Her first collection of poems , Crossing The Peninsula , published in 1980 , won her the Commonwealth Poetry Prize , a first both for an Asian and for a woman .
She is an American writer of poetry , fiction , and criticism .
writer 's first collection of poems , Crossing The Peninsula , published in 1980 , won her the Commonwealth Poetry Prize , a first both for an Asian and for a woman .
She is an American writer of poetry , fiction , and criticism .