#aapi literature

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, Cathy Park Hong

[Text ID]: Does an Asian American narrative always have to return to the mother? When I met the poet Hoa Nguyen, the first question she asked me was, "Tell me about your mother."

"Okay," I said. "That's an icebreaker."

Groundwork of The Metaphysics of Morals, Young Jean Lee

[Text ID]:

Fah Lo See: There's something about white people's faces...

(Pause.)

Sometimes I look at you -- at that blankness -- and think there's no way I could ever hurt you enough.

“The novel explores the paradox of being a part of two cultures: never feeling like you’re a part of where you belong but simultaneously identifying with different heritages. “Loveboat, Taipei” portrays the kind of disappointment that often follows after coming to terms with your physical and cultural differences — the people you thought you belonged with, may not recognize you as belonging with them.