Tag Archives: race

Antiman: A Hybrid Memoir – Rajiv Mohabir

Posted on July 25, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by JD Jung) “I wanted to stop hiding. I wanted to tell them that I was queer. Queer sexually, queer religiously, queer by caste, and queer countried.” Rajiv Mohabir never felt that he belonged. As a resident of Central … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, Immigration, Modern Literary Fiction, World Issues | Tagged class, culture, Guyanese, immigration, India, LGBTQ, multiculture, political activism, race, sexuality | Comments Off

Barcelona Dreaming – Rupert Thomson

Posted on May 30, 2021 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “His discovery that I had been seeing a Moroccan immigrant half my age shocked him even more than the fact that I was implicated in my next-door neighbor’s death. He believed I was trying to destroy … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Short stories | Tagged addiction, Barcelona, class, illegal immigration, race | Comments Off

The People of Ostrich Mountain- Ndirangu Githaiga

Posted on February 18, 2021 by J D Jung

(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) This book takes its title from the view of Mt. Kilimanjaro from a distance. To some there appear to be ostriches up at the top but when we look closer, we each see different things. … Continue reading →

Posted in Immigration, Modern Literary Fiction | Tagged family, friendship, gender, immigration, Kenya, race | Comments Off

An UnderratedRead Revisited: Why Bad Governments Happen to Good People – Danny Katch

Posted on June 22, 2018 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “Trump is a tumor, not the cancer. He can do deadly harm if we don’t stop him, but we also have to treat the deeper sickness.” So how did we get to this point? How was … Continue reading →

Posted in Revisited | Tagged American politics, Donald Trump, Marxism, race | Comments Off

How Dare We! Write: A Multicultural Creative Writing Discourse – Sherry Quan Lee

Posted on October 27, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Jeyran Main) How Dare We! Write is a non-fiction book which caught me by surprise. The work is a collection of writing exercises written by teachers, community leaders, career writers that are bilingual, and multicultural. The editor expresses … Continue reading →

Posted in Non-fiction | Tagged culture, identity, race, writing | Comments Off

Why Bad Governments Happen to Good People – Danny Katch

Posted on September 6, 2017 by J D Jung

Posted in American Politics, Non-fiction, Politics | Tagged American politics, justice, Marxism, race, socialism, Trump | Comments Off

New People – Danzy Senna

Posted on August 1, 2017 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) “The poet is not a New Person…He doesn’t have mud-toned dreadlocks or octoroon gray eyes or butterscotch skin. …He has the body, the skin, the face that cabdrivers pretend not to see, that jewelers in midtown … Continue reading →

Posted in Modern Literary Fiction, Romance, World Issues | Tagged identity, race | Comments Off