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 [|Image from google.com] ||> ==Biography == Diana Chang was born of a Chinese father and a Eurasian mother in 1934. She was born in New York but spent her early childhood in China. She went to high school in New York and went to college at Barnard. After she finished college she chose to work as a book editor. She also was a creative writing teacher at the Barnard College. Her Best known work was //The Frontiers of Love.// It was also her first novel. She was the first Chinese- American that was born in the states to publish a novel in the US. Some of her works include several novels, poetry, and translated poetry. She wrote //Woman of Thirty// (1959), //A Passion for Life// (1961), //The Only Game in Town// (1963), //Eye to Eye// (1974), and //a Perfect Love// (1978). These were some of her novels. She also wrote three volumes of poetry. They are: //The Horizon is Definetly Speaking// //What Matisse is After// (1989), and //Earth, Water, Light// ( 1991). She also wrote two volumes of translated poetry by different Chinese women and they were: //Approaching// (1989), and //Saying Yes (1991)// She has received several awards including Fulbright award and the John Hay Fellowship award. She was also asked to be the Editor of American Pen for sever years. She was asked to join the faculty at the college she attended to help teach writing there. (1982), [|A Visit To the XI' AN Exhibition] ||
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Explication
 Explication of "Standing By Neighbor's Garden"

Diana Chang's poem [|"Standing By Neighbor's Garden",] describes what the speaker is experiencing, as well as feeling emotionally as that moment is happening. The speaker of this poem is a young woman who is walking in her garden, taking in all the beauty and nature that surrounds her. Her voice is calm and quiet just like her personality as all of her thoughts are going through her mind. This poem takes place in the late afternoon on a summer day. The reader gets a feeling of how the speaker admires her garden and and all of the good things that come out of nature. The purpose of this poem is to help the reader visualize what the author is trying to describe. The author's use of adjectives enables the reader to smell the garden and hear the birds singing as if they were there.

<span style="color: rgb(255, 15, 0);">Sources
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Wikipedia, The Free Encylopedia. __Diana Chang (__March 2008) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Chang

Roh-Spaulding, Carol "Diana Chang" http://www.questiaschool.com/read/9588377 Book Title: Asian American Novelists: A Bio-Bibliographical Critical Sourcebook. Contributors: Emmanuel S. Nelson - editor. Publisher: Greenwood Press. Place of Publication: Westport, CT. Publication Year: 2000. Page Number: 38.