Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

Minor Feelings is a groundbreaking collection of essays that delve into the complexities of Asian American consciousness, offering a fresh perspective on racial identity and its intersection with art, politics, and personal experience.

With unflinching honesty and vulnerability, Cathy Park Hong explores the tension between her own minor feelings - the shame, suspicion, and melancholy that she grew up with as the daughter of Korean immigrants - and the American optimism that contradicts them.

Through a series of incisive essays, Hong uncovers the ways in which these conflicting forces shape our understanding of race and identity, and offers a powerful new framework for thinking about racial consciousness in America today.

With its relentless pursuit of truth and its riveting exploration of the human experience, Minor Feelings is a must-read for anyone interested in the complexities of race and identity in our society.