Oh, interesting! I will have to find that essay after I read The Salt Eaters!

I think some folks begrudge her being The Face of Filipino-American Lit, but that's not really all (@ all?) her fault.

Now feeling completely embarrassed about not having known about her before! Sigh, must get more educated! Also, yeah... that's the reaction I have to Amy Tan a lot, and... it's not her fault that people take her depictions of Chinese-American life as THE depiction, but it's difficult to suppress that reaction when I'm reading her books.

Ooo Zahrah! Yay! More people should read it!