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  • Mu, 49 Marks of Abolition by Sora Y. Han

    “A breathtaking work. . . . In a style that is remarkably poetic, Han moves from mourning her father’s death according to the Korean Buddhist conception of mu to Lacanian psychoanalysis, from contemporary experimental black and Asian American poetry to black critical theory, from US law to differential geometry and Korean history.” —R. A. Judy

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  • dear elia: Letters from the Asian American Abyss by Mimi Khúc

    “Showing that we are all differentially unwell and that our social contexts and identities impact our unwellness in different ways and at different times, Khúc argues that we need to embrace and accept unwellness in order to reorient ourselves toward a system of care.”—Sami Schalk

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  • At the Vanguard of Vinyl: A Cultural History of the Long-Playing Record in Jazz by Darren Mueller

    “A fresh take on jazz recordings that fundamentally transforms the way we think about jazz improvisation and the relationship between jazz musicians and recording technologies, as well as our assumptions about how gender, race, and music inform record production. A profound reconception of jazz historiography . . .”—Kevin Fellezs

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  • Platinum Bible of the Public Toilet: Ten Queer Stories by Cui Zi'en

    “Cui Zi’en is known for shaking up the world of Chinese queer cinema and standing at the forefront of the queer rights movement in China. . . . This collection reveals Cui Zi’en’s strange literary universe, brimming with the uncanny, the philosophical, and the beautiful.”—Michael Berry

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