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Yokohama, California

By Toshio Mori. Introduction to the 2015 Edition by Xiaojing Zhou. Introductions by William Saroyan and Lawson Fusao Inada

Yokohama, California, originally released in 1949, is the first published collection of short stories by a Japanese American. Set in a fictional community, these linked stories are alive with the people, gossip, humor, and legends...

Cities of Others

Reimagining Urban Spaces in Asian American Literature

By Xiaojing Zhou

Asian American literature abounds with complex depictions of American cities as spaces that reinforce racial segregation and prevent interactions across boundaries of race, culture, class, and gender. However, in Cities of Others, Xiaojing Zhou uncovers...

Form and Transformation in Asian American Literature

By Xiaojing Zhou, Samina Najmi

This critical anthology draws on current theoretical movements to examine the breadth of Asian American literature from the earliest to the most recent writers. Covering fiction, essays, poetry, short stories, ethnography, and autobiography, Form and...