Karin Spirn

Generative artificial intelligence tools may render the student essay obsolete. However, author Deborah A. Miranda’s hybrid memoir, the November California Book Club selection, presents an exciting alternative.

Asian American actors face hurdles, not only in Charles Yu’s Interior Chinatown, the June CBC pick, but also in Hollywood, with significant implications for our collective culture.

Writer Karin Spirn reflects on why the August CBC selection, The Wrong End of the Telescope, is narrated by a protagonist in conversation with a writer who resembles author Rabih Alameddine.