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Things Mentioned

• Our special episode all about Cleveland!
• Shop for today’s book picks on Bookshop.org
• Virtual Indie Bookstore Day
• The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels
• How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
• Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevado
• Libro.fm Socks
• Y’all Stay At Home Book Festival
• Weekend of Words Virtual Book Festival
• Short Clip from 1990 Documentary Discussing MHK’s THE WOMAN WARRIOR
• Discussion with Celeste Ng and MHK in August 2019

Books Mentioned

• Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism edited by Nikki Khanna
• The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
• The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
• The Making of Asian America: A History by Erica Lee
• Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America by Sharmila Shen

Currently Reading

• How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang
• The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

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