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In Praise of Limes
In Praise of Limes is a book of original poems by Shirley Geok-lin Lim. Born in Malacca, Malaysia, Shirley Geok-lin Lim was raised by her Chinese father and attended missionary …
The Irreversible Sun
“Lim’s poems capture the spirit of California with beauty and insight.”—Jon Parrish Peede, editor, Virginia Quarterly Review“Shirley Lim’s poems sing with the defiance of Blake and …
Joss And Gold
Now in paperback, Shirley Lim's long-awaited first novel traces the unconventional development of an extended family struggling to find common ground. At the center of this …
Walking Backwards
Walking Backwards is about making a home when you are a nomad, and adding an American self to the many selves that the world's myriad, bewildering places throw at one body. It is …
Among The White Moon Faces
Describes Lim's childhood in Malaysia after her mother abandoned her family, and her journey into womanhood as an Asian American with professional, family, and cultural concerns
Challenging Boundaries
What if the American literary canon were expanded to consistently represent women writers, who do not always fit easily into genres and periods established on the basis of men's …
Power, Race and Gender in Academe
Twelve essays on marginalization, alienation, and persistent discrimination in English and foreign language departments across the United States as well as strategies for …
Among the White Moon Faces
This “fascinating autobiography” from an award-winning Asian-American female author “reads like a novel” (The Washington Post Book World). With insight, candor, and grace, …
The Frontiers of Love
Set in Japanese-occupied Shanghai in 1945, The Frontiers of Love passes effortlessly in and out of Asian and Western fields of reference to explore the issue of cultural identity …
Joss and Gold
A piercing tale of a Malaysian woman’s quest for independence that combines “the nuance of a poet with the ear of a born storyteller” (Julia Watson, coeditor of Women, …