She Wanted to Be the Hero: A Conversation with Vanessa Hua
The details that go unremarked are very powerful because it assumes this is the way things are. It’s not unusual. It’s just the way these people live.
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Smoke Signals to the Dead: A Conversation with Jenny Qi
Jenny Qi discusses her debut poetry collection, FOCAL POINT.
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Language as a Kind of Home: Talking with Anne Liu Kellor
Anne Liu Kellor discusses her debut memoir, HEART RADICAL.
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The Lure of the Process: Talking with Chang-rae Lee
Chang-rae Lee discusses his new novel, MY YEAR ABROAD.
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Upending the Scene: A Conversation with Te-Ping Chen
Te-Ping Chen discusses her debut story collection, LAND OF BIG NUMBERS.
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...moreWhat’s in a Name? JCPenney and The Dunce Cap
A few weeks ago, a slim catalog from JCPenney arrived in our mailbox. It floated around the house for a few days. On its cover are printed these words: littleredbook fall trends 2010 I hadn’t noticed this until just the other day. Should I have? The Little Red Book, as its known in the United […]
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