Maxine Hong Kingston
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Maxine Hong Kingston is an American novelist. She is a professor emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated in 1962 with a B.A. degree in English. Kingston has written three novels and several works of non-fiction about the experiences of Chinese Americans.
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In their own words 10
When I was writing The Woman Warrior, I felt that I was writing something completely different; that nothing like it had ever been written.
On how she initially didn’t want to publish The Woman Warrior
Remember when the narrator is bullying the other girl? She says to her, “Just say ‘ow.’ Just say anything, just make a sound.” I guess that’s the first step: make a sound.
On a writer finding their voice
Writing is an act of nonviolence, but it’s very active, very aggressive, but you’re not setting off bombs or guns. Just using the pen.
On how writing is both nonviolent and aggressive
Awards 10
Connected to Maxine 6
Judy BlumeAlso won Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters
Ruth OzekiAlso won Dos Passos Prize
mi tió tilinAlso won Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Suzanne FarrellAlso won honorary doctor of Brandeis UniversityMichael DorrisAlso won National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction_faculty_during_the_Teaching_Grand_Strategy_workshop_at_the_NWC_120816-N-LE393-023_(7796812032)_(cropped).jpg?width=120)
John Lewis GaddisAlso won National Humanities MedalAbout this person
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