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Subject: CHINESE IN THE UNITED STATES
Matches Found: 5

UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` DRAFT OF A RAP FOR WEN HO LEE, by JUNE JORDAN            Poet Analysis         Recitation by Author     Poet's Biography
Subject(s): United States - Immigration & Emigtration; Asian Americans - Chinese; Racism; Chinese In The United States; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry


INTRODUCTION, by JOHN YAU    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: It had to be from someone whose grandparents were born in shanghai
Subject(s): Ancestors & Ancestry; Asian Americans - Chinese; Self; Heritage; Heredity; Chinese In The United States


OF FLESH AND SPIRIT, by WANG PING    Poem Full Text                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I was a virgin till twenty-three, then always had more than
Last Line: Never saw him again.
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Chinese; Chinese In The United States


PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES, by FRANCIS BRET HARTE    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: Which I wish to remark
Last Line: Which the same I am free to maintain.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harte, Bret
Variant Title(s): The Heathen Chinee;plain Talk From Truthful James
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Chinese; Gambling; Chinese In The United States; Wagering; Betting


TEA, by HENRY T. PRAED    Poem Text                    
First Line: Chinese maiden, tea cup in her hand
Last Line: In a cup of tea.
Subject(s): Asian Americans - Chinese; Food & Eating; Tea; Chinese In The United States