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  Viet Book Fest comes to Santa Ana with novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen

  ocregister.com - Peter Larsen

  Viet Book Fest, which celebrates the literature of the Vietnamese diaspora, will take place in Santa Ana on Saturday, June 3, with Viet Thanh Nguyen, …

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  R.F. Kuang says she wanted ‘Yellowface’ to feel like ‘an anxiety attack’

  ocregister.com - Stuart Miller

  When Athena Liu, a bright Asian American literary star suddenly dies after choking on a pancake, her friend June Hayward sees a once-in-a-lifetime …

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  Orange County Register

  

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  T.J. Newman discusses ‘Drowning,’ her new novel about a plane crash

  ocregister.com - Associated Press

  By Alicia RancilioTime is a precious commodity and some readers need to be hooked from page one. T.J. Newman’s 2021 debut novel “Falling” (Avid …

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  This week’s bestsellers at Southern California’s independent bookstores

  ocregister.com - Staff report

  The SoCal Indie Bestseller List for the sales week ended May 28 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the …

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  How Luis Alberto Urrea honors his mother’s WWII service in ‘Good Night, Irene’

  ocregister.com - Michael Schaub

  Luis Alberto Urrea is no stranger to historical fiction. The author earned rave reviews for his 2005 novel “The Hummingbird’s Daughter,” which told …

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  The Book Pages: Zyzzyva’s Oscar Villalon wants you to join the party

  ocregister.com - Erik Pedersen

  As our fragmented attention spans are bombarded by cannonades of content, why would you willingly choose to seek out a literary journal to read? …