Quote by: Maxine Hong Kingston

The Chinese did not admire a bent back; goddesses and warriors stood straight. Still there must have been a marvelous freeing of beauty when a worker laid down her burden and stretched and arched.


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Author Bio


  • NameMaxine Hong Kingston
  • DescriptionChinese American author
  • BornOctober 27, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionProfessor; Writer; Novelist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Book Award; National Humanities Medal