“Garbage was a natural by-product of human life, and it was nobody else’s business what got thrown away or who did the throwing. Though when the time came, you had to be willing to accept the fact that you, too, would...
Fiction
Marisa Jue
Book Review: ‘Do Not Say We Have Nothing’ by Madeleine Thien
“Remember what I say: music is the great love of the People. If we sing a beautiful song, if we faithfully remember all the words, the People will never abandon us. Without the musician, all life would be loneliness.”...
Book Review: ‘The Woman Warrior’ by Maxine Hong Kingston
“[My mother] said I would grow up a wife and a slave, but she taught me the song of the warrior woman, Fa Mu Lan. I would have to grow up a warrior woman.” Maxine Hong Kingston is a giant within the Asian American...
Book Review: ‘The Vegetarian’ by Han Kang
“It’s your body, you can treat it however you please. The only area where you’re free to do just as you like. And even that doesn’t turn out how you wanted.” At the most basic level, The...