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To make my waking life American-normal, I turn on the lights before anything untoward makes an appearance. I push the deformed into my dreams, which … - Maxine Hong Kingston
" "To make my waking life American-normal, I turn on the lights before anything untoward makes an appearance. I push the deformed into my dreams, which are in Chinese, the language of impossible stories. Before we can leave our parents, they stuff our heads like the suitcases which they jam-pack with homemade underwear. (p87)
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About Maxine Hong Kingston
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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Maxine Ting Ting Hong
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