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Books
Our Violent Ends: Book Review
It’s difficult to follow in the footsteps of one of history’s most well-known playwrights. It may be even more difficult to follow in the footsteps …
Made in China: Book Review
Threads connect, but they also unravel. When they do, the process is messy, intricate, and in its own way, a kind of becoming. In Anna …
Iron Widow: Book Review
You might have heard of the Chinese empress Wu Zetian, but you’ve never read about her the way Xiran Jay Zhao imagines her in Iron …
Hao: Book Review
To say one is hao means that one is well, but hao itself is only a word, a descriptor for the concept of goodness. It …
How We Fall Apart: Book Review
For some, falling apart comes with the acknowledgement that there had to be something concrete to begin with. In Katie Zhao’s debut YA novel, the …
Minor Feelings: Book Review
Some feelings about Minor Feelings: Cathy Park Hong outwardly expresses what has been internalized for so long. In the book that’s soon to be adapted …
Seeing Ghosts: Book Review
Ghosts haunt people and places. They live in the more subtle silences that lie beneath the memories we create. To see ghosts in Kat Chow’s …
Luck of the Titanic: Book Review
The latest upcoming novel from author Stacey Lee, Luck of the Titanic offers a much-needed perspective on history. While it grips too tightly on historical …
No Longer Human: A New Classic Halloween Read
Osamu Dazai’s 72-year-old hit novel, No Longer Human, was given new life in 2017 by talented horror mangaka Junji Ito. For those unfamiliar, Ito penned …