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New Asian and Asian American Studies Titles from Penguin Random House
By Luis Diaz | March 7 2024 | General
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- History > Topical History > History of Agriculture
- History > Topical History > History of Environmentalism
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Work and the Family
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Environmental Politics and Policy
- Sociology > Family > Sociology of Family
- Sociology > Special Topics > Sociology of Food
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In his first international release since the award-winning, bestselling The Boat, Nam Le delivers a shot across the bow with a book-length poem which honors every convention of diasporic literature—in a virtuosic array of forms and registers—before shattering the form itself.
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Poetry
- English > Comparative Literature: Asian > Southeast Asia
- English > Comparative Literature: Commonwealth Nations > Australian and Oceanic
- English > Literature > American Literature – Poetry
- English > Literature > World Poetry
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- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Non-Fiction
- Film Studies > History > Film History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Popular Culture
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Popular Culture
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A poignant memoir for readers who love Pachinko and The Return by journalist Margaret Juhae Lee, who sets out on a search for her family’s history lost to the darkness of Korea’s colonial decades, and contends with the shockwaves of violence that followed them over four generations and across continents.
From the author of Sea Change comes a short story collection that explores Korean American womanhood, bodies, animals, and transformation as a means of survival.
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