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January 30th, 2021
On Home and Belonging — A Review of "Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen"
by Dagmar Wallenstorfer
Jose Antonio Vargas, in his memoir Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen, brings to light the daily struggles of illegal immigrants in the ...read the full piece >>Review
January 15th, 2021
"Once Upon a Time in the East": A Story of Growing Up by Xiaolu Guo — A Review
by Ailun Shi
Xiaolu Guo in her memoir, Once Upon a Time in the East, writes an eye-opening tale to China's history framed in the gripping anecdotes of personal ...read the full piece >>Review
December 21st, 2020
The Immigrants’ Grit: A Review of "How to Pronounce Knife" by S. Thammavongsa
by Richard M. Cho
An excellent short story collection from the Laotian-Canadian writer Souvankham Thammavongsa, How to Pronounce Knife, is a fitting title for a book by ...read the full piece >>Review
November 17th, 2020
America through Indian Eyes — A Review of "My Dateless Diary" by R. K. Narayan
by Pulkita Anand
With his work My Dateless Diary, Indian English novelist R. K. Narayan (1906-2001) made a detour from his fiction writing. Travelogue had not been a ...read the full piece >>Review
August 31st, 2020
The Countless Names for Longing — A Review of "Longing" by Giulia de Gregorio Listo
by Ferdoss Shaarani
Longing is a poetry collection written by Brazilian poet Giulia de Gregorio Listo in 2019. She has been featured in The Junction, Literati Magazine, ...read the full piece >>Review
June 29th, 2020
"Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits" by Laila Lalami — A Review
by Christina Egger
Hope and other dangerous pursuits by Laila Lalami, is a collection of short stories that explore the different paths of a group of Moroccan immigrants ...read the full piece >>Review
June 15th, 2020
"Waiting" by Ha Jin — A Review
by Martina Braunegger
Waiting for love. Waiting for life. Waiting for freedom. Waiting only to realize that what you have been waiting for is not what you want after all. ...read the full piece >>Review
June 5th, 2020
"Lilies from America" by Carmen Bugan — A Review
by John Salimbene
The love of one’s country is a life-long battle for many. For Carmen Bugan, patriotism is a garden, flourishing with buds of beauty, betrayal, ...read the full piece >>Review
May 7th, 2020
"I am China" by Xiaolu Guo — A Review
by Daniela Poeck
I am China by Xiaolu Guo is a powerful book about China’s politics, oppression of freedom, art as a way out and a love that tries to overcome it all. ...read the full piece >>Review
April 7th, 2020
"Reading Lolita in Tehran" by Azar Nafisi — A Review
by Carolina Varga
Reading Lolita in Tehran is a memoir by Azar Nafisi, recounting her life in Iran during the revolution in 1978-1981 until her emigration in 1997. ESL ...read the full piece >>