Recent content from May-lee Chai
'Canoes' may be the best collection of short stories this year
Fiction: Maylis de Kerangal's eight tales are exquisite.
People live communally throughout the world; book wonders why we don't in the U.S.
NONFICTION: Lola Milholland's book is part memoir, part collection of "hippie" recipes.
Who are the 'Real Americans' when the wealthy are treated like superheroes?
FICTION: Rachel Khong's novel, which dips into science fiction, explores the consequences of inequity.
This novel's heroine enjoys a 'no-holds-barred' fling with 'The Tree Doctor'
FICTION: Pulled in too many directions, she grabs some randy "me time."
Review: 'Brotherless Night,' by V.V. Ganeshananthan
FICTION: A young woman's family is torn apart during the lengthy Sri Lankan civil war in this propulsive masterpiece by a Minnesota writer.
Review: 'A Map for the Missing,' by Belinda Huijuan Tang
FICTION: An elegant, soaring debut novel about a young Chinese man who returns home to look for his missing father.
Review: 'The Family Chao,' by Lan Samantha Chang
Who murdered the Chao family patriarch? Honestly, it could have been anyone.
Review: 'To Paradise,' by Hanya Yanagihara
A deeply moving cri de coeur about the power of love to fight despair.
Review: 'Afterparties,' by Anthony Veasna So
FICTION: Fierce and funny stories about the lives, loves and private hauntings of Cambodian Americans.
Review: 'Things We Lost to the Water,' by Eric Nguyen
FICTION: This debut novel examines the power of stories, truth and lies.
Review: 'Land of Big Numbers,' by Te-Ping Chen
FICTION: In these sophisticated stories, dreams come true, but always at a cost.
