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  1. The Half Known Life by 

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  2. You've Changed by 

    How to be a Myanmar person—a baker, swimmer, writer and woman—on your own terms rather than those of the colonizer? …

  3. Long Devotion by , , , and 1 other

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    The Long Devotion is a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts that celebrates motherhood and creates a space, as …

  4. The Best We Could Do by 

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    The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the …

  5. World of Wonders by ,

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    A collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.

    As …

  6. The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays by 

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    'Dazzling ... in her kaleidoscopic essays, memoir has been shattered into sliding and overlapping pieces ... mind-expanding' The New York …

  7. The Buddha in the Attic by 

    In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys …

  8. Stay True by 

    From the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the …

  9. What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by ,

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    What I Talk About When I Talk About Running (走ることについて語るときに僕の語ること, Hashiru Koto ni Tsuite Kataru Toki ni Boku no Kataru …

  10. Dear Memory by 

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    A collection of literary letters and mementos on the art of remembering across generations.

    For poet Victoria Chang, memory “isn’t …

  11. On Not Speaking Chinese by 

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    In this major new book, leading cultural thinker Ien Ang engages with urgent questions of identity in an age of …

  12. Gods of Want by 

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    Startling stories that center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American women, from the National Book Award “5 …

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