BOOK BRIEFS

representation matters, then who gets to represent “American Buddhism”? Chenxing Han’s stirring ethnographic memoir (North Atlantic) vocalizes the indignation felt by the Asian American Buddhist community for being either invisible in the eyes of mainstream American culture or pejoratively relegated to the status of superstitious heritage Buddhists. Though one of Han’s most important interlocutors is the late Aaron Lee of “Angry Asian Buddhist” fame, it is not anger that fuels Han or Lee’s work. Instead, this book burns with openheartedness, genuine curiosity, and the empathetic love that could only be the result of deep listening. She writes: “My interviewees taught me that it’s possible to