ASIAN AMERICAN LITERARY REVIEW: Volume 1, Issue 1, Spring 2010

by Lawrence-Minh Bui Davis & Gerald Maa (Editor), David Mura (Contribution by), Cathy Song (Contribution by)

Literary Review for Asian American Studies

191 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2010

Reviews

[Daily s-Press · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The Asian American Literary Review" is a new literary journal. i had recently contacted the editors for a feature in Daily s-Press, for the "first issue series", here the link: http://dailyspress.blogspot.com/2010/...

now i received a reading copy. and keep being amazed by it. what especially stood out for me is the introduction, titled: "forum", with a length of 20 pages - 3 editors/authors (David Mura, Ru Freeman, Alexander Chee) correspond in 2 rounds about the question: "What struggles does the Asian American journal face today - and what struggles does the Asian American literature in general face?"

which, of course, leads to the question of author identity in general, so interesting.

this "forum" is followed by a section of poetry, an interview, a section of stories. 3 book reviews set the ending point, with each author speaking in an own, particular voice.

a longer version of this review with quotes is up in my blog:
http://virtual-notes.blogspot.com/201...

[Jai · Rating 5 out of 5]

I reviewed the AALR Special Issue Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of Sept. 11 for Lantern Review!

http://lanternreview.com/blog/2011/10...