APIA literature Archive

(My) 10 Rules For APIA/Hapa Fiction: A Brief Ars Prosae Asianae

Author: | Categories: Uncategorized No comments
Like the Bechdel Test, these ten rules should be treated as the first critical lens that APIA readers (can) use to call out and contest orientalism in publishing while also serving as a mandatory metric by which all readers (can) hold APIA writing accountable as well as the presses

Speaking for Everyone, Speaking for No One: The Question of (APIA) Canonicity

Author: | Categories: Critical Essays No comments
The Western canon has no objective nomination process, which is why it is both axiomatic and controversial. But why have APIA voices been erased from the so-called “Great Books” for so long, and how should APIA writers respond to this longstanding erasure?

Killing the Messenger: A Dual Interview with Charles Baxter and Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Importance and the Stigma of Didactic (APIA) Fiction

Author: | Categories: Authors, Interviews No comments
Inside the craft-obsessed, time-warped fiction workshop where literary realism has reigned supreme forever, the Show-Don’t-Tell maxim serves an important function in critique.