Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
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Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by poet and writer Cathy Park Hong that explores Asian American identity, racial trauma, and cultural politics in contemporary America.
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| Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning canonical | 3 |
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Target entity: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning Context triple: [Cathy Park Hong, notableWork, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning]
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Racial Imaginary Institute
The Racial Imaginary Institute is a cultural and intellectual project that examines race, whiteness, and visual culture through art, scholarship, and public programming.
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I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds
"I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds" is Sunny Hostin’s autobiographical work exploring her experiences with race, identity, and the pursuit of justice as a Afro-Latina lawyer, journalist, and television host.
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New Multitudes
New Multitudes is a collaborative folk-rock project that sets previously unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to new music, featuring artists such as Jim James, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, and Anders Parker.
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Voice of Witness
Voice of Witness is a nonprofit oral history project and book series that amplifies the voices of people affected by injustice and human rights crises around the world.
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Notes from a Native Daughter
Notes from a Native Daughter is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on California’s history, culture, and identity, collected in her influential nonfiction book Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Target entity: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning Target entity description: Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning is a critically acclaimed collection of essays by poet and writer Cathy Park Hong that explores Asian American identity, racial trauma, and cultural politics in contemporary America.
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A.
Racial Imaginary Institute
The Racial Imaginary Institute is a cultural and intellectual project that examines race, whiteness, and visual culture through art, scholarship, and public programming.
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B.
I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds
"I Am These Truths: A Memoir of Identity, Justice, and Living Between Worlds" is Sunny Hostin’s autobiographical work exploring her experiences with race, identity, and the pursuit of justice as a Afro-Latina lawyer, journalist, and television host.
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C.
New Multitudes
New Multitudes is a collaborative folk-rock project that sets previously unpublished Woody Guthrie lyrics to new music, featuring artists such as Jim James, Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, and Anders Parker.
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D.
Voice of Witness
Voice of Witness is a nonprofit oral history project and book series that amplifies the voices of people affected by injustice and human rights crises around the world.
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E.
Notes from a Native Daughter
Notes from a Native Daughter is an essay by Joan Didion that reflects on California’s history, culture, and identity, collected in her influential nonfiction book Slouching Towards Bethlehem.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
essay collection
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| author | Cathy Park Hong ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
National Book Critics Circle Award for Autobiography
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linked to:
National Book Critics Circle Award
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| genre |
Asian American literature
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autobiographical writing ⓘ essays ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print book ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essay "An Education"
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essay "Bad English" ⓘ essay "Portrait of an Artist" ⓘ essay "Stand Up" ⓘ essay "The End of White Innocence" ⓘ essay "The Indebted" ⓘ essay "United" ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anger and shame in racialized experience
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artistic labor and precarity ⓘ family and intergenerational trauma ⓘ language and translation ⓘ mental health and depression ⓘ solidarity across racial groups ⓘ |
| influenced | discourse on Asian American identity in the 2020s ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general adult readers
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readers interested in race and ethnicity studies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary Asian American literature ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Asian American identity
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art and politics ⓘ cultural politics ⓘ immigrant experience ⓘ interminority relations ⓘ model minority myth ⓘ poetics ⓘ racial trauma ⓘ racism in the United States ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blending of cultural criticism and memoir
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critique of the model minority stereotype ⓘ exploration of Asian American racial consciousness ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 2020 ⓘ |
| publisher | One World ⓘ |
| shortlistedFor |
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
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linked to:
Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction
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| timePeriod | early 21st century ⓘ |
| title | Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning ⓘ |
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