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Taiwanese novel is 1st Mandarin Chinese work to win International Booker Prize

Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King’s queer colonial romance has become the first Mandarin Chinese work to win one of fiction’s most prestigious internationa...

Author Baek Se-hee dies at 35, saves 5 lives through organ donation

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October 22, 2025

Author Baek Se-hee dies at 35, saves 5 lives through organ donation

Baek Se-hee, the South Korean author whose bestselling memoir candidly explored living with depression, died at age 35, the Korean Organ Donation Agency announc...

Asian authors face growing censorship as book bans surge in US schools

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October 6, 2025

Asian authors face growing censorship as book bans surge in US schools

More than 6,800 books were banned from American public schools during the 2024-25 school year, including numerous works by Asian authors in what free speech adv...

UC professor publishes dataset mapping Asian American literary canon

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October 6, 2025

UC professor publishes dataset mapping Asian American literary canon

A new dataset containing 1,900 entries aims to reveal which works scholars consider “Asian American” and which voices may be missing from that conversation, acc...

Arthur Sze named first Asian American poet laureate

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October 6, 2025

Arthur Sze named first Asian American poet laureate

Arthur Sze has been named the 25th U.S. poet laureate, becoming the first Asian American to hold the post. “Distinctly American”: The Library of Congress announ...

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