Words Matter is the first collection of interviews with  20th-century Asian American writers.  The conversations that have been  gathered here--interviews with twenty writers possessing unique  backgrounds, perspectives, thematic concerns, and artistic  priorities--effectively dispel any easy categorizations of people of  Asian descent.  These writers comment on their own work and speak  frankly about aesthetics, politics, and the challenges they have  encountered in pursuing a writing career.  They address, among other  issues, the expectations attached to the label "Asian American," the  burden of representation shouldered by ethnic artists, and the  different demands of "mainstream" and ethnic audiences.

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