Reason I'm Here: Stories Asian American & Pacific Islander Literature Zhu Yuanzhang

Zhu Yuanzhang

intertextuality

When the truth is finally revealed about what happened on Chicken Hill and the part the town's white establishment played in it

or in nature

and to the deep love of chosen family

Reason I'm Here: Stories Asian American & Pacific Islander Literature Zhu YuanzhangJarrod Campbell's bold debut collection of short fiction traverses and examines the spaces and purposes assumed by the gay male, not least his own. The Reason I'm Here departs from standard expectations of queer behavior to subvert these limited perceptions in favor of honest explorations of desire, amnesia, voyeurism, betrayal, physicality, grief, faith, and uncertainty. Gritty, dreamlike, and reminiscent of Hitchcock and Cortzar, these poignant