Eric Nguyen discusses his new novel, Things We Lost to the Water, and how Vietnamese American literature processes the ongoing influence of colonialism.
It’s so important that we not romanticize new motherhood. It’s hard enough to be a new parent with without the added guilt that you aren’t doing it right, or the loneliness of thinking no one else has had these feelings.
Some people think it's the worst film ever made; for others it's an eye-opening film that changes the way they think about development aid or stereotypes.
Those who seek to ban my book are trying to exploit fear—about the realities that books like mine expose, fear about desire and sex and love—and distort it into something ugly, in an attempt to wish away queer experiences.
I think this is why there is so much enthusiasm for mythological retellings: they let us escape to another world, but they ask questions that still matter to us today.
Our list this month is consistent. Its top five are unchanged. Last month's list was consistent. Its top three were unchanged. My monthly dispatches about the Millions Top Ten are... well, you get the idea.