<DIV><P>Hagedorn muses about love and sex, and probes with wry humor and sharp social satire the heart—and hearbreaks—of the immigrant experience.</P><p>"Jessica Hagedorn is one of the best of a new generation of writers who are making American language new and who in the process are creating a new American Literature."—Russell Banks</P><p>"[Hagedorn] sees her native land from both near and far, with ambivalent love, the only kind of love worth writing about."—John Updike</P><p><B>Jessica Hagedorn </B>is a performance artist, poet, playwright, and formerly a commentator on NPR. Her novel, <I>Dogeaters</I>, won an American Book Award. Other books include the groundbreaking <I>Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction</I> and <I>The Gangster of Love</I>.</P></DIV>