still takes my breath away
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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.
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Date: 2012-10-03 12:42 am (UTC)