One Mighty and Irresistible Tide
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
A sweeping history of the twentieth-century battle to reform American immigration laws that set the stage for today's roiling debates.
Jia Qing Wilson-Yang Livres
L'écriture de Jia Qing Wilson-Yang explore les complexités de l'identité et de l'appartenance, abordant souvent des thèmes à travers une lentille unique façonnée par ses expériences vécues. Sa production créative, englobant la poésie, la fiction et la musique, révèle une approche nuancée de la narration et une voix distincte qui résonne auprès des lecteurs. Elle aborde la narration avec une perspective perspicace, offrant de profondes réflexions sur la condition humaine. Son premier roman marque une contribution significative à la littérature contemporaine.
Small Beauty
- 161pages
- 6 heures de lecture
Fiction. Asian & Asian American Studies. LGBTQIA Studies. Women's Studies. SMALL BEAUTY tells the story of Mei, a mixed race trans woman managing the death of her cousin, the ways she contorts to navigate racism and transphobia, and her desire for community as she takes an opportunity to leave the city and revisit a town from her family's past, where she discovers queer family history while parsing through her own anger and trauma. Cycling through time, points of view, and rural and city life, the novel introduces us to Mei's community in fictional Dundurn and Herbertsville, loosely based on Southern Ontario places: Annette and Connie, other Asian trans women from the drop-ins; Sandy, Mei's older cousin and constant (if aggressive) support; Diane, an older lesbian with a pick-up and secret links to Mei's blood family; and Nelson, a presence lost before found, whose story is told in pictures sewn into a suitcase. Interspersed with one culminating night-time lake scene, the book carries us through these stories and towards their completion as the frustrating, necessary web that keeps Mei attached to the world.