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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Asian Americans occupy a purgatorial limbo, neither Black nor white; their own identity remains poorly defined today.
Chapter 3: Richard Pryor’s stand-up proves that race influences every facet of an individual’s life deeply.
Chapter 4: Being raised in an Asian immigrant household is a distinct, complicated experience.
Chapter 5: The author discovered her voice through her friends – and through a combative relationship with the English language itself.
Chapter 6: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s story offers a lesson in US attitudes toward Asian women everywhere today.
Chapter 7: Even after many years, Asian Americans still hold a conditional status in the United States.
Description
Minor Feelings (2020) is poet Cathy Park Hong’s searing account of life as an Asian American. Drawing on her own experiences alongside penetrating insights, it paints a picture of the purgatorial status that Asian Americans still face.
Who Should Listen
- Those looking to explore what it means to be Asian in the United States today
- Memoir lovers
- People who want to expand their understanding of racial issues