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A Review of Percival Everett’s James (Doubleday, 2024).

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As you know, we always throw in a title from other groups in order to cast a wide net and continue to operate with some element of inclusivity. We figured it would be a good opportunity to review Percival Everett’s James (Doubleday, 2024), the recent Pulitzer Prize winner. It’s been ages since I read The Adventures of Hu Read more of this blog post »

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	Anime Wong: Fictions of Performance by Karen Tei Yamashita, Stephen Hong Sohn (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Racial Asymmetries: Asian American Fictional Worlds 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Transnational Asian American Literature: Sites and Transits by Shirley Lim (Editor), John Blair Gamber (Editor), Stephen Hong Sohn (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.13 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inscrutable Belongings: Queer Asian North American Fiction 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Minor Salvage: The Korean War and Korean American Life Writings really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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