Blues and Greens: A Produce Worker’s Journal (Intersections: Asian and Pacific American Transcultural Studies, 5)

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Alan Chong Lau’s poetic memoir of his days as a produce worker in Seattle’s Chinatown reveals a microcosm of grassroots, working-class Asian America―a world where customers, workers, and fruits and vegetables intersect in exchanges that crackle with energy and brim over with humor.

With the simple profundity of a Zen koan, the poems bear witness to people’s humanity. Lau portrays in words and pictures a community in constant flux as it moves to the push and pull of immigration. Blues and Greens has a lot to say about Asian Americans. What emerges is an acutely observed, nuanced critique of where Asian Americans―native-born, refugee, and migrant―are today.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Hawaii Press (April 1, 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 136 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0824823230
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0824823238
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.1 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.51 x 0.36 x 8.44 inches