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#180 - Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li

2022/6/6
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On this episode, we discuss our May 2022 pick is Portrait of a Thief) by Grace D. Li, a story about 5 Chinese American college students who form a heist crew to steal back stolen Chinese art from western museums. We discuss the book's themes of diaspora and reclaiming culture, as well as dive into how heisty this heist book turned out to be. 

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