The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945

This title presents an historical overview of major developments and offers a comprehensive A-to-Z guide to major Asian American writers and their works.

The book's breadth, coherent organization, and lucid descriptions give both general readers and specialists in the field an indispensable resource.

This volume covers Canadian and U.S. writers with cultural and ethnic origins in East Asia, South Asia, and the Pacific Islands.

Huang's historical overview begins with a discussion of such works as John Okada's "No-No Boy" and Hisaye Yamamoto's short fiction.

Written shortly after World War II, these works explored the personal and political impact of the war.

Since the 1960s, Asian American literature has flourished into a diverse, heterogeneous field characterized by a variety of themes, genres, styles, and the ethnic and cultural backgrounds of its writers. "The Columbia Guide to Asian American Literature Since 1945" includes entries on a wide range of writers, from best-selling novelists Amy Tan and Maxine Hong Kingston to poets Ai and Agha Shahid Ali.

Each entry is followed by information on further studies of individual authors.The selected bibliography at the end of the volume covers works of a more general nature, including literary criticism and histories, reference works, and collections of essays.