Contemporaries
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Earlier this year I read Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, a family saga thriller focusing on an immigrant Korean family and their struggle for survival and finding their place in mid-to-late 20th Century Japan. Pachinko was published in 2017 by Grand Central Publishing (Hachette), and became a national bestseller, a New York Times’ and ABA’s…
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Any of my friends who’ve played me in chess probably cried after because I always beat them. Were my opponents grandmasters or mean-mugged Soviets who look like they probably belonged in the mob? Thankfully no, but I still enjoy the thrill of absolutely dominating somebody else in a game based on skill and cleverness. First,…
