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On the Legacy of Maxine Hong Kingston

On the Legacy of Maxine Hong Kingston

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This book is a collection of recent scholarship on Maxine Hong Kingston, gathered on the occasion of the very first conference ever devoted exclusively to Kingston and to celebrate her opera omnia.
Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston

Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston

In this collection of interviews Kingston talks about her life, her writing, and her objectives. From the first, her books have hovered along the hazy line between fiction and nonfiction, memoir and imagination.
Hawai'i One Summer

Hawai'i One Summer

Maxine Hong Kingston

" The essays provide readers with a generous sampling of Kingston's signature: her exquisite angle of vision, her balanced and clear-sighted prose, and her stunning insight that awakens one to a wealth of knowledge.
To Be the Poet

To Be the Poet

Maxine Hong Kingston

" To Be the Poet is Kingston's manifesto, the avowal and declaration of a writer who has devoted a good part of her sixty years to writing prose, and who, over the course of this spirited and inspiring book, works out what the rest of her ...
Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston

Helena Grice

In this volume Grice traces Kingston's development as a writer and cultural activist through both ethnic and feminist discourses, investigating her novels, occasional writings and her two-book 'life-writing project'.
The Vital Records of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1694-1994

The Vital Records of Kingston, New Hampshire, 1694-1994

Judith A. Arseneault

Here is a faithful transcription of the birth, marriage, and death records of the town of Kingston, New Hampshire.
I Love a Broad Margin To My Life

I Love a Broad Margin To My Life

Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston, author of such seminal works as The Woman Warrior and China Men, is one of the most important American writers of her generation.
Surrey Archaeological Collections, Relating to the History ...

Surrey Archaeological Collections, Relating to the History ...

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William Looker, a Kingston grocer, was Benjamin Looker's cousin and himself owned a number of lots on the estate; and John Collings, though not a shareholder, was the third trustee of the Kingston Building Society (which was founded in ...
All our yesterdays: a genealogy, history, directory of the ...

All our yesterdays: a genealogy, history, directory of the ...

James Wilson

HELEN KILLORAN, b. August 8, 190l, Erinsville; dr. James Ambrose Killoran, Agnes McMullen; ed. Notre Dame Convent, Kingston; exceptional; talent in music ; further musical studies in Montreal; m. 1927 Bert Lawrence, salesman for ...
Autobiographical Inscriptions: Form, Personhood, and the ...

Autobiographical Inscriptions: Form, Personhood, and the ...

Barbara Rodriguez

An application of speech act theory to Kingston's The Woman Warrior, as Victoria Meyers shows, identifies Kingston's motivation for reconstructing the myths and stories of her community. "Myths, even when taken as fiction, have a relationship  ...
The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights ...

The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights ...

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By Kathleen McAuley -of Kingston, Ontario. Unpublished -musical work. Kath- leen M~cAuley, Kingston, Ontario. 13th December, 1945. COLOR COMES TO FAIRYLAND. By Pansy B. Lloyd of Sioux Cilty, Iowa, U.S.A. Published literary work.
Surrey Archaeological Collections

Surrey Archaeological Collections

Surrey Archaeological Society

William Looker, a Kingston grocer, was Benjamin Looker's cousin and himself owned a number of lots on the estate; and John Collings, though not a shareholder, was the third trustee of the Kingston Building Society (which was founded in ...
The Home

The Home

James Kingston

Spinoti's qualifications are as dubious as his villainous past which is fast catching up with him. His many nefarious enterprises include a bizarre crematorium service! The Home
Never Look Down

Never Look Down

James Kingston

In his book Skyfaring, the 747 pilot Mark Vanhoenacker Writes of how it is SO much easier to deal With a queue in a bank or a traffic jam When you know that, in a few hours' time, you'll be flying over Greenland, or Nova Scotia, on your Way to ...
The Prom Queen (Life at Kingston High Book #3)

The Prom Queen (Life at Kingston High Book #3)

Melody Carlson

Maybe "celebrity" isn't all it's cracked up to be after all. Teen favorite Melody Carlson is back for one more Kingston High saga, tackling what happens when we become obsessed with position, popularity, and the lure of celebrity.
Horse Breeds

Horse Breeds

James Kingston

Many breeds of horses, both common and lesser known, are included in this oversized work. Beautiful color pictures of each breed are included with the text.
The Diseases of the Lungs (Classic Reprint)

The Diseases of the Lungs (Classic Reprint)

James Kingston Fowler

About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work.
A Narrative of Events, since the First of August, 1834, by ...

A Narrative of Events, since the First of August, 1834, by ...

James Williams

See also Turner, Slaves and Missionaries; Clement Gayle, George Liele: Pioneer MissionarytoJamaica (Kingston, Jamaica: JamaicaBaptistUnion,1982);ShirleyC. Gordon, God Almighty Make Me Free: Christianity in Preemancipation Jamaica ...
The Chinese Puzzle

The Chinese Puzzle

James Kingston

Frantic attempts ensue to develop a revolutionary vaccine and secure access to an ancient therapy dubbed the 'Chinese Puzzle'. Vast profits are to be made by unscrupulous companies prepared to use their own mercenary forces to gain control.
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark ...

Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark ...

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US 6,248,193 Bl PROCESS FOR PRODUCING AN ALUMINUM ALLOY SHEET Pizhi Zhao, Fuji; Takeshi Moriyama, Nagoya; Noboru Hayashi, Kawachi-gun; Kunihiro Yasunaga, Kanuma, all of Japan; Paul Wyclifle, Kingston, and David James ...
Canadiana

Canadiana

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David, 133 Roy, J. A. Kingston, 189 Royal Bank of Canada. Monthly letter, 9 ... Royal Oak, Vancouver Island, B.C. St. Michael and All Angels' Church. St. Michael and ... 1952/53. National farm radio forum (Radio programme), 46, 84 Russell, Edward John, 1832-1906 see Ryder, H.G. Edward ... U.S. Hydrographic Office, 97 Sailing directions for Newfoundland. 7th ed. ... U.S. Hydrographic Office , 98 St. Andrew' s Presbyterian Church, Kingston, Ontario and Queen's University. Edmison ...
Scottish Philosophy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Scottish Philosophy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

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Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. Laurie, Henry (1881–2). 'A Plea for Philosophy', The Victorian Review, 5: 76–89. Laurie, Henry (1902). Scottish Philosophy in its National Development. Glasgow: James Maclehose and ...
Marriages in Nova Scotia (excluding Halifax City), ...

Marriages in Nova Scotia (excluding Halifax City), ...

Heather Allison Long

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Bartlett Plays: 1: My Child, Contractions, Artefacts, Cock, ...

Bartlett Plays: 1: My Child, Contractions, Artefacts, Cock, ...

Mike Bartlett

James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda James Amanda Yeah. I was. Idiot. I knew about roaming patrol. So I was jumpy. I stood up and tried to see.

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