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• Skinship

  Stories

  Choi, Yoon

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  "An exquisite collection from a breathtakingly new voice – centered on a constellation of Korean American families, these stories announce the debut of a master of short fiction."

• If I Had Your Face

  a Novel

  Cha, Frances,

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  "A riveting debut novel set in contemporary Seoul, Korea, about four young women making their way in a world defined by impossible standards of beauty, after-hours room salons catering to wealthy men, ruthless social hierarchies, and K-pop mania."

• The Hive and the Honey

  Stories

  Yoon, Paul

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  "From the beloved award-winning author Paul Yoon comes a spectacular collection of unique stories, each confronting themes of identity, belonging, and the collision of cultures across countries and centuries."

• Advocate

  a Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice

  Ahn, Eddie

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  "A moving graphic memoir following Eddie Ahn, an environmental justice lawyer and activist striving to serve diverse communities in San Francisco amidst environmental catastrophes, an accelerating tide of racial and economic inequality, burnout, and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Prince of Mournful Thoughts and Other Stories

  Kim, Caroline

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  "With humor, insight, and curiosity, Kim’s wide-ranging stories explore themes of culture, communication, travel, and family. Ultimately, what unites these characters across time and distance is their longing for human connection and a search for…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Excavations

  a Novel

  Michell, Hannah,

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  "A former journalist turned stay-at-home mother ventures into the dark underbelly of Seoul, South Korea, to find her missing husband after the massive skyscraper where he works collapses. To protect her children, she sets out to find answers in this…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Fetishist

  a Novel

  Min, Katherine,

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  "In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter’s revenge on the man who caused her mother’s death sets off a series of unexpected reckonings."

• Everything Belongs to Us

  a Novel

  Wuertz, Yoojin Grace

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  "Seoul, 1978. At South Korea’s top university, the nation’s best and brightest compete to join the professional elite of an authoritarian regime... In this sweeping yet intimate debut, Yoojin Grace Wuertz details four intertwining lives that are…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• When We Fell Apart

  a Novel

  Wiley, Soon,

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  "For Korean American Min, his life has never felt certain. Growing up in California he always felt “too Korean” to fit in, but when he decides to move to Seoul to better understand his heritage, he finds that assimilating has its own set of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• East Goes West

  the Making of An Oriental Yankee

  Kang, Younghill, 1898-1972,

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  "Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the young, idealistic Chungpa Han arrives in a New York teeming with expatriates,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Year Abroad

  Lee, Chang-rae

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  "An exuberant, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure – and about the human capacities for pleasure, pain, and connection."

• Which Side Are You on

  a Novel

  Wong, Ryan Lee

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  "Twenty-one-year-old Reed is fed up. Angry about the killing of a Black man by an Asian American NYPD officer, he wants to drop out of college and devote himself to the Black Lives Matter movement. But would that truly bring him closer to the moral…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Your House Will Pay

  a Novel

  Cha, Steph,

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  "A powerful and taut novel about racial tensions in L.A., following two families—one Korean-American, one African-American—grappling with the effects of a decades-old crime."

• Minor Feelings

  An Asian American Reckoning

  Hong, Cathy Park,

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  "Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. Part memoir and part cultural criticism, this collection is vulnerable,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Yolk

  Choi, Mary H. K.,

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  "From New York Times bestselling author Mary H.K. Choi comes a funny and emotional story about two estranged sisters switching places and committing insurance fraud to save one of their lives."

• The Apology

  Han, Jimin (Novelist),

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  "Part ghost story and part family epic, The Apology is an incisive tale of sisterhood and diaspora, reaching back to the days of Japanese colonialism and the Korean War, and told through the singular voice of a defiant, funny, and unforgettable…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Evening Hero

  Lee, Marie Myung-Ok, 1964-

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  "Toggling between the past and the present, Korea and America, Evening Hero is a “soulful, melodic, rhapsodic novel” (The New York Times) about a man looking back at his life and asking big questions about what is lost and what is gained when…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Incendiaries

  a Novel

  Kwon, R. O.

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  "Phoebe Lin and Will Kendall meet in their first month at prestigious Edwards University... Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is drawn into a secretive cult founded by a charismatic former student with an enigmatic past. When the group commits a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Same Bed Different Dreams

  a Novel

  Park, Ed, 1970-

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  "From the acclaimed author of Personal Days, Same Bed Different Dreams is a raucously funny feat of imagination and a thrilling meld of history and fiction that pulls readers into another dimension—one in which utopia is possible."

• The Magical Language of Others

  a Memoir

  Koh, EJ, 1988-

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  "The Magical Language of Others is a powerful and aching love story in letters, from mother to daughter. After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji Koh’s parents return to South Korea for work, leaving fifteen-year-old Eun Ji and her brother…Read moreRead more of this annotation