Blog: Books

Horror, Racism and Haunted Escape Games
A Profile of James Mattson, Author of Reprieve, about the journey of four people through a full-contact haunt and the catastrophic result that ensues
Evelyn NienMing Chien - October 7, 2021
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Covers of GHOST FOREST and SEEING GHOSTS
Seeing Ghosts in a Ghost Forest: A Review of Pik-Shuen Fung’s Ghost Forest and Kat Chow’s Seeing Ghosts
Two books that wrestle with the complexities of haunting
Kathy Chow - September 30, 2021
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Economies of Harm:
A review of Anna Qu's Made in China
Joyce Chen - August 27, 2021
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Noir and History
A Q&A with Naomi Hirahara
Jinah Kim - August 20, 2021
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“If I could not be with my mother, I would be her": A Review of Michelle Zauner’s memoir Crying in H Mart
An elegy that attempts to capture the life a mother led
Jasmine Liu - June 14, 2021
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Carving Home Out of Darkness: A Q&A with C Pam Zhang
Dana Liu - May 26, 2021
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Memories From 1949: An Interview with Helen Zia
Evelyn NienMing Chien - May 24, 2021
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Cover of Pop Song
Adventures in Art and Intimacy with Larissa Pham: A Review of Larissa Pham's Pop Song
An essay collection that catalogs all the things that can combust us: relationships, art, sex, drugs and heartache
Emily Villanueva - May 22, 2021
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Juggling Acts: A Review of Stacey Lee's Luck of the Titanic
Mary Malhotra - May 15, 2021
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A Tale of Healing and Finding Identity After Displacement By War: A Review of Eric Nguyen's Things We Lost to the Water
The story of a Vietnamese community in America amidst its pain and joy
Cathy Duong - May 10, 2021
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