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How Not to Be Afraid of Everything, by Jane Wong

Chinese American poet Jane Wong’s new collection, How Not to Be Afraid of Everything, grapples with fear and anger at her family’s silence about what they suffered in China’s Great Leap Forward.

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Chinese American poet Jane Wong’s new collection, How Not to Be Afraid of Everything, grapples with fear and anger at her family’s silence about what they suffered in China’s Great Leap Forward.