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Strikingly beautiful memoir by Kao Kalia Yang, whom I heard of through the Radiolab controversy last year -- lovely, sad and loving. Though perhaps it's not for me to say, not being As-Am, I think it's a very valuable representation of an Asian-Americ...more |
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added a status update: Also I removed all my negative reviews a while ago, planning to move them to a pseudonymous account, but apparently my reviews are still scathing. double-/o\
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| I'm a huge Ryman fan, but this early novella ... It would've left a bad taste in my mouth, but then I read his patronising bullshit afterword about how Thai culture has been eroded by globalisation but not really because they're still Thai even thoug...more | |
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| Awesome! As Bechdel herself says it's like reading a Victorian serialised novel. I like it because it's like reading about the kind of super-invested-in-USian-social-justice people I've only encountered via the Internet, except if Bechdel is writing...more | |
"Yeah, I don't think you're meant to like Doro either! But Butler is so good at, y'know, not telling you what to think. What kind of writer is that, le...more
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| Wah, I really loved this! I bought it ages ago at BookXCess (or however it's spelt) and then it hung around in my room for ages until it became a bit of an obligation book -- I had to read it the way one has to eat broccoli. But then I read it and it...more | |
“But one may like someone enough to kiss them without liking them enough to confide in them. The two are quite different emotions.”
― Zen Cho, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
― Zen Cho, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
“You are having a baby,' he said.
'I certainly hope it turns out to be a baby,' I agreed.”
― Zen Cho, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
'I certainly hope it turns out to be a baby,' I agreed.”
― Zen Cho, The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo
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For books written, illustrated, translated and/or edited by chromatic people. 'Chromatic' defined variously as 'person of color', 'non-white', 'black'...more
