I see these soldiers, people coming back from the wars, and… - Maxine Hong Kingston

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I see these soldiers, people coming back from the wars, and they are so wounded. They are so hurt from what they have experienced and the actions which they have made in the world. And now there is work to be done in pulling our country together and the world together. That's the work that comes after a war. It's how to make peace and how to make the world whole again. (2007)

Maxine Hong Kingston

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Maxine Hong Kingston (born October 27, 1940) is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Birth Name: Maxine Ting Ting Hong

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