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THE SENSE OF WONDER
An Asian American basketball star walks into a gym. No one recognizes him, but everyone stares anyway. It is the start of a joke but what is the punchline? When Won Lee, the first Asian American in the NBA, stuns the world in a seven-game winning streak, the global media audience dubs it The Wondermuch to Won's chagrin. Meanwhile, Won struggles to get attention from his coach, his peers, his fans, and most importantly, his hero, Powerball!, who also happens to be Won's teammate and the captain. Covering it all is sportswriter Robert Sung, who writes about Won's stardom while grappling with his own missed hoops opportunities as well as his place as an Asian American in media. And to witness it all is Carrie Kang, a big studio producer, who juggles a newfound relationship with Won while attempting to bring K-drama to an industry not known to embrace anything new or different.
The Sense of Wonder is an incredibly funny and heart-rending dive into race and our collective imagination that lays bare our limitations before blasting joyfully past them (Catherine Chung). This is the work of a gifted storyteller at the top of his game.
Matthew Salesses is the author of four books, most recently the national bestseller Craft inthe Real World and the 2021 PEN/Faulkner finalist Disappear Doppelganger Disappear.Adopted from Korea, he has written about adoption, race, and Asian American masculinity inBest American Essays 2020, NPR's Code Switch, The New York Times Motherlode blog, and The Guardian, among others. In 2015, Buzzfeed named him oneof 32 Essential Asian American Writers. He teaches at Columbia University.
The Sense of Wonder is an incredibly funny and heart-rending dive into race and our collective imagination that lays bare our limitations before blasting joyfully past them (Catherine Chung). This is the work of a gifted storyteller at the top of his game.
Matthew Salesses is the author of four books, most recently the national bestseller Craft inthe Real World and the 2021 PEN/Faulkner finalist Disappear Doppelganger Disappear.Adopted from Korea, he has written about adoption, race, and Asian American masculinity inBest American Essays 2020, NPR's Code Switch, The New York Times Motherlode blog, and The Guardian, among others. In 2015, Buzzfeed named him oneof 32 Essential Asian American Writers. He teaches at Columbia University.
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Published 2023-05-11 by Hachette |