Photography: Lillian “Gish” Jen in School Yearbooks

1971 Bandersnatch

Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, New York

Bottom, second from left

1972 Bandersnatch

Scarsdale High School, Scarsdale, New York

Front row, third from right

Front row, second from right

Further Reading

Gish Jen

Wikipedia

(Next post on Wednesday: Philadelphia Chinatown, 1899)

Photography: David Henry Hwang in School Yearbooks

1972 El Camino Real

San Gabriel High School, San Gabriel, California

1973 El Camino Real

San Gabriel High School, San Gabriel, California

1974 El Camino Real

San Gabriel High School, San Gabriel, California

National Forensic League

An excerpt from William C. Boles’ Understanding David Henry Hwang (2013): 

... In addition to his musical skills, Hwang was also a champion debater in high school. He first attended San Gabriel High School and then, because of his debating prowess, was recruited by Harvard School, to which he transferred. ...

1975 Sentinel

Harvard School, Los Angeles, California

Instead of formal portraits, seniors were given a full page to express themselves.

1979 Quad

Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Further Reading

Harvard-Westlake: A History

David Henry Hwang is on page 134. 

(Next post on Wednesday: The Anna May Wong Quarter)

Li Ling Ai’s Life Is for a Long Time

Life Is for a Long Time: A Chinese Hawaiian Memoir
Hastings House, 1972

 

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(Next post on Friday: Li Ling Ai’s Children of the Sun in Hawaii)

Chinese Written Characters, Their Wit and Wisdom

Rose Quong
Cobble Hill Press, 1972

(click image to enlarge)

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C.Y. Lee’s The Flower Drum Song

CHIN-YANG LEE
born December 23, 1916, Hsiangtan [Xiangtan], Hunan, China

Passenger List
Departure: Bombay, India, September 17, 1943

Arrival: San Pedro, California, October 24, 1943

Naturalization Record

The Flower Drum Song

C.Y. Lee

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, 1957

Jacket design by Susan Foster

Book design by Betty Crumley

Two clothbound versions by

Farrar, Straus and Cudahy (left)

and Grossett & Dunlap (right)

Victor Gollancz, 1957

United Kingdom edition

Cover art by Shirley Hughes

Great Pan, 1960

United Kingdom edition

Cover art by Hans Helweg

Dell, 1961
(F175)

Cover art by Victor Kalin

Dell, 1966

(2622)

Cover by Garridos

Ballantine Books, 1972

Cover art by Charles Reid

Penquin, 2002

Cover design by Jesse Marinoff Reyes

Cover art by Hector Garrido
(a recreation of his 1966 Dell illustration)

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Flower Drum Song, August 1961

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Flower Drum Song Recordings

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(Updated June 23, 2017; next post on Friday: Louis Chu’s Eat a Bowl of Tea)