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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, subject of the PBS documentary, “My Name is Belle,” 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

This Morning with Robinson Jeffers
July 27, 2008
- I want to share my morning sketch at poet Robinson Jeffers' Tor House, which he built for his beloved Una out of local rocks hauled up from the beach. When we first moved to Carmel, we lived a me
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Redroom Poet: Evie Shockley's "A Half-Red Sea"
July 22, 2008
- Okay, I know I've been harassing poets and embarrassing myself with burning questions, but I am truly interested in answers, poets and poetry.
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My Divine Agent, Deborah Warren
July 22, 2008
- Video of my agent, Ms. Deborah Warren of the East-West Agency.
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Press

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Media

Forget Sorrow: A China Elegy	Winner of CALA BEST CHILDREN'S BOOK AWARD 2008	The Commonwealth Club Panel on redroom.com - Belle Yang
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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

Life and Death in Beijing by belleyang

Life and Death in Beijing

The Language of Dreams by belleyang

The Language of Dreams

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Published Reviews

Nightmare on Tiananmen Square by Washington Post
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