book cover of "Minor Feelings: A Reckoning on Race and the Asian Condition" by Cathy Park Hong

Wine & Wisdom Book Club

Brooke Wallace

Wine & Wisdom Book Club

July 21, 2021

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Wine & Wisdom Book Club

Come learn and socialize with members as we explore fiction and non-fiction books that delve into social justice topics.

 

Our next book will be “Minor Feelings, An Asian American Reckoning,” by Cathy Park Hong. What happens when an immigrant believes the lies they’re told about their own racial identity? The daughter of Korean immigrants, Cathy Park Hong grew up in America steeped in shame, suspicion, and melancholy. She would later understand that these minor feelings occur when American optimism contradicts your own reality. With sly humor and a poet’s searching mind, Hong uses her own story as a portal into a deeper examination of racial consciousness. A radically honest work of art, Minor Feelings, forms a portrait of one Asian-American psyche and of a writer’s search to both uncover and speak the truth.

 

We would love for you to join us for an engaging conversation about this book on Wednesday, July 21, 2021, at 6:30 PM CT!  For more information and to RSVP please contact Jen Bernstein.