"In one tale, Chin parodies "Woman Warrior" by writing of a woman author who changes the Joan of Arc myth by turning her into a man who is castrated and burned at the stake" (LA Times article).
The debate between Chin and Kingston seems like it's more destructive to Asian American literature than it is beneficial. I cannot truly understand in any way how it is constructive. I think it is helpful to criticize peer literature for the purpose of bringing new issues to light or progressing as authors, and if part of a debate it is important to do so with integrity. However, from this article, it seems that a sense of integrity is lost, and literature is created for the sole purpose of hurting another author.
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