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To read this book is to become more human.\"--Claudia Rankine, author of \u003ci\u003eCitizen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIn development as a television series starring and adapted by Greta Lee * One of \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e's 10 Best Nonfiction Books of the Year * Named One of the Best Books of the Year by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, The Washington Post,\u003c\/i\u003e NPR, \u003ci\u003eNew Statesman, BuzzFeed, Esquire,\u003c\/i\u003e The New York Public Library, and \u003ci\u003eBook Riot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly and provocatively blends memoir, cultural criticism, and history to expose fresh truths about racialized consciousness in America. 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Hong's razor-sharp, provocative prose will linger long after you put Minor Feelings down' - AnOther, Books You Should Read This Year    'A fearless work of creative non-fiction about racism in cultural pursuits by an award-winning poet and essayist' - Asia House   'Brilliant, penetrating and   unforgettable, Minor Feelings is what was missing on our shelf of classics ... To read this book is to become more human'  - Claudia Rankine author of Citizen    'Hong says the book was 'a dare to herself', and she makes good on it: by writing into the heart of her own discomfort, she emerges with a reckoning destined to be a classic' - Maggie Nelson, author of The Argonauts    What happens when an immigrant believes the lies they're told about their own racial identity?   For Cathy Park Hong, they experience the shame and difficulty of minor feelings.   The daughter of Korean immigrants, Cathy Park Hong grew up in America steeped in shame, suspicion, and melancholy. 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