{"id":49242,"date":"2022-04-18T11:12:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-18T15:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/?p=49242"},"modified":"2022-04-11T12:19:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T16:19:12","slug":"youve-changed-fake-accents-feminism-and-other-comedies-from-myanmar-by-pyae-moe-thet-war-in-booklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apa.si.edu\/bookdragon\/youve-changed-fake-accents-feminism-and-other-comedies-from-myanmar-by-pyae-moe-thet-war-in-booklist\/","title":{"rendered":"You’ve Changed: Fake Accents, Feminism, and Other Comedies from Myanmar by Pyae Moe Thet War [in Booklist]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nShe has two names, Moe Thet War and Pyae Pyae (pronounced \u201cpuh-yay, puh-yay\u201d). Both were carefully chosen by her parents. As a Myanmar-born, U.S.- and British-educated, Myanmar-returned resident with a perfect American accent, Pyae Pyae unabashedly explores her \u201climinality … the place that I\u2019d been occupying my whole life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once the \u201clone mythical Myanmar unicorn in every writing space I attended,\u201d she claims her own expanse in this vivacious debut nonfiction collection showcasing wise-beyond-her-years insight (she\u2019s 25 in her first essay), biting impatience, and plenty of unfiltered humor. She deftly skewers gender inequity, defying the Myanmar concept of hpone \u2013 \u201can innate, mystical power that men supposedly possess\u201d \u2013 in \u201cLaundry Load,\u201d challenging body-shaming in \u201cHtamin sar chin tae\u201d (Do you want to eat rice?), and rejecting the pressures to choose motherhood in \u201cgood, Myanmar, girl.\u201d<\/p>\n

English fluency and nonwhite identity get brilliantly dissected in \u201cUnique Selling Point,\u201d \u201cTongue Twisters,\u201d and \u201cMyanglish.\u201d In other essays, learning to swim proves lifesaving, especially in being able to ask for help; she documents the demise of her almost-seven-year relationship with her white lover, dubbed \u201cToothpick”; and she exposes racism in the professional culinary industry in \u201cA Baking Essay I Need to Write.\u201d<\/p>\n

How sweet publication proves to be: \u201cI did not think young girls who had names like mine were allowed to call themselves writers.\u201d Hers is a well-earned moniker indeed.<\/p>\n

YA\/General Interest<\/b>:\u00a0YAs will be struck by these illuminating, entertaining essays about coming of age between languages, cultures, and born-into and chosen families.<\/p>\n

Review<\/strong>: “Nonfiction,” Booklist<\/em>, April 1, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

Readers<\/strong>: Young Adult, Adult<\/p>\n

Published<\/strong>: 2022<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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