Reference Sources for Asian-American Writers
Asian American Literature an Annotated Bibliography
Call Number: Kroch Asia Reference Z1229.A75 C47x 1988Publication Date: Modern Language Association of America, 1988.Covers writers of Asian descent living in the U.S. or Canada, and includes listings for both primary and secondary sources. Arranged by ethnicity, then by format. Name index.
Asian American Novelists:A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook by Call Number: Print copy: Kroch Asia Reference PS153.A84 A825x 2000Publication Date: 2000 (Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press)Alphabetically arranged entries for 70 Asian American novelists. Each entry provides a short biography, a discussion of major works and themes, a summary of the novelist's critical reception, and separate bibliographies of primary and secondary sources.
Asian American PlaywrightsCall Number: Print copy: Kroch Asia Reference PS338.A74 A9 2002Publication Date: Greenwood Press, 2002Included are alphabetically arranged entries for 52 Asian American dramatists of origins from India, Pakistan, Vietnam, the Philippines, Japan, Korea, and China. Each entry includes relevant biographical information that contextualizes the works of a playwright, an interpretive description of selected plays that spotlights recurring themes and plots, a summary of the playwright's critical reception, and a bibliography of primary and secondary works.
Asian American Poets: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook by Call Number: Kroch Asia Reference PS153.A84 A826 2002Publication Date: 2002 ( Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press)Essays on 48 poets including biography, major works and themes, critical reception, and bibliography of works by and about the poet.
Asian American Short Story Writers: An A-Z Guide by Call Number: Kroch Asia Reference PS153.A84 A828 2003 +Publication Date: 2003 ( Westport, CT : Greenwood Press)Essays on 49 short fiction writers [some also listed in Asian American Novelits], with biography, major works and themes, critical reception, and bibliography of works by and about the writer.
Asian Pacific American HeritageCall Number: Kroch Asia Reference PS153.A84 A87x 1999Publication Date: Garland, 1998Presents lengthy articles--written specifically for this book--on topics that unlock the work of a number of contemporary Asian Pacific American writers and artists. The articles are coupled with in-depth studies of the authors most likely to be part of the multicultural curriculum during the next decade.
- Asian American Drama This link opens in a new windowOffers searchable full text of plays by Asian American dramatists "together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Some 50% of these plays have never been published before. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs and other ephemera related to the plays." - Homepage, viewed February 2, 2006.
Oxford Encyclopedia of Asian American Literature and CulturePublication Date: Oxford UP. 2020More than one hundred original and in-depth articles survey the historical foundations of this rich field, showing the exciting and profound new directions that currently drive the study of Asian American literary and cultural traditions.