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Asian Diasporic Memoirs and Narrative Non-Fiction Public
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You've Changed by Pyae Moe Thet War
4 stars
How to be a Myanmar person—a baker, swimmer, writer and woman—on your own terms rather than those of the colonizer? …
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Long Devotion by Carmen Giménez Smith, Emily Pérez, Nancy Reddy, and 1 other
The Long Devotion is a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts that celebrates motherhood and creates a space, as …
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The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the …
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World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura
A collection of essays about the natural world, and the way its inhabitants can teach, support, and inspire us.
As …
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The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
4 stars
In eight unforgettable sections, The Buddha in the Attic traces the extraordinary lives of these women, from their arduous journeys …
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What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami, Philip Gabriel
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 …
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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 …
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On Not Speaking Chinese by Ien Ang
In this major new book, leading cultural thinker Ien Ang engages with urgent questions of identity in an age of …
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Startling stories that center the bodies, memories, myths, and relationships of Asian American women, from the National Book Award “5 …
