Intersecting Circles : The Voices of Hapa Women in Poetry and Prose

by Hara, Marie; Keller, Nora Okja

• ISBN13: 9780910043595
• ISBN10: 0910043590
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Small Pr Distribution

Table of Contents

Introduction
Negotiating the Hyphen	9	(8)
Marie Murphy Hara
Circling ``Hapa''	17	(10)
Nora Okja Keller
Citizen of Nowhere
What Are You?	27	(4)
Anne Xuan Clark
Tracks	31	(1)
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge
Minh	32	(12)
Lo Ri Ly Griffin
How Do You Talk to a Stranger	44	(3)
Kathleen McColley
His Mother, the Whore	47	(5)
Jessica Hagedorn
The Television Man	52	(14)
Michelle Cruz Skinner
At the Corner	66	(2)
Kathy Dee Kaleokealoha Kaloloahilani Banggo
Hybrid	68	(6)
Susan Miho Nunes
Second Nature	74	(2)
Diana Chang
Confederate Skies	76	(5)
Kara Fujita
Sessions	81	(12)
Adrienne Tien
Wanna Be White Girl	93	(4)
Karla Brundage
Hapa Haole Girl	97	(3)
Kathleen Tyau
B-League Playoff	100	(9)
Holly Yamada
Green Tea Girl In Orange Pekoe Country	109	(2)
Velina Hasu Houston
Downtown Hono., T.H.	111	(21)
Marie Murphy Hara
Stitches	132	(1)
Debra Kang Dean
i do not remember, i cannot forget	133	(8)
allison k. yap
Thru Yesterday to Grasp Her Wholeness
Chronicle	141	(2)
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
Mother and Other Hapa Denials	143	(2)
Cristina Bacchilega
Dandelions and Seaweed	145	(2)
Mira Chieko Shimabukuro
Christa	147	(9)
Sigrid Nunez
Ishin Denshin	156	(2)
Teresa Williams-Leon
Coal Miner's Granddaughter	158	(25)
Teresa Williams-Leon
Great Grandmother Maude	183	(3)
Karla Brundage
Walking In The Beast	186	(17)
Lo Ri Ly Griffin
Reflection	203	(2)
Jolyn M. Yamashita
Stories	205	(12)
Kyoko Katayama
A Drawbridge to a Destroyed Homeland	217	(14)
Mira Stout
Yomesan	231	(1)
Cathy Kanoelani Ikeda
Love Can Be Arranged	232	(9)
Usha Lee McFarling
For Only The Ninety-Sixth Time This Year, Says My Mother: ``You Can Fall In Love With Whomever You Want, But Only Mate With Hawaiians''	241	(4)
Noelle Maile Kaluhea Yayoi Kahanu
My Mother Sits Like A Geisha	245	(1)
Jacquelyn Kim
A Conservative View	246	(3)
Cathy Song
Shrinking The Uterus	249	(2)
Cathy Song
Surfing And Other Forms of Love	251	(12)
Mindy Eun Soo Pennybacker
Bigma	263	(2)
April Melia Coloretti
Luna Moth	265	(3)
Jessica Hagedorn
Immigrants	268	(2)
Debra Kang Dean
The Weep Line	270	(5)
Debra Kang Dean
My Heart's Own Cathedral
On Being Multiracial	275	(3)
Ai
(A woman began)	278	(1)
Irene Small
War Doll Hotel	279	(13)
Kiana Houghtailing Davenport
Seeing Her Again	292	(2)
Diana Chang
Allegory	294	(1)
Diana Chang
Notes From A Fragmented Daughter	295	(5)
Elena Tajima Creef
Off-White	300	(1)
Teresa Williams-Leon
All-American Family	301	(12)
Nanea Hoffman
salt and black pepper	313	(4)
Karla Brundage
The Soprano's Father: A Letter	317	(2)
Velina Hasu Houston
The Conquest Of Knowing	319	(4)
Patty Cooper
Untitled	323	(3)
Patty Cooper
The Room	326	(4)
Kimiko Hahn
The Atlantic	330	(2)
Kimiko Hahn
To the Cove	332	(24)
Kimiko Guthrie-Kupers
Movements In Exile:	356	(6)
Kyo Maclear
For My Baby Daughter, Whom I Was Once Afraid To See	362	(6)
Cynthia Nakashima
On the Half White Eirelan	368	(1)
Carolyn Lei-lanilau
Life with Ana and Eirelan	369	(1)
Carolyn Lei-lanilau
To Halve And Halve Not	370	(6)
Donna Midori Hokumalamalama King Lance
Hair 2	376	(1)
Sabrena Taylor
Contributors	377	(18)
Credits	395