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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.
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Chinatown Opera Theater in North America
Nancy Yunhwa Rao
The transformation of Chinese music into American music in the early twentieth century.
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Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton
Diana Birchall
The stranger-than-fiction biography of the Asian American novelist, journalist, and scriptwriter.
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Edith and Winnifred Eaton: Chinatown Missions and Japanese Romances
Dominika Ferens
The timeless works and fascinating choices of the foundational Asian American writers.
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“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
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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.
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Mrs. Spring Fragrance and Other Writings
Sui Sin Far
Edited by Amy Ling and Annette White-Parks
Collected works by the pioneering Eurasian writer.