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We need to talk about Tár’s racist ending - The Boston Globe
We need to talk about Tár’s racist ending - The Boston Globe
Clarified: Michelle Yeoh and the Asian actresses before her
Clarified: Michelle Yeoh and the Asian actresses before her
Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh is up for an Oscar. Why does this award mean so much for her and the Asian actresses before her?
Poem "bones, oracle" in Ninth Letter
Poem "bones, oracle" in Ninth Letter
Smiling Women, Frowning Girl | JOYLAND
Smiling Women, Frowning Girl | JOYLAND
"Mother always looked so womanly. I felt so thin in comparison. I didn't realize it was because she was always pregnant," my mother used to say. My maternal grandmother liked to tell me stories about her life, even the two miscarriages. The first one occurred shortly after Grandma married, before my mother was born. She [...]
Tomorrow in Shanghai: New York Times Editors' Choice 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Tomorrow in Shanghai: New York Times Editors' Choice 9 New Books We Recommend This Week
Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.
My review for the New York Times Book Review: A Queer Coming-of-Age in Corona, Queens
My review for the New York Times Book Review: A Queer Coming-of-Age in Corona, Queens
Bushra Rehman’s “Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion” follows a young Pakistani Muslim protagonist as she discovers her nascent intellect and sexuality.
Guest Editor May-lee Chai, Shenandoah Volume 72, No 1, No
Guest Editor May-lee Chai, Shenandoah Volume 72, No 1, No
I am thrilled to have this opportunity to serve as the BIPOC Editorial Fellow for this issue of Shenandoah. I applied to the fellowship shortly after the shocking early death of Cambodian American writer Anthony Veasna So. I had been reading So’s powerful short stories online and interacting with So on Twitter. I was looking […]
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Tomorrow in Shanghai
Publishers Weekly Starred Review of Tomorrow in Shanghai
Chai (Useful Phrases for Immigrants) showcases in her insightful collection protagonists attempting to figure out their roles in...
essay "Remembering Vincent: The Unsilenced" in The Emancipator
essay "Remembering Vincent: The Unsilenced" in The Emancipator
I remember when Vincent Chin was murdered in the summer of 1982. It showed me the kind of power White men had in America.
Essay "Women of Nanjing" from New England Review
Essay "Women of Nanjing" from New England Review
Tomorrow in Shanghai & Other Stories
Tomorrow in Shanghai & Other Stories
Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories
Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories
Stories
The Girl from Purple Mountain
The Girl from Purple Mountain
website
website
Useful Phrases for Immigrants, winner of a 2019 American Book Award, and Tomorrow in Shanghai & Other Stories are now available from Blair
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