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...defense, Harvard also points to a dramatic increase in the percentage of Asian-Americans admitted each year. Asian-Americans comprise 20 percent of the class of 1994, as compared to 6 percent of the class admitted in 1979. But the College's Asian-American acceptance rate still falls 4 percent short of the white acceptance rate, which is approximately 17 percent...
...despite Harvard's apparent triumph, the Education Department report obtained by the press, civil rights group and top-ranking officials on Capitol Hill prompted Further criticism above and beyond the issue of Asian-American admissions. Certain details of the government's findings appeared to contradict some assertions made by the admissions office throughout the last several decades...
...enthusiasm among publishers for Asian-American writing can be attributed in part to the growth of the country's Asian population, which nearly doubled, from 3.5 million to 6.9 million, over the past decade. But editors say it also reflects the fact that more Asian Americans are writing -- and writing good books. "They're second generation, and they're better educated and ready to tell about their experiences," says Seymour Lawrence, Jen's publisher...
Some cynics warn, however, that the fascination with Asian-American fiction may be only skin-deep. "When there is a great success like Amy Tan's book, everyone is out there looking for his or her own Amy Tan," says Shannon Ravenel, the recently retired editor of the annual collection of The Best American Short Stories. Louie, 36, predicts that "if Gus Lee or Gish Jen don't come through with big sales, then the next wave of interest in Asian- American writers may not come for another 15 years." That would be a shame, because each of these authors...
BOOKS Amy Tan and the new wave of Asian-American writers...