A fact from Tripmaster Monkey appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 22 June 2010 ( check views). The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that Maxine Hong Kingston's novel Tripmaster Monkey is named after a fictional monkey king from the Chinese epic novel Journey to the West? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2010/June.

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I do not think the note stating that Tripmaster Monkey is Kingston's first novel should have been removed. (a) The first sentence is no longer a sentence and (b) this book is, indeed, her first novel. Benastan ( talk) 12:22, 12 December 2008 (UTC) reply

Alright there appears to be some confusion over this. Britannica says Whittam [1], amazon reviewers say Wittam [2], an english paper says Wittam [3]. I'm going to assume the extra h in Britannica is an error. Anyone have a copy of the book to check?-- Banana ( talk) 20:51, 14 June 2010 (UTC) reply