The Nuyorasian Anthology: Asian American Writings About New York City

by Realuyo, Bino A.; Rizzuto, Rahna Reiko; Henry, Kendal; Asian American Writers' Workshop

• ISBN13: 9781889876078
• ISBN10: 1889876070
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-06-01
• Publisher: Temple Univ Pr

Table of Contents

WRITERS
The Anchored Angel, From Have Come, Am Here, Nyabongo's Project, The Bird	1	(7)
Jose Garcia Villa
Dedications	8	(1)
Portrait in Snow	9	(4)
Carlos A. Angeles
Night With Jose	13	(2)
Luis Cabalquinto
From Eat a Bowl of Tea	15	(10)
Louis Chu
From China Men	25	(16)
Maxine Hong Kingston
San	41	(10)
Lan Samantha Chang
Street Scene, Divination in the Park, A werewolf in Brooklyn	51	(4)
Vijay Seshadri
India Day Parade on Madison Avenue, Trotsky in the Park	55	(12)
Amitava Kumar
Times Square, New York 1996 C.E., Kathmandu in New York	67	(4)
S. Shankar
The Language of Comfort	71	(12)
Victoria Eng
The Lost, Black Hungers, Salad Days	83	(8)
Richard Oyama
Maritza on Sunday, Secret	91	(4)
Ishle Yi Park
Home, Mars into the Hudson, Early Morning	95	(6)
Elda Rotor
From Hong Kong Rose	101	(18)
Xu Xi
New York: A City in Black and White	119	(8)
Pico Iyer
Song of Calling Souls	127	(10)
Wang Ping
Illustrated Version, Breaking Off	137	(8)
Yukihide Maeshima Hartman
Infinity of Reflection, Late Night TrafficJam, When Death Approaches the Room	145	(4)
Patrick Rosal
From Monkey King	149	(8)
Patricia Chao
From Gold by the Inch	157	(14)
Lawrence Chua
Memories of Overdevelopment	171	(8)
Luis H. Francia
Break a Leg Travel	179	(6)
Leonard Chang
Blow, Gold in Pocket, Daycare	185	(6)
Ava Chin
Open Space, Roses, Stagefright	191	(4)
Diane Mehta
Deliveries	195	(16)
Jimin Han
The Last Picture Show in Chinatown	211	(6)
Edward Lin
Alignment, The Body-on-Ice Meditations, Satori: June 8, 1996	217	(6)
Luis Cabalquinto
Running Dogs	223	(4)
Henry Chang
Tsismis	227	(6)
Erna Hernandez
Made in India, Immigrant Song #3, Wanting Spring, a Vista from the Office Cubicle, Synapse Maps	233	(8)
Purvi Shah
A Clearing in the Sky, Company, At Marble Collegiate Church with Marla and Donald	241	(6)
Rene J. Navarro
The Craft of Fiction	247	(6)
Marli Higa
Disguises	253	(8)
Jean Fong Kwok
Unquiet Borders, Indian April	261	(8)
Meena Alexander
Benny's Burritos, From the Shortest Distance, Spring Poem that was Supposed to be a Sestina	269	(8)
Reggie Cabico
Personal History	277	(10)
Marianne Villanueva
Blue Richard, Staten Island Ferry, Grey Surreptitiously	287	(10)
Eileen Tabios
Saturday in Chinatown, Sewing by the Piece	297	(6)
Lisa Yun
Dit Dat Jow, Bad Eulogy for a Dead Junkie Depicted in a Movie about Junkies, Counter to a Knife Attack to the Heart, Sodom-You-Sodom-Me	303	(12)
Vincent Young
Brine, Apartment in the City	315	(6)
Walter Lew
Journal Entry: October 26, 1975, Images, For Those Who Runway from the Movement	321	(10)
Fay Chiang
The Frog's Girlfriend	331	(14)
Ameena Meer
Sacred Foods in Brooklyn	345	(4)
Adrienne Su
Fuel	349	(14)
Jessica Hagedorn
Kimiko Hahn
How to Give Birth	363	(6)
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto
St. Mark's Place at Night	369	(6)
Marie G. Lee
Prank	375	(4)
Andrea Louie
From Native Speaker	379	(16)
Chang-Rae lee
From the Destination of Pears, The Treasures of the City, Pleasures of a City	395	(8)
Josephine Foo
October Blue, Woolworth's, Icon	403	(4)
Sung Rno
From Eating Chinese Food Naked	407	(10)
Mei Ng
Liquid Seasons	417	(8)
Sunaina Maira
Let the Games Begin, Again, Homage to Managua	425	(6)
Indran Amirthanayagam
Autobiography of an Aerogramme	431	(18)
Bino A. Realuyo
Danny's Girls	449	(8)
Bharati Mukherjee
Maybe, Memory, The Players, Literature	457	(4)
Alison Park
Observations from my Window, Night, Tender Night	461	(4)
Lena Sze
Don't Come Home, My Mother's Journey, Out of the Square	465	(4)
Betty Kao
Omar, Are you Sleeping?, The Way the Water Does, Mindy and the Escargot, Overdue	469
Sofiya Colette Cabalquinto
ARTISTS
Bing Lee	37	(42)
Carol Sun	79	(45)
Arlan Huang	124	(42)
Chanika Svetvilas	166	(41)
Yumi Heo	207	(31)
Tomie Arai	236	(38)
Ken Chu	274	(37)
Ik-Joong Kang	311	(48)
Li-Lan	359	(40)
Nina Kuo	399	(44)
Mona Chen	443