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ACWW began the late sixties – early seventies with a handful of community activists turned writers. The earliest publications featured two anthologies: Inalienable Rice: A Chinese and Japanese Canadian Anthology (1979) and West Coast Line: The Asian Canadian and the Arts (1981). | ACWW began the late sixties – early seventies with a handful of community activists turned writers. The earliest publications featured two anthologies: Inalienable Rice: A Chinese and Japanese Canadian Anthology (1979) and West Coast Line: The Asian Canadian and the Arts (1981). | ||
Founding members began to publish: Paul Yee’s Teach Me How to Fly Skyfighter (1983) ( illustrated by SKY Lee); Jim Wong-Chu’s Chinatown Ghosts (1986); Paul Yee’s Curses of Third Uncle (1986), Tales of Gold Mountain (1989); SKY Lee’s Disappearing Moon Café (1993). These pioneers saw the need to form an organization to promote our history and literary culture. The idea of ACWW was born. | Founding members began to publish: Paul Yee’s Teach Me How to Fly Skyfighter (1983) ( illustrated by SKY Lee); Jim Wong-Chu’s Chinatown Ghosts (1986); Paul Yee’s Curses of Third Uncle (1986), Tales of Gold Mountain (1989); SKY Lee’s Disappearing Moon Café (1993). These pioneers saw the need to form an organization to promote our history and literary culture. The idea of ACWW was born. The seminal Many-Mouthed Birds anthology (1991) also served to awaken the mainstream to the richness of Chinese Canadian literature. This was followed by:<br><br> | ||
The seminal Many-Mouthed Birds anthology (1991) also served to awaken the mainstream to the richness of Chinese Canadian literature. This was followed by:<br><br> | |||
• Denise Chong’s Concubine’s Children (1994); <br><br> | • Denise Chong’s Concubine’s Children (1994); <br><br> | ||
• Sky Lee’s Bellydancer (1994); <br><br> | • Sky Lee’s Bellydancer (1994); <br><br> | ||