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Maxine Hong Kingston

Maxine Hong Kingston writerBorn: October 27, 1940 Birthplace: Stockton, Califonia The eldest of six children, Kingston is recognized for her epic novels that detail the experiences of first-…

Maxine Hong Kingston Biography

Maxine Hong Kingston writerBorn: October 27, 1940 Birthplace: Stockton, Califonia The eldest of six children, Kingston is recognized for her epic novels that detail the experiences of first-…

Kingston, Maxine Hong

(Encyclopedia) Kingston, Maxine Hong, 1940–, American writer, b. Stockton, Calif., grad. Univ. of California, Berkeley (1962). The daughter of Chinese immigrants, she explores the experience of…

Asian American Writers

Maxine Hong KingstonBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports…

Greg Kinnear Biography

Greg Kinneartelevision host, actorBorn: 6/17/1963Birthplace: Logansport, Indiana Former TV host of Talk Soup and Later with Greg Kinnear. His films include Sabrina (1995), Dear God (1996), As…

Dorothy Kingsley Biography

Dorothy KingsleyscreenwriterBorn: 10/14/1909Birthplace: New York City While bedridden with measles as a young divorced mother of three, Dorothy Kingsley proclaimed that she could write better…

Entertainment Bios — K

Pauline KaelMadeline KahnLawrence KasdanPatrick KavanaghDanny KayeElia KazanBuster KeatonDiane KeatonMichael KeatonCatherine KeenerBob KeeshanHarvey KeitelBrian KeithSally KellermanDavid E.…

1981 National Book Awards

Autobiography/BiographyHardcoverWalt Whitman, Justin KaplanPaperbackSamuel Beckett, Deirdre BairChildren's Books, FictionHardcoverThe Night Swimmers, Betsy ByarsPaperbackRamona and Her Mother…

Notable Asian Americans, A-Z

Grace ParkBiographies ofNotable Asian Pacific AmericansA-Z ListGovernment Officials and PoliticiansBusiness and Media LeadersAthletes & Sports PersonalitiesScientistsEntertainers:…

Hong Kong

Infoplease has everything you need to know about Hong Kong. Check out our country profile, full of essential information about Hong Kong's geography, history, government, economy, population, culture…