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Category: Book Reviews

Last Call for Tenorio’s Monstress at the SF Philippine Consulate: Wednesday 28 November

Please join PAWA as we present Lysley Tenorio, author of the critically acclaimed Monstress. Writer and educator Rashaan Alexis Meneses will moderate. When: … More

Filipino American, Filipino Literature, Lysley Tenorio, Philippine Consulate

Waking from colonial dreams and post-colonial nightmares

Your Salonniere is excited and honored to be presenting at the 18th Annual Conference of ACTC: Association for Core Texts … More

Chinua Achebe, Critical Theory, Culture, Essays, Ethnic Politics, Joseph Conrad, Novels, Post-colonial, Post-post-colonial, Reading

GoodReads Review of J.D. Salinger’s “Franny & Zooey”

Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger My rating: 4 of 5 stars By Your Salonniere Oddly enough these caustic and … More

Ann Radcliffe, Buddhism, Character, Fiction, Hinduism, J.D. Salinger, Mysteries of Udolfo, Narratives, Novels, Pop Culture, Reading, Religion

GoodReads Review on Edwidge Danticat’s “Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work”

Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work by Edwidge Danticat By Your Salonniere My rating: 4 of 5 stars Architecture … More

Culture, Edwidge Danticat, Haiti, Political Writing, Writer's Life

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