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Leah Abuan Milne, PhD
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A few of my favorites, in no particular order...
Mia Alvar – In the Country
Gina Apostol – Insurrecto
Thi Bui – The Best We Could Do
Carlos Bulosan – America is in the Heart
Octavia Butler – Parable of the Sower
Elaine Castillo – America is not the Heart
Kate Chopin – The Awakening
Edwidge Danticat – Create Dangerously
Ellison – Invisible Man
Louise Erdrich – The Plague of Doves
Percival Everett – Percival Everett by Virgil Russell
Zora Neale Hurston – Their Eyes Were Watching God
N.K. Jemisin – The Fifth Season
Mat Johnson – Pym
Maxine Hong Kingston – Woman Warrior
Nicole Krauss – History of Love
Nella Larsen – Passing
Victor LaValle – The Changeling
John Lewis – March
Marjorie Liu – Monstress
Ling Ma – Severance
Carmen Maria Machado – Her Body and Other Parties
Toni Morrison – Song of Solomon
Toni Morrison – Beloved
Bharati Mukherjee – The Holder of the World
Aimee Nezhukumatathil – Oceanic
Celeste Ng – Everything I Never Told You
Morgan Parker – Beyonce
Claudia Rankine – Citizen
Janice Lobo Sapigao – Microchips for Millions
Mary Shelley – Frankenstein
Jillian & Mariko Tamaki – This One Summer
Shawn Tan – The Arrival
Natasha Trethewey – Domestic Work
Sarah Vowell – Assassination Vacation
Colson Whitehead – Underground Railroad