May-lee Chai
May-lee Chai is the author most recently of a short story collection, Useful Phrases for Immigrants, which won a 2019 American Book Award. Her 11th book, Tomorrow in Shanghai and Other Stories, is coming out next year.
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Community of Voices
Julie Otsuka’s beautiful The Swimmers, the September California Book Club selection, departs from the manner in which she uses collective voice in her first two novels but continues to demonstrate deep emotional and cultural insight.
Aug 25, 2022
Finding ‘The Woman Warrior’ Among the Paperbacks
Author May-lee Chai recognizes herself in books for the first time in Maxine Hong Kingston’s groundbreaking memoir of Asian American girlhood, the October 2021 selection of the California Book Club.
Sep 30, 2021