Jessica Hagedorn (1949 - )

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Evangelista, Susan. Jessica Hagedorn and Manila magic. "Filipino-American novelist and poet Jessica Hagedorn incorporates many of the magical realism techniques of Gabriel Garcia Marquez in her portrayal of the Philippines under martial law, 'Dogeaters.'" In MELUS, 12/22/93

Grice, Helena. Artistic creativity, form, and fictional experimentation in Filipina American fiction. In MELUS, 3/22/04

Mendible, Myra. The Politics of Spectacle in Jessica Hagedorn's Dogeaters, an extended essay, in Genders 36 (2002)

Nubla, Gladys. The politics of relation: Creole languages in Dogeaters and Rolling the R's. In MELUS, 3/22/04

Ramraj, Ruby S. "Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn," in Asian American Novelists. Can be read, in part, at Google Books.

Primary and secondary bibliography for Jessica Hagedorn from Perspectives in American Literature, supplied by Dr. Patricia Bostian

Web page on Jessica Hagedorn has excerpts from reputable criticism: On "Ming the Merciless"; Ming the Merciless Visual Gallery; About Jessica Hagedorn; Online Poems; Hagedorn's Review of Rushdie's The Moor's Last Sigh; Hagedorn Book Jackets. From Modern American Poetry at the Univ. of Illinois.

An introduction to the author from the Heath Anthology of American Literature.

Reading Guide and discussion questions for Dream Jungle, from publisher Penguin.

Brief information about Hagedorn's participation in National Book Foundation Author Residency program for aspiring authors in 1993.

Jessica Hagedorn is a performance artist, novelist, poet, and playwright, author of the novels Dogeaters (1990), which was nominated for a National Book Award; The Gangster of Love. (1996) and Dream Jungle (2003) and the poetry collections Dangerous Music; and Pet Food and Tropical Apparitions

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