Currently reading
McGlue
Knife Fight and Other Struggles
Far from the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity
The Good Lord Bird
Ancillary Justice
Our Underachieving Colleges: A Candid Look at How Much Students Learn and Why They Should Be Learning More (New Edition)
Dissident Gardens
Nightmare Movies: Horror on Screen Since the 1960s
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood
Complete Novels
The Good Hmong Girl Eats Raw Laab
A smart, thoughtful essay both political and personal. Using accounts from her friends, and her own experiences, Ka Vang crafts with lovely images and lucid analysis a call for shifts in gender dynamics--to bend traditions toward equality--in Hmong-American culture.I'll admit that Ka is a friend, but there's no log-rolling here: it's of a piece with her amazing work as a playwright and fiction writer. I'm thankful to the Minnesota Historical Society for putting out these accessible, affordable essays--I look forward to exploring more of their offerings.