The Postmark
Amerasian Jimmy Miller reunites with his father, Vietnam Veteran, James Arthur Miller, after 27 years of separation.
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Author: Zora Quynh
Octavia Butler – Master Cultural Translator
The following essay appears in Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia E. Butler. Editors: Alexandra Pierce and Mimi Mondal. Twelfth Planet Press, August 18, 2017. Print and epub. Luminescent Threads received the Locus Award for ‘Non Fiction’ and it was nominated for Hugo, British Fantasy Award, and William Atheling Jr Award for Criticism or Review. Dear […]
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A BIPOC Juneteenth * Black Lives* Reading List
Zora Mai Quynh shares a BIPOC reading list to learn more about the history behind Juneteenth.
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The Holocaust in France: A Book List of Memoirs & More
This book list focuses on the Jewish experience in France through the eyes of Jewish memoirs, biographies, and books about French people who sheltered Jews.
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A Top 10 “Fall of Saigon” Book List
Fall of Saigon: Zora Mai Quynh’s list of top ten books about the Fall of Saigon.
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A BIPOC Pulitzer Book List: Winners & Finalists in Fiction
Many Pulitzer lists leave out the finalists, depriving us of the opportunity to both honor and support great writing. This POC Pulitzer Book List features Winners & Finalists of color for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction from 1917 to the present.
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Amplifying #OwnVoices
Diverse books matter. At the end of the day, the narrative that survives is the one that may become, by default, the story that defines a person, a peoples, an issue, an event, a topic, a civilization for the next generation of readers. This is why conquering nations destroyed the writings and collected stories, mythologies, […]
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