a little different, but also related i think... the first issue of the new Asian American Literary Review opens with a forum--a discussion on what makes writing "asian" and/or "asian american," between David Mura, Alexander Chee, and Ru Freeman. it's telling of how heated the debate gets that all three writers end up focusing on asian american identity and politics, when the original question for the forum was specifically on the existence and maintenance of asian american literary journals.
i think each writer should be free to self-identify, and to do so with shifting contexts in mind. for example, there are times when i think it's helpful for reading a piece of my writing to call it "asian american" and other times when the term seems less accurate.
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Date: 2010-11-13 09:14 pm (UTC)i think each writer should be free to self-identify, and to do so with shifting contexts in mind. for example, there are times when i think it's helpful for reading a piece of my writing to call it "asian american" and other times when the term seems less accurate.