Maxine Hong Kinston Honored for Immigrant Tale

The National Book Foundation will honor Maxine Hong Kingston with the 2008 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters on Nov. 19th.

“Hong Kingston won an NBA in 1981, in the general nonfiction category, for her interwoved tale of Chinese immigrants in America, China Men. According to the National Book Foundation, Hong Kingston “has employed a range of literary styles and stories in her work to create a startling new approach to immigrant memoir and fiction and influence two generations of American writers.””

Via http://www.publishersweekly.com

I think it’s so crucial to have multicultural literature in our lives, especially stories of immigrants that transcend race & time and speak to universal experiences of all displaced people.

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