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Article: Maxine Hong-Kingston Discusses her Road to Writing at Free April 20 Presentation at Tri-C; American Book Award winner gives Noon lecture on the Western Campus on culture, assimilation and language.
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- April 12, 2004
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PARMA, Ohio, April 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Maxine Hong-Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior and China Men, will speak at a free and public presentation in the Cuyahoga Community College Western Campus Theatre on Tuesday, April 20, at noon.
An American writer whose works incorporate her experiences growing up as a Chinese American, Hong-Kingston is one of the most outspoken contemporary feminist writers. Her unsettling prose challenges both Chinese-American sexism and American racism. Her Chinese name, Ting Ting, comes from a Chinese poem about self-reliance. She was the oldest of six Hong children, though two older siblings died in China before the family came to ...