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“Making It” in America: Vanessa Hua Addresses the Myth of the Model Minority
“Critiques of late-stage capitalism don’t address how people of color get pitted against each other.”
By
Vanessa Hua
| August 8, 2022
The Chairman Had No Rhythm: What It Meant to Dance with Mao Zedong
Vanessa Hua Follows Echoes of History Around the Dance Floor
By
Vanessa Hua
| April 20, 2022
Vanessa Hua: On the Banned Chinese Novel My Father Loved in His Youth
Inside the Rollicking, Political World of
The Water Margin
By
Vanessa Hua
| August 27, 2018
One Wish: A Novel? A Baby? A Father's Life?
Vanessa Hua on Magical Thinking and the Power of a Wishbone
By
Vanessa Hua
| August 8, 2016
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