"I cracked up reading Shawn Wong's witty, tender, wise, and sexy new novel. His lovable but ambivalent protagonist collides memorably with a cast of female characters who are a welcome change from the shrinking violets and silent martyrs we've come to expect from 'ethnic' literature. <i>American Knees</i> is contemporary to the bone - a highly entertaining, deftly written, provocative and moving work of fiction." -- Jessica Hagedorn, author of <i>Dogeaters</i><p><b>Shawn Wong</b> is the author of the award-winning novel <i>Homebase</i> and an editor of several anthologies of Asian American literature, including <i>Aiiieeeee!</i> and <i>The Big Aiiieeeee!</i> He is the director of the University Honors Program at the University of Washington.<p>Read about the movie, <i>Americanese</i>, based on Shawn Wong's book, at: http://www.americanesethemovie.com