This story of family and identity migration and integration culture and self discovery is told through family history memory and the occasional recipe Diamond Grill is a rich banquet where Salisbury Steak shares a menu with chicken fried rice bird s nest soup sets the stage for Christmas plum pudding where racism simmers behind the shiny clean surface of the action in the cafe An exciting new edition of Fred Wah s best selling bio fiction on the 10th anniversary of its original publication with added text and an all new afterword by the author

Noted Canadian poet, Fred Wah is a Governor Generals Award recipient (poetry) and author of many published works including the awardwinning biofictionDiamond Grill. Involved in publishing and teaching internationally in poetry and poetics since the early 1960s, he is currently professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Calgary.