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A review by readerbot_lu
AIIIEEEEE!: An Anthology of Asian American Writers by Jeffery Paul Chan, Shawn Wong, Frank Chin, Lawson Fusao Inada
informative
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
Did I like it? Yes
Do I recommend it? Yes
Do I recommend it? Yes
Favorite Quotes (like in a thought-provoking way)
"The ideal racial stereotype is a low-maintenance engine of white supremacy whose efficiency increases with age, as it becomes authenticated and historically verified." (18%)
"The assumption that an ethnic minority writer thinks in, believes he writes in, or has ambitions toward writing beautiful, correct, and well-punctuated English sentences is an expression of white supremacy." (23%)
"The assumption that an ethnic minority writer thinks in, believes he writes in, or has ambitions toward writing beautiful, correct, and well-punctuated English sentences is an expression of white supremacy." (23%)
Positives
Anthologies/short story collections are a good place to start to find authors you want to read and I did find some interesting authors. The preface/foreword/overview material also had some engaging theory.
Negatives
The introduction materials should never be 33% of the whole collection. This anthology’s more experimental pieces kind of sucked out my soul and I have very little energy to read any of the new writers I discovered.