@HeerJeet Are you familiar with Winnifred and Edith Eaton, early 20th c Chinese Canadian writers? Fascinating bios and bodies of work.
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@HeerJeet 1. Here's a blog post from Diana Birchall, their granddaughter. http://bit.ly/1BfY6NH Birchall wrote a biography of Winnifred.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 2. Winnifred wrote under the pen name Onoto Watanna. She wrote bestsellers. She also pretended to be a Japanese noblewoman.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 3. She was a contemporary & rival to Belasco. Took advantage of public's inability to tell difference btw Chinese & Japanese.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 4. Edith Eaton wrote under pen name Sui Sin Far. Embraced Chinese heritage (mother was Chinese, father English).Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 5. Edith knew the Chinese were racialized negatively compared to the Japanese, who, at the time, were much closer to whiteness.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 6. Edith is considered the first Chinese North American fiction writer, having published a short story "The Gamblers" in 1896.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 7. Edith died poor and young, while Winnifred went on to work in Hollywood. Both are fixtures of Asian American literary studies.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet 8. Thought you'd like their story!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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