(born 1940) Chinese American author and activist. Chin’s work has included poetry, novels (Donald Duk, 1991), plays (Chickencoop Chinaman, 1981) and essays on literature, voice and identity As activist and coeditor of the groundbreaking anthology Aiiieeeee! (1974), Chin fought to find and preserve a variety of Asian American voices in literature and history while combating racism and stereotypes. This has also led him to bitter debates with novelist Maxine Hong Kingston over authenticity and assimilation in the Asian American experience.