I was driven, as have been many writers, both by a repulsion of the childhood home's narrow confines and a desire to reach further, to keep desiring more of a future not yet imagined and not yet written down.
As a first-generation "Asian American woman," for one thing, I knew there was no such thing as an "Asian American woman." Within this homogenizing la… - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
As a first-generation "Asian American woman," for one thing, I knew there was no such thing as an "Asian American woman." Within this homogenizing la…
- Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Poetry must speak of others, in order to speak for the poet's imagination, in order to speak of itself; it is slowed down by poetics after its flight… - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Poetry must speak of others, in order to speak for the poet's imagination, in order to speak of itself; it is slowed down by poetics after its flight…
The foot can march or it can dance, but it cannot stand still until end-stopped. - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
The foot can march or it can dance, but it cannot stand still until end-stopped.
Once you stop talking about the female body empowering itself vis-à-vis male forays or invasions or male demands or the necessity to respond to husba… - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Once you stop talking about the female body empowering itself vis-à-vis male forays or invasions or male demands or the necessity to respond to husba…
The things that I dislike passionately, I have come to realize, are also part of me. - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
The things that I dislike passionately, I have come to realize, are also part of me.
As I grew older - and even when I was younger - it had puzzled me why I continued and continue to be heterosexual. - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
As I grew older - and even when I was younger - it had puzzled me why I continued and continue to be heterosexual.
Working women went through a time when they believed that. - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Working women went through a time when they believed that.
If I could write a novel while I'm walking, I probably would. - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
If I could write a novel while I'm walking, I probably would.
Heterosexuality - whichever gender you are - says that the other gender is very important to you. - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim
Heterosexuality - whichever gender you are - says that the other gender is very important to you.
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