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Women looked like great sea snails — the corded wood, babies, and laundry they carried were the whorls on their backs.

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I may be ugly and clumsy, but one thing I'm not, I'm not retarded.

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Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston

Born: October 27, 1940 (age 84)
Bio: Maxine Hong Kingston is a Chinese American author and Professor Emerita at the University of California, Berkeley, where she graduated with a BA in English in 1962.
Known for:
  1. The Woman Warrior (1976)
  2. China Men (1980)
  3. Tripmaster Monkey (1989)
  4. The fifth book of peace (2003)
  5. Hawaiʻi one summer (1987)
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  • peace
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  • women
  • mother
  • life
  • room
  • pacific

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