{"id":43504,"date":"2018-02-13T11:13:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T16:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=43504"},"modified":"2018-02-14T09:34:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T14:34:12","slug":"go-home-edited-rowan-hisayo-buchanan-foreword-viet-thanh-nguyen-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/go-home-edited-rowan-hisayo-buchanan-foreword-viet-thanh-nguyen-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Home! edited by Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, foreword by Viet Thanh Nguyen [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43529\" src=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Go-Home-edited-by-Rowan-Hisayo-Buchanan-on-BookDragon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"936\" srcset=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Go-Home-edited-by-Rowan-Hisayo-Buchanan-on-BookDragon.jpg 644w, https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2018\/02\/Go-Home-edited-by-Rowan-Hisayo-Buchanan-on-BookDragon-550x800.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/>The phrase,&nbsp;<i>go home<\/i>, encompasses polarizing intentions. It\u2019s a reference to one\u2019s safest place but can also be a hurled threat of exclusion. That polarity illuminates these 31 stories, essays, and poems by writers of diasporic Asian origin, compiled by self-described \u201cJapanese-Chinese-Scottish-English-American\u201d novelist Rowan Hisayo Buchanan (<i>Harmless Like You<\/i>, 2017).<\/p>\n<p>Ranging from contemporary to a quarter-century old, the pieces are introduced by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macfound.org\/fellows\/992\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MacArthur fellow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/the-sympathizer-by-viet-nguyen-author-interview-in-bloom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viet Thanh Nguyen<\/a>, himself a refugee, who writes of how he \u201cfound a home in language and storytelling.\u201d As with many collections, <i>Home<\/i> proves&nbsp;uneven, although numerous standouts demand attention, including Mohja Kahf\u2019s humorously poignant, \u201cMy Grandmother Washes Her Feet in the Sink of the Bathroom of Sears\u201d; Fariha R\u00f3is\u00edn\u2019s vindicating, \u201cMeet a Muslim\u201d; Mia Alvar\u2019s love-story-of-sorts, \u201cEsmerelda\u201d; Jason Koo\u2019s father-son road trip, \u201cBon Chul Koo and the Hall of Fame\u201d; Marilyn Chin\u2019s rallying \u201cFor Mitsuye Yamada on Her 90th Birthday\u201d; and Chang-rae Lee\u2019s elegiac \u201cThe Faintest Echo of Our Language.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For both writers and readers \u2013 regardless of background \u2013 Nguyen\u2019s admission will especially resonate: \u201cThrough books and stories, the world became my home, a place from which I could never be dispossessed so long as I lived and my mind could roam.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Review<\/strong>: modified from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.booklistonline.com\/Go-Home-\/pid=9143727\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;Fiction,&#8221; <em>Booklist<\/em>, February 1, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers<\/strong>: Adult<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published<\/strong>: 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The phrase,&nbsp;go home, encompasses polarizing intentions. 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