WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • The breathtaking debut of an important new voice—centered on a constellation of Korean American families“To encounter these achingly truthful, beautiful stories of newcomer Americans is like gazing up at the starry vault of a perfect night sky; it’s immediately dazzling and impressive, and yet the closer and deeper you look, the more you appreciate the sheer countless brilliance.”

An exquisite, deeply felt novel about a young woman who returns home to her Korean parents in QueensFor Grace Kim, veering off course is not an option. The daughter of immigrants in Flushing, Queens--her mother runs a deli, her father an auto repair shop--Grace understands hard work and responsibility. Far from home, she is supporting her boyfriend through Stanford medical school, and hopes for a law career, marriage, a family of her own. But when one day she is fo...

A ruler who became an immortal poet. A poet who rose to rule a nation.This nonfiction graphic novel epic traces the parallel lives of two Chinese leaders—Southern Tang emperor Li Yu and Chairman Mao Zedong—and explores how poetry can shape the fate of nations.How did one man’s devotion to verse hasten the fall of a dynasty? How did another’s poetry help propel him to power? And what do their stories, separated by a thousand years yet profou...

An exquisite, deeply felt novel about a young woman who returns home to her Korean parents in QueensFor Grace Kim, veering off course is not an option. The daughter of immigrants in Flushing, Queens--her mother runs a deli, her father an auto repair shop--Grace understands hard work and responsibility. Far from home, she is supporting her boyfriend through Stanford medical school, and hopes for a law career, marriage, a family of her own. But when one day she is fo...

WINNER OF THE PEN/ROBERT W. BINGHAM PRIZE • LONGLISTED FOR THE STORY PRIZE • The breathtaking debut of an important new voice—centered on a constellation of Korean American families“To encounter these achingly truthful, beautiful stories of newcomer Americans is like gazing up at the starry vault of a perfect night sky; it’s immediately dazzling and impressive, and yet the closer and deeper you look, the more you appreciate the sheer countless brilliance.”