pulp). Jim Wong-Chu passed away in 2017.

Jim Wong-Chu's profile page

Editorial Reviews

"This collection pushes against assumptions about Chinese Canadian literature and shows support for emerging writers." --Ricepaper Magazine

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