Maxine Hong Kingston

From 2014 to 2015, there are approximately three Chinese students in ten international students. The statistics from Project Altas, an organization tracks millions of students who study abroad, shows that Chinese students weigh 32.1 % out of 947,926 international students. Going abroad has been an expansionary pathway for Chinese students. Surprisingly, 80% of my classmates have studying abroad from my middle school, where I studied in the public schools. From my observation, international…

For someone, such as myself, who rather watch the movie of a best-selling novel than a reading the novel, could be missing out on specific details since majority of novels that have been made into movies, tend to either alter details from the novel, or do not mention the details at all. That goes to show you that I am not much of a reader, which does have an effect on some of my college courses that requires reading materials for class. However, whenever I do find something interesting to read,…

Recognition of the value of storytelling’s ability to heal is evident in the plethora of writing workshops for veterans that have sprung up across the country since troops began returning from deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. Poet and author Maxine Hong Kingston began the first veterans writing project in 1993 in the Bay Area, where she witnessed the healing power of writing about war experiences and sharing them in a group (Cloyd, 2013). The program was called…

Original Material Reading Raja Rao’s Chessmaster and his moves from Buddhist viewpoint Buddha “The Awaken One” gave his philosophy of life his teaching is known today as Buddhist philosophy and it has been seen as very important phenomena and studied and practiced till today. Influence of Buddhist philosophy is not only seen on Indian culture but also on the world which embraces all areas such as literature, architecture, dance, music, drama, painting, printing, and various Art associated with…

As its title suggests, place and space figure heavily in Jhumpa Lahiri’s latest novel, “The Lowland.” The reader finds herself journeying from the craggy shores of Rhode Island, to the bustling streets of Post-independence India, and finally in the hyacinth filled pools of the titular lowland area of Tollygunge, Calcutta. It is here that the mystery and tragedy of Lahiri’s novel takes place, a compassionate tale of family, betrayal, and political ideology set against the backdrop of the Naxalite…

Native American Writers N. Scott Momady (1934- ), The House Made of Dawn《晨曦之屋》 (1968)获普利策奖 Leslie Marmon Silko (1948- ), Ceremony《仪式》 (1977) Louise Erdrich (1954- ), Love Medicine (1984)《爱药》先后获得包括全国图书评论界奖在内的5项小说奖 Chinese American Writers Maxine Hong Kingston 汤亭亭(1940- ), Woman Warrior (1976)《女勇士》获非小说类全国图书评论奖, China Man (1980)全国图书奖 Amy Tan谭恩美(1952- ), Joy Luck Club (1989)《喜福会》 Gish Jen任碧莲(1955- ), Typical American (1991) 《典型的美国佬》 Other Novelists John Updike (1932-2009) prolific…