World Literature Today, March 22nd, 1997
Shirley Lim's literary preoccupations are defined - if not consumed - by her Asian-American female identity, as her poetry, criticism, and now her memoir bear witness. Among the White Moon Faces is her self-confessed attempt to define her "place" in the world, so as to be able to relate to, and feel comfortable in, a "home": it is a necessary journey of discovery, as Lim's geographic angst leaps out of every printed page. Though it is "identity" that is identified as the root of the search, there is no doubt that identity, in Lim's perception, is related almost wholly to the idea of belonging ...
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