TILTING THE CONTINENT: SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN WRITING

by Shirley Geok-Lin (Editor), Cheng Lok Chua (Editor)

TILTING THE CONTINENT is the first collection to bring to the American literary awareness the poetry, short stories, and personal essays of established, as well as new authors of Southeast Asian descent -- not only recent arrivals, but also second, third, and fourth-generation authors. This anthology reminds us of a Southeast Asian past and present composed of polyethnic, multilingual, and rapidly modernizing societies. But it is also an inherently American phenomenon.

Shirley Lim and Cheng Lok Chua present brave and exciting writers whose imaginations have traversed vast distances, both literally and figuratively, and whose moving accounts assure them a lasting place in the American literary landscape

Genres: Poetry

243 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I pulled the poetry out of this anthology for my Multicultural American Women Writers course, but I didn't use the entire volume because the narratives were uneven. One of the strongest aspects of this anthology is the introduction which puts Southeast Asian American writers in an historical and geographical context.