Talk:Maxine Hong Kingston

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Why is the list of four other prominent Chinese American writers listed here? Kingston isn't like their leader or even representative, right? Maybe it should be incorporated into List of famous Chinese-Americans. --Menchi 01:39 6 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Um.. There is a school in Stockton, CA called Maxine Hong Kingston Middle School. 67.181.118.123 22:53, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Plan from English4994 Group
1. Split Kingston project group into 2 pairs: Biography/The Woman Warrior 2. Create easy to read/follow layout of information 3. Use credible resources 4. Make sure writing styles blend Lpier452 (talk) 15:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Good job Kingston biography group on getting a first plan posted. You'll want to pay attention to the guidelines for biographies of living persons. Looking forward to seeing how your plans for the Maxine Hong Kingston biography develop with more specificity (as in -- What will you be adding?  Why?  What changes will you be making now that you have credible sources to contribute?)  Keep up to date on this page as you decide how you'll be revising the article.
 * AEG English4994 (talk) 19:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)AEG English4994

Who is 'Tom'?
The article contains this sentence: "Tom left China for America in 1924 and took a job in a laundry." But, there's no mention of who 'Tom' refers to. Is it her father? —Preceding unsigned comment added by WmGB (talk • contribs) 14:19, 3 April 2009 (UTC)

Kingston's Arrest is Described Twice
Currently, the page says:

She was awarded the 1997 National Humanities Medal by President of the United States Bill Clinton. Kingston was a member of the committee to choose the design for the California commemorative quarter. She was arrested in March 2003 in Washington, D.C., for crossing a police line during a protest against the war in Iraq. In April, 2007, Hong Kingston was awarded the Northern California Book Award Special Award in Publishing for Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace (2006), an anthology which she edited.

Kingston was arrested on International Women's Day (March 8) of 2003. Participating in an anti-war protest in Washington, D.C. coordinated by women-initiated organization Code Pink, Kingston refused to leave the street after being instructed to do so by local police forces. She shared a jail cell with author Alice Walker; renowned writer Terry Tempest Williams was also a participant in the demonstration. Kingston's anti-war stance has significantly trickled into her work; she has stated that writing The Fifth Book of Peace was initiated and inspired by growing up during World War II.

I think it should be edited to say:

She was awarded the 1997 National Humanities Medal by President of the United States Bill Clinton. Kingston was a member of the committee to choose the design for the California commemorative quarter. In April, 2007, Hong Kingston was awarded the Northern California Book Award Special Award in Publishing for Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace (2006), an anthology which she edited.

Kingston was arrested on International Women's Day (March 8) of 2003. Participating in an anti-war protest in Washington, D.C. coordinated by women-initiated organization Code Pink, Kingston refused to leave the street after being instructed to do so by local police forces. Kingston shared a jail cell with author Alice Walker; Terry Tempest Williams was also a participant in the demonstration. Kingston's anti-war stance has significantly trickled into her work; she has stated that writing The Fifth Book of Peace was initiated and inspired by growing up during World War II.

If no one comments on this soon, I will change it, but I will leave this comment up, in case anyone wants to make any further changes.

Novelist? classification of China Men
"She has written one novel, Tripmaster Monkey."

I changed her infobox occupation from Novelist to Writer. Still, the lead calls China Men a novel. It won a 1981 U.S. National Book Award for General Nonfiction (which may be a mis-classification). Or is it a so-called nonfiction novel? --P64 (talk) 22:32, 12 March 2012 (UTC)
 * It's complicated - Kingston says the relationship between fact and fiction doesn't bother her very much and describes her work as "biography and autobiography of imaginative people ... I am writing the biography of their imaginations." (Conversations with Maxine Hong Kingston); it would be nice if we could use the succinct term "historical fiction", but that's just one person's opinion. I've finessed the issue by simply removing the (unsourced) description "her novel" from the lead section. AV3000 (talk) 14:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

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New Yorker article - June 8/15 2020 issue
Just noting that there's a new article on MHK in recent New Yorker, and that the external links section could be updated.

I don't regularly contribute so don't know how Wikipedia deals with the paywall issue, but here is URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/08/maxine-hong-kingstons-genre-defying-life-and-work — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.193.160.49 (talk) 20:33, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

should we have more context about " reinforcing racism" and " exaggerating female oppression"?
Hi Fellow Wikipedians! I am concerned about the third paragraph that saying she's being accused of being a racist and I think that might need more context: Kingston's works have garnered such criticism is true, but she also wrote letters to defend her works from criticism. Taking example from the controversies invoked by " Woman Warrior", she denounced "white scholars" from misinterpreting her work as " exoticism", " ghost between two worlds", reinstate that Chinese American is a unique and independent identity, not anything in-between. At the same time, she defended her individuality from other Chinese American critics, such as in her quote: " Is this typical of Chinese Americans? why not asking about if it is typical of human being?" she said she never intended to represent the whole diverse community with only her own perspective. David X.D HJfJ (talk) 21:02, 20 February 2023 (UTC)


 * I would echo this concern, especially as the article from which this attack is drawn in not fully cited. Was it published? Where? Also, the article rehashes a long-running debate between Hong Kingston and Frank Chin in which Chin is quoted as saying "her viewpoint is more informed by racism than by race pride" which is not exactly a charge of racism. I hope David will edit this page. Prof.Jamieson (talk) 04:46, 21 February 2023 (UTC)