Topic “The Woman Warrior”

Review of Maxine Hong Kingston's 'I Love a Broad Margin to My Life'

Maxine Hong Kingston’s latest memoir, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, attempts to deconstruct the memoir form by playing on the central tension between preservation and erasure.

By: Manan Desai | Posted: Wed, Jun 8th- 12:33pm | Under: book review, I Love a Broad Margin to My Life, Maxine Hong Kingston, memoir, The Woman Warrior, Tripmaster Monkey, Books Section, Reviews

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