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R.O. Kwon

R. O. Kwon

R.O. Kwon’s nationally bestselling first novel, The Incendiaries, is published by Riverhead, and it is being translated into six languages. It was named a best book of the year by over 40 publications. Kwon and Garth Greenwell coedited the bestselling anthology Kink, a New York Times Notable Book.

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62 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2023

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62 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2022

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Asian woman reading with a cup of coffee by a window

43 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2021

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56 Books By Women and Nonbinary Writers of Color to Read in 2020

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48 Books By Women and Nonbinary Authors of Color to Read in 2019

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Why Korean American Writers Love Alexander Chee

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A New Anthology of Asian American Writing Asks What Home Even Means

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Author photos of WOC including Roxane Gay and Tayari Jones

46 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2018

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The Asian American Women Writers Who Are Going to Change the World

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34 Books by Women of Color to Read This Year

Feb 20 - R.O. Kwon

I Love This Land; I Grieve

Dec 19 - R.O. Kwon

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