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Belle Yang adult nonficition, graphic novel, children's picture book

Belle Yang

photo credit: Belle's pop, Joseph, 2008. Hat by maggiemae.com

Author Biography

Belle Yang is frequently asked whether she is primarily a writer or a painter.
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Influences

The immigration journey, moving from Taiwan to Japan at age five and then to America during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, learning English as my third language.

Democracy Spring (1989) and the Tiananmen Massacre which silenced the voices of the Chinese people.

My father's Manchurian stubbornness and my mother's Hakka obstinacy.

The five years of stalking which drove me to writing and painting in solitude.

The benevolent spirit of my great grandfather who was swept out of his estate to wander a beggar under Communism.

Web Links

Belle Yang's Blog

Amos Oz and Lies
May 15, 2008
- This was a journal entry written on April 13, 2002. I post it in response to Jessica Barksdales Inclan's post.
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Laning
May 11, 2008
- The man who loves her is an artist. He managed to shoot this picture of Laning, my mother, with a broken, old Leica more than fifty years ago.
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Inane
May 3, 2008
- This is in response to the post of friend and creator, Jessica Barksdale Inclan--"Th
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Press

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Media

The Commonwealth Club Panel on redroom.com - Belle Yang	Belle Yang Interview with Red Room	Red Room Panel at The Commonwealth Club (Preview)
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Published Works


Hannah Is My Name	The Odyssey of a Manchurian	Baba: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders
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Belle Yang's Articles and Stories

The Language of Dreams by belleyang

The Language of Dreams

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Published Reviews

Starred Review: "Baba: A Return to China Upon My Father's Shoulders" by Kirkus Reviews
Starred Review: ""The Odyssey of a Manchurian" by Library Journal
Hannah Is My Name by New York Times