Maxine Hong Kingston
/Overview
Maxine Hong Kingston born Stockton, CA October 27, 1940. Author; peace activist. Arrested for White House antiwar protest, 2003.
Quotations
"The First Precept, which is a vow against killing: 'I am determined not to kill, not to let others kill, and not to condone any act of killing in the world, in my thinking, and in my way of life.'" (Intro, Veterans of War; photo LA Times books)