Inalienable Rice: A Chinese & Japanese Canadian Anthology available online

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Thank you to the University of Toronto Libraries and archivist June Chow for digitizing Inalienable Rice: A Chinese & Japanese Canadian Anthology, a landmark publication in Asian Canadian literature, now available open access. Inalienable Rice is a landmark 1979 anthology of Chinese and Japanese Canadian writing, considered a foundational text of Asian Canadian literature, showcasing diverse voices and experiences in the face of racist exclusion and marking a collective cultural assertion by a community previously suppressed in English-language discourse. Published by the Chinese Canadian Writers' Workshop (CCWW) and the Powell Street Revue, it featured early works by writers such as Paul Yee, Rick Shiomi, and Sean Gunn, establishing a vital space for community storytelling and literary identity.