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    Monique Truong: Bitter in the Mouth

    Bitter in the Mouth (Random House) Monique Truong is an intransigent—she will not settle for anyone's desire to interpret or in any way falsity the world she knows. This time Vietnamese-born Truong sets to revealing the lies implicit in the question, "What is it like to grow up Asian in America?"

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    By Michael Silverblatt • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

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