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Frank Chin

FRANK CHIN  (1940 - )

 Nationality:    Asian American
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Literary Agent:    Dorothea Oppenheimer  


Chin is a critically acclaimed playwright, novelist, essayist and political activist living in Los Angeles. His works include the stage plays The Year of the Dragon and The Chickencoop Chinaman, the novels Donald Duk and Gunga Din Highway, a volume of short stories entitled The Chinaman Pacific & Frisco R.R. Co., and his most recent collection of essays, The Bulletproof Buddhist. In literary circles he is especially remembered as one of the co-editors of the influential anthologies aiiieeee! and The Big aiiieeee! which helped establish the study of Asian American Literature.
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below is a list of Frank Chin's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

 America More Or Less         American Peek-A-Boo Kabuki, World War Ii And Me         Chickencoop Chinaman, The         Chinatown Mortuary         Flood Of Blood: A Fairy Tale         Fred Eng's Chinatown Tours         Gee, Pop!         Lullaby         Oofty-Goofty         Year Of The Dragon, The

America More Or Less

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written with Baraka And Silko, music Greco, lyrics Weinstein

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San Francisco    1976

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American Peek-A-Boo Kabuki, World War Ii And Me

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Los Angeles    1985

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Chickencoop Chinaman, The

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Documentary filmmaker Tam Lum comes to Pittsburgh to rekindle an old friendship with Kenji, a fellow boxing fan, while researching the life of a black boxer and former light heavyweight champion they both admired as boys in another city, another time.
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New York    1972

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University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1981   -

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Chinatown Mortuary

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Flood Of Blood: A Fairy Tale

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in "Seattle Review, 11, 1", 1988   -

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Fred Eng's Chinatown Tours

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Gee, Pop!

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Lullaby

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written with Silko from book by Silko

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San Francisco    1976

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Oofty-Goofty

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Year Of The Dragon, The

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Chin's play barges through the comfortable stereotypes of the Asian American. When first produced in 1974, the play created an enormous stir and has had a profound impact on a generation of young Asian American writers. "The language is frequently strong, and the bitterness, even when wrapped in some very funny comedy, is unrelenting." --New York Times.
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New York    1974

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University of Washington Press, Seattle, 1981   -

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