RaveGuernica... presents a fraught and considerate attempt to say what it means to be Asian American today ... [Hong\'s] essays offer a nuanced understanding of the Asian American psyche, not in isolation, but relative to its place in America ... a wide-ranging exploration of Hong’s own minor feelings ... Hong doesn’t dodge the specificities of her life as a Korean American, which allows her work to rupture any idea of a singular Asian American experience. By recounting these interactions, Hong’s writing makes all of these minor feelings expressible; the invisible effects of racism on individuals can be made visible ... As much as Hong acknowledges the specifics of her personal experience, she refuses to offer her story as either singular or universal.
