“I had a couple of Asian readers and other folks tell me, "Oh, you have a lot of sex in your writing."” WritingSexReaderCoupleFolksAsian Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“Some Asian American male scholars have claimed this muse to be Guong Goong, God of Literature, and, simultaneously, although not coincidentally or triflingly, God of War, but I did not have such a gendered muse in mind then.” MindWarLiteratureMalesScholarMuseAsianAsian AmericanGod Of War Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“Even my novels offer passages in which the major character is imagined as a writer. In Joss and Gold, Li An is a business writer who edits her company's weekly public relations magazine. And in Sister Swing, Suyin writes human interest stories for a free, local community paper, The Asian Time.” WritingHumansCharacterStoriesInterestCommunityCompanyNovelOffersPaperMajorsGoldRelationLocalsMagazinesPassagesSwingsAsianEditsPublic RelationsLocal Community Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“Sometimes the taproot and the vines are far apart. Like English and the Asian poem.” SometimesAsianVines Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
“As a first-generation "Asian American woman," for one thing, I knew there was no such thing as an "Asian American woman." Within this homogenizing labeling of an exotica, I knew there were entire racial/national/cultural/sexual-preferenced groups, many of whom find each other as alien as mainstream America apparently finds me.” FirstsAmericaJusticeGenerationsOne ThingGroupsSocial JusticeAliensMainstreamAsianFind MeAmerican WomanLabelingAsian American Author:Shirley Geok-lin Lim
