To Be the Poet

Name: To Be the Poet
Author: Maxine Hong Kingston

by Maxine Hong Kingston

Essays and memoir on writing, poetry, and artistic self-discovery

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Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston's The Woman Warrior blends autobiography, fiction, and Chinese folklore in a landmark work that is one of the founding texts of Asian American literature. Her work defined the genre of the immigrant family memoir-novel.

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