Asian Diasporic Memoirs and Narrative Non-Fiction Public

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  1. You've Changed by 

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

  2. The Best We Could Do by 

    4 stars

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

  3. World of Wonders by ,

    4 stars

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

    As …

  4. Stay True by 

    4 stars

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

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

    4 stars

    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 …

  6. Dear Memory by 

    4 stars

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

    For poet Victoria Chang, memory “isn’t …

  7. 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 …

  8. Gods of Want by 

    4 stars

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

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