
Welcome to the University of Illinois Press reading list for the 2023 Winnifred Eaton Conference! Use the promo code WEATON23 for 50% off the below books when ordering from our website, July 27-29, 2023.

Chinatown Opera Theater in North America
Nancy Yunhwa Rao
The transformation of Chinese music into American music in the early twentieth century.

Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton
Diana Birchall
The stranger-than-fiction biography of the Asian American novelist, journalist, and scriptwriter.

Edith and Winnifred Eaton: Chinatown Missions and Japanese Romances
Dominika Ferens
The timeless works and fascinating choices of the foundational Asian American writers.

“A Half Caste” and Other Writings
Onoto Watanna
Edited by Linda Trinh Moser and Elizabeth Rooney
Short stories and essays by the half-Chinese woman who remade herself as Japanese

Sui Sin Far / Edith Maude Eaton: A Literary Biography
Annette White-Parks
Foreword by Roger Daniels
The fascinating life story of the writer and her times.

Mrs. Spring Fragrance and Other Writings
Sui Sin Far
Edited by Amy Ling and Annette White-Parks
Collected works by the pioneering Eurasian writer.