There's so much of this mixing occurring all over the world… - Shirley Geok-lin Lim

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There's so much of this mixing occurring all over the world, and the political stability and openness to the transformations that are happening here are not in place yet. America allows it to happen, although not without pain.

Shirley Geok-lin Lim

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Shirley Geok-lin Lim (born 1944) is an American writer of poetry, fiction, and criticism. She was both the first woman and the first Asian person to be awarded the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for her first poetry collection, Crossing The Peninsula (1980). In 1997, she received the American Book Award for her memoir, Among the White Moon Faces.

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Alternative Names: Shirley Lim Geok Lin • Lin Yulin • Shirley Lim

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