Maya Lin, the daughter of Chinese immigrants, was born in small-town America. She didnt even begin to appreciate her Asian heritage until after she became famous and started to develop her own artistic sensibility. Lin broke onto the American scene as a college senior, when she won a national competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. To this day, the Vietnam Memorial is the most visited monument in the United States. Maya Lin, Updated Edition is an engrossing portrait of this extraordinary artist, whose use of her cultural heritage brings strength, drama, and emotional impact to her work.