http://skim666.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] skim666.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] asianamlitfans2012-09-28 07:32 am
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still takes my breath away



I'm teaching Hisaye Yamamoto's short stories "Seventeen Syllables" (1949) and "Yoneko's Earthquake" (1951) in my Asian American Lit class today. Her stories, which I first read probably 17 years ago (!!!), are superbly constructed, subtly layered, and devastating. They still take my breath away.