Asian-American writers have become more influential as education continues to expand and students are introduced to cultures other than their own. According to a book written by Harold Bloom, more newspapers and magazines “have provided space for South Asian American writers” (Bloom, 14), which brings attention to many important issues. While issues such as racial and language barriers may be at the forefront of discussions, the issue of pride is also of great concern to these authors. Maxine Kingston, Gish Jen, Gail Miyasaki, and Amy Tran highlight numerous instances where pride is influenced, instilling a variety of emotions; shame or joy is evoked by the speaker or by one or more family members in these cases. The short story No Name Woman by Maxine Kingston describes several examples in which pride is a crucial theme in understanding the emotions expressed by the speaker. First, the speaker addresses herself as a young Chinese American girl listening to a story, told by her mother, about her extravagant aunt, who drowned herself and her family's newborn baby. The story shouts out the theme of pride in the opening paragraph, with the speaker's mother stating, "You don't have to tell anyone... Let's say your father all has brothers because it's like she was never born" (Kingston, 1). The theme here is evident because the quote has a negative connotation to the later story the mother is about to describe. The mother wants to make sure that history does not repeat itself because the pride of the entire family would be at risk. Furthermore, after the brief summary of the story, the speaker's mother warns her daughter that a similar case could happen to her too, "now that you have started menstruating" (Kingsto...... center of the sheet. .....it only reflects the deepest pride the speaker feels towards her almost long-lost sisters Pride is undoubtedly something that every person carries with them, both for themselves and for their family. Kingston, Jen, Miyasaki, and Tran all express various forms of pride in their narratives, and more specifically, pride in Asian American families thanks to the rise of multicultural studies, along with the "push to collect representative voices in anthologies," c 'has been increased visibility of Asian American writers (Amend, 7). This literary movement on the West Coast has caused the term "Asian American" to become a "term of racial pride and a source of challenge to the dominant culture" ( Shankar, 221). These four Asian-American writers intertwine pride with other emotions like shame and anger to better elicit a response from their readers.