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050		0	_aPZ7.1.L563 _bRo 2016
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100	1		_aLinmark, R. Zamora, _d1968- _eauthor.
240	0	0	_aRolling the R's
245	0	0	_aRolling the R's _cR. Zamora Linmark
250			_a20th anniversary edition.
260			_aNew York _bKaya Press _c1995
300			_a174 p. _c21 cm
500			_aOriginally published in 1995.
520			_aIlluminated by pop fantasies, Donna Summer disco tracks and teen passion, the fiercely earnest characters in Rolling the R's come to life against a background of burning dreams and neglect in a small 1970s Hawaiian community. In his daring first novel, R. Zamora Linmark treats the music of the Bee Gees and schoolyard bullying as equally formative experiences in the lives of a group of Filipino fourth-graders living in Kalihi, Honolulu, who call themselves the "Farrah Fawcett Fan Club." The characters' stories unfold largely in the documentary detritus of their lives--their poems and prayers, book reports and teacher evaluations--all written in carefully observed, pitch-perfect vernacular. Now back in stock, Linmark's tour-de-force experiments in narrative structure, pidgin and perspective roll every "are," throwing new light on gay identity and the trauma of cultural assimilation. Rolling the R's goes beyond "coming of age" and "coming out" to address the realities of cultural confusion, prejudice and spiraling levels of desire in humorous yet haunting portrayals that are, as Matthew Stadler writes, "stylish, shameless and beautiful." This special twentieth anniversary edition includes a new essay by the author, introducing one of the most original and iconic stories of the Asian diasporic experience and an essential work of fiction in the Asian American literary canon. R. Zamora Linmark (born 1968) is a writer and poet currently based in Honolulu and Manila. He has published three poetry collections, two novels and adapted Rolling the R's for the stage in 2008.
650	1	0	_aFilipino Americans _zHawaii _vJuvenile fiction.
650	1	0	_aFilipino Americans _vFiction.
650	1	0	_aSex _vFiction.
651		0	_aGays _vFiction.
651		0	_aHawaii _xHistory _y1959- _vFiction.
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