Huang’s lively, surprising, and all-encompassing biography of Anna May Wong should be on everyone’s summer reading list. A must for libraries with strong film and pop culture collections.
Exhaustively researched but written for a general audience, this book urges readers to consider the consequences of enslavement, racism, and the reality that manumission was less about people and more about money and power.
This lyrical examination of learning various skills and the ways in which expertise can manifest is recommended for collections where compilations of essays are popular.
Readers will get an intimate look at LGBTQ life in the 1940s. A great read for aspiring writers, devotees of LGBTQ history, and those who enjoy reading about an artist’s evolution.
Readers interested in a dramatically fleshed-out account of the history of women’s liberation, as well as the arts and literature generally, will find much to appreciate in this book. Recommended.