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Latehomecomer by Kao Kalia Yang
5 stars
In search of a place to call home, thousands of Hmong families made the journey from the war-torn jungles of …
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Asian American Dreams by Helen Zia
"This book is about the transformation of Asian American; from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups that …
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I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya, Vivek Shraya
4 stars
A trans artist explores how masculinity was imposed on her as a boy and continues to haunt her as a …
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The woman warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
3 stars
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts is Kingston's disturbing and fiercely beautiful account of growing up Chinese-American …
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Socialist Realism by Trisha Low
When Trisha Low moves west, her journey is motivated by the need to arrive "somewhere better"--someplace utopian, like revolution; or …
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Abolish Silicon Valley: How to Liberate Technology from Capitalism by Wendy Liu
4 stars
Former insider turned critic Wendy Liu busts the myths of the tech industry, and offers a galvanising argument for why …
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Transtopia in the Sinophone Pacific by Howard Chiang
As a broad category of identity, “transgender” has given life to a vibrant field of academic research since the 1990s. …
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