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#180 - Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
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Length:
57 minutes
Released:
Jun 6, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
On this episode, we discuss our May 2022 pick is Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li, a story about 5 Chinese American college students who form a heist crew to steal back stolen Chinese art from western museums. We discuss the book's themes of diaspora and reclaiming culture, as well as dive into how heisty this heist book turned out to be. *Support the podcast by purchasing books at our bookshop *Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba May 2022 pick is Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda LoThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
Released:
Jun 6, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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