Karen Tei Yamashita

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Karen Tei Yamashita (born January 8, 1951 in Oakland, California) is a Japanese-American writer. She teaches creative writing and Asian American literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

I Hotel (2010), Circle K Cycles (2001), Tropic of Orange (1992), and Through the Rain Forest (1990) are three of her books, many of which include elements of magic realism.

Yamashita's books emphasize the importance of polyglot, multicultural cultures in an increasingly globalized period, even as they destabilize traditional notions of boundaries and national/ethnic identity. Hannah Kusoh, Noh Bozos, and O-Men were among the Asian American theatre company's award-winning writers for the 2010 National Book Award.

She was named a Fellow of the United States Artists in 2011.

She was co-appointed by Bettina Aptheker as the University Presidential Chair in Feminist Critical Race and Ethnic Studies in 2013; a position open to distinguished members of the university's faculty in the hopes of sparking new or interdisciplinary program development.

Early life

Yamashita was born in Oakland, California, on January 8, 1951.

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Career

Yamashita is Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches creative writing and Asian American literature. I Hotel (2010), Circle K Cycles (2001), Tropic of Orange (1992), and Through the Rain Forest (1990), among other things that incorporate elements of magic realism. Yamashita's books emphasize the importance of polyglot, multicultural cultures in an increasingly globalized age, even as they destabilize traditional notions of boundaries and national/ethnic identity.

Hannah Kusoh, Noh Bozos, and O-Men were among her many scripts, including those that were produced by the Asian American theatre company East West Players.

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