Diamond Grill is a 1996 semi-fictional biography by Canadian novelist and poet Fred Wah. The book was first published in 1996 by NeWest Press, based in Edmonton, Alberta. Diamond Grill is told through both prose and poetry and utilizes a first person narrative. The book won the Howard O’Hagan prize for short fiction and has been described by Wah as a way to explore his "hyphenated identity". The book has also been credited with helping to popul… WebDec 31, 2014 · Diamond Grill by Fred Wah. Publication date 1996 Publisher NeWest Press Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin …

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WebDiamond Grill, a biofiction about hybridity and growing up in a small-town Chinese-Canadian cafe was published in 1996 and won the Howard O'Hagan Award for Short Fiction. A collection of essays, Faking It: Poetics and Hybridity, was awarded the Gabrielle Roy Prize for Writing on Canadian literature. Books: Lardeau (Island Press, Toronto, 1965) WebDiamond Grill - Fred Wah 2006 Series of short sketches, about Wah’s father’s modern Chinese-Canadian restaurant in Nelson, BC, explore finding identity being mixed raced … small town metal arts

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WebII. The Diamond Grill Fred Wah’s novel, Diamond Grill, is written in a hybrid manner, half fiction and half autobiography, which makes the novel, hyphenated, i.e., a bio-fiction. Socio-cultural and socio-political criticism is integrated within the fiction. We observe several instances of hyphenated and hybrid identities within Wah’s family ... WebDiamond Grill is a rich banquet where Salisbury Steak shares a menu with chicken fried rice, bird’s nest soup sets the stage for Christmas plum pudding; where racism simmers behind the shiny clean surface of the action in the cafe. An exciting new edition of Fred Wah’s best-selling bio-fiction, on the 10th anniversary of its original ... WebDiamond Grill - Fred Wah 1996 In a series of short sketches, Wah writes of his father's restaurant in Nelson, B.C. in a book that is neither fiction nor non-fiction. Poet Wah loves wordplay and puns, making his book a delight to read. Since it is also about Wah trying to understand his own mixed ancestry and highwire games games