Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston is the acclaimed author of many books, including the
award-winning THE WOMAN WARRIOR, which the New York Times compared to
Joyce's PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN. She has been awarded the
National Book Critic's Circle Award, the National Humanities Medal
(presented by President Bill Clinton), the Los Angeles Times Kirsch Award
for Lifetime Achievement, has been named a Living Treasure of Hawai'i, and
will receive the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at
the National Book Awards this November. She has been deeply involved in
activism, especially for veterans, for many years, and taught literature and
creative writing, mainly at UC Berkeley.