Novels
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Watermelons (poems) (1959)
The World of the Lie (poems) (1963)
Lautre (poems) (1967)
The Step (poems) (1968)
Meat Air (poems) (1970)
The Leaves (poems) (1973)
Goat Dances (poems) (1976)
The World of the Lie (poems) (1963)
Lautre (poems) (1967)
The Step (poems) (1968)
Meat Air (poems) (1970)
The Leaves (poems) (1973)
Goat Dances (poems) (1976)
Ron Loewinsohn recommends
Locke 1928 (2007)
Shawna Yang Ryan
"Rich in sensuous detail, and rich also in interwoven imagery of fire and water, of destruction and creation, Shawna Yang Ryan's impressive debut novel Water Ghosts, gives voice both to the community and to the individuals who make up the small Sacramento River delta town where Chinese immigrants, Chinese-Americans and white Americans intermingled and sometimes intermarried. The novel seems modest in its geographical scope and in its cast of characters, but it's actually quite audacious in the way it experiments with its genres - simultaneously a history, an historical fiction, a realistic portrayal, an example of magical realism, and a ghost story. It also happens to be a flat-out fine read!"
