Larissa Lai has become a prominent figure in the contemporary Canadian cultural scene due to her innovative production as a writer of fiction and poetry and to her insightful work as a cultural critic and anti-racist activist. The increasing interest in her work led the journal

West Coast Line

to edit a special issue in 2004 entitled

West Coast Lai

. Although born in the United States, she migrated to Canada at an early age and is considered a representative Chinese Canadian author of the younger generation; she is now settled in Vancouver, where she is an English professor at the University of British Columbia. Her committed literature offers innovative poetics for a solid critique of contemporary neoliberalism, revealing the flaws in the not-so-idyllic Canadian multicultural mosaic. Her…

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Citation: Martín-Lucas, Belén. "Larissa Lai". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 September 2011 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=12929, accessed 19 March 2024.]

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