Archive - too many books

No-No Boy and Political Self-Sacrifice

“It’s the same world, the same big, shiny apple with streaks of rotten brown in it." -John Okada

Mar 3, 2024 •

February 2024

The Fight to Save the I-Hotel (and Solidarity Itself?)

The internment of Japanese Americans, several wars, and a struggle for solidarity according to Karen Tei Yamashita.

Feb 19, 2024 •

October 2023

Sex, Drugs, and the Fog of War

“Can you tell me, please, where is reality?”

Oct 30, 2023 •

September 2023

A Supposedly Funny Novel I’ll (Probably) Never Read Again

“I find myself in a nightmarish situation, so nightmarish, in fact, that I realize it is exactly that—a nightmare.” - Elliot Weiner

Sep 23, 2023 •

Introducing too many books!

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Sep 20, 2023 •

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