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Minor Feelings: a Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020

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Cathy Park Hong

Minor Feelings

Nonfiction | Autobiography / Memoir | Adult | Published in 2020
Book Details
Pages

224

Format

Autobiography / Memoir • Nonfiction

Setting

United States • 2010s

Publication Year

2020

Audience

Adult

Recommended Reading Age

18+ years

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Super Short Summary

Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong is an essay collection that delves into the Asian American experience in the United States, exploring themes of structural racism, cultural appropriation, identity, and media representation across seven autobiographical essays. Topics include racial dynamics, struggles for artistic voice, white innocence, linguistic influences, artistic erasure, and feelings of indebtedness within immigrant communities.

Contemplative

Emotional

Melancholic

Informative

Bittersweet

Reviews & Readership

4.4

44,325 ratings

82%

Loved it

15%

Mixed feelings

4%

Not a fan

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Review Roundup

Cathy Park Hong's Minor Feelings has been lauded for its profound exploration of the Asian American experience through poignant essays that blend memoir, cultural criticism, and history. Critics highlight its raw emotional honesty and incisive social commentary. Some readers note that its intense tone may not appeal to everyone. Overall, it's a compelling, thought-provoking read.

Who should read this

Who Should Read Minor Feelings?

Readers who appreciate deep, introspective essays on race, identity, and the Asian American experience will be captivated by Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings. Fans of Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me or Claudia Rankine’s Citizen will find Hong's work similarly thought-provoking and poignant.

4.4

44,325 ratings

82%

Loved it

15%

Mixed feelings

4%

Not a fan

Book Details
Pages

224

Format

Autobiography / Memoir • Nonfiction

Setting

United States • 2010s

Publication Year

2020

Audience

Adult

Recommended Reading Age

18+ years

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