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Love, War and Yuanfen: Karissa Chen's stunning debut
"Homeseeking" is a heartbreaking tale exploring the choices that shape two lovers bound by fate, separated by circumstance.
Serena Puang
Serena Puang is the columnist for “Reading the Room” and a freelance writer who writes about accessibility, culture, language and education.
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Shepherd's 'All This and More' delivers a captivating adventure
The first thing readers will want to do after finishing Peng Shepherd’s ‘All This and More’ is flip it over and start again.
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Yulin Kuang on romance debut, book adaptations and tropes
Kuang calls “How to End a Love Story” a “contemporary romance that felt like a historical romance novel.”
Literature
College, class and money moves in Kiley Reid’s ‘Come and Get It’
Kiley Reid’s sophomore novel “Come and Get It” brings readers to contemplate money, early adulthood and relationships.
Literature
Inside the parallel worlds of Aube Rey Lescure’s ‘River East, River West’
Set in 2007 Shanghai and 1985 Qingdao, “River East, River West” alternates between a mother’s and daughter’s perspectives, highlighting the massive cultural shifts in China both after the cultural revolution and the late aughts.
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Exploring the mythical experience of Jami Nakamura Lin’s ‘The Night Parade’
“The Night Parade” is part ghost story, part myth anthology, part memoir but full of heart.
Literature
Writer Jen Soriano speaks trauma, colonization and healing ahead of ‘Nervous’ debut
Jen Soriano is a Fillipinx writer and movement builder whose debut collection of essays “Nervous” is out now.
Literature
R.F. Kuang’s ‘Yellowface’ is a biting critique of the publishing industry
R.F. Kuang’s “Yellowface” explores who has the right to tell stories and provides an unflinching look at the publishing industry, social media and stories about suffering.