www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets/g_l/hagedorn/hagedorn.htm
Introduction
Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn was born in Manila, Philippines in 1949. She moved to San Francisco in 1963. To further pursue play writing and music, she moved to New York in 1978 and continues to be a poet, storyteller, musician, playwright, and multimedia performance artist.
Selected Works
- Dream Jungle. Viking Press. 2003.
- The Gangster of Love. Houghton Mifflin. 1996.
- Danger and Beauty. City Lights. 2002.
- Dogeaters. Penguin Books. 1990.
- Chiquita Banana. Third World Women. 3rd World Communications. 1972.
Recognition&Awards
In 1985, 1986, and 1988, she received MacDowell Colony Fellowship. She earned a 1990 National Book Award nomination and an American Book Award.
Influences
Due to her complex background, Jessica Hagedorn has a unique perspective to Asian American literature. Her works "focus on different aspects of Filipino experience and American influence on immigrants. Her influence are not only on written literature, but also on songs, images and spoken dialogue." (Wikipedia)
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