NPR Books:
Pico Iyer’s ‘The Half Known Life’ upends the conventional travel genre
Celeste Ng Makes the case for art as a weapon against oppression in her new novel
Two Sisters Fight for Vietnam’s Independence
‘Nasty, Brutish, and Short’ contends that all parents are raising little philosophers
In ‘Time is a Mother,’ poet Ocean Vuong reflects on life, and time, without his mom
‘Joan Is Okay,’ explores the meaning of home, having roots
In ‘Present Tense Machine,’ the allegory of The Fall becomes a linguistic accident
For queer Seoulites in ‘Love in the Big City,’ pride and shame intertwine
‘Small Things Like These’ add up to a seismic change in 1980s Ireland
‘The Waiting’ is an Unflinching Portrayal of The Separations Caused By War
‘Dear Memory’ sees a direct connection between memory and identity formation
Take A Magical Mystery Tour With This Chinese Comic Artist
In This Memoir, Prison Is A Place — And A State Of Mind
Philosophical, Queer, Angry, Romantic, Defiant: ‘Afterparties’ Contains Multitudes
‘House of Sticks’ is An Immigrant Success Story with Filial Bonds at The Core
‘Things We Lost To The Water’ Is A Literal And Allegorical Look At Dislocation
‘There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Job’ Takes Gentle Aim At Japan’s Work Culture
‘The Committed’ Remains Uncommitted–And That’s Its Strength
Yiyun Li Continues Her Conversations with the Dead in ‘Must I Go’
‘The Mountains Sing’ A Song of Many Voices
Reviews of Translated Fiction on Asymptote:
The Possible Transformations Between Covers: On Storybook ND
‘Lover as Intimate Other’: Reading Thuận’s Chinatown
Review of A.L. Snijders’s Night Train — translated by Lydia Davis
Review of Manuel Fior’s Celestia — translated by Jamie Richards
Review of Mia Couto’s Sea Loves Me — translated by David Brookshaw and Eric M. B. Becker
Pop Culture Nerd:
Thúy Đinh’s Book Reviews on Pop Culture Nerd
Rain Taxi:
A Literary Analysis of Linh Dinh’s Fake House
Shelf-Awareness – Book Reviews:
A Respect for Light: The Latin American Photographs, 1974-2008
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Friday, Nov 28, 2014 | Issue 354
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Tuesday, Oct 21, 2014 | Issue 343
The Impossible Exile: Stefan Zweig at the End of the World
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Tuesday, Jun 17, 2014 | Issue 308
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Tuesday, Apr 1, 2014 | Issue 286
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Tuesday, Dec 10, 2013 | Issue 256
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Tuesday, Oct 15, 2013 | Issue 240
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Tuesday, Jul 9, 2013 | Issue 212
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Friday, Apr 5, 2013 | Issue 185
Birds of Paradise Lost
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Tuesday, Mar 19, 2013 | Issue 180
Refugee Hotel
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Friday, Jan 11, 2013 | Issue 161
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Tuesday, Jun 12, 2012 | Issue 102
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Friday, Mar 9, 2012 | Issue 75
The Outlaw Album
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Friday, Oct 14, 2011 | Issue 36
Shelf Awareness – Interviews:
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Tuesday, Sep 2, 2014 | Issue 329
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Tuesday, Aug 19, 2014 | Issue 325
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Tuesday, May 20, 2014 | Issue 300
The Art of Autism
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Friday, May 2, 2014 | Issue 295
Chang-Rae Lee: Where You Are
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Tuesday, Jan 14, 2014 | Issue 264
Monique Brinson Demery: Searching for the Dragon Lady
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Tuesday, Oct 8, 2013 | Issue 238
Alice Derry: The Butterfly Effect of Breaking Walls
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Friday, Oct 26, 2012 | Issue 141
Stephen B. Young and Hoa Pham Young: Painting in Lacquer
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Friday, Aug 24, 2012 | Issue 123
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