The Asian-American Trollope
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After years of labor, Min Jin Lee is an overnight sensation.
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Zeno of Elea famously postulated his many paradoxes in defence of Parmenides' worldview: that all is "oneness," and pluralism is merely an illusion.    Of his forty paradoxes, the four most enduring have fascinated philosophers, mathematicians, and regular pundits for millennia.    As one of the many pundits ensnared by Zeno's challenges, I will present my own analysis of arguably his most famous paradox of all: The race between Achilles and the tortoise.
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By Munz, Tania  LORRAINE DASTON and GREGG MITMAN (eds.), Thinking with Animals: New Perspectives on Anthropomorphism. New York: Columbia University Press, 2005. Pp. vii+230. ISBN 0-2311.3038-4. Pounds 32.00, $49.50 (hardback).
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John Burnham Schwartz talks about his new novel, âThe Commoner,â which is told from the point of view of a fictional doppelgÃ¤nger for Empress Michiko of Japan.
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It is tempting to think of âKing of California,â a serious comedy that does many things right, as a sequel of sorts to âOne Flew Over the Cuckooâs Nest.â
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Lisa Seeâs âPeony in Loveâ is a novel built on research about prettily oppressed 17th-century Chinese women who yearn for literacy and freedom.
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"Pegasus Descending" (Simon &amp; Schuster, 356 pages, $26) &#151; James Lee Burke
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Chinese-American Carnegie Wong and his Caucasian wife, Jane Bailey, are part of what their neighbor calls "the new American family." It's the family Carnegie says "was simply something we made. Something we chose." This multiculturalism is the heart of Gish Jen's novel The Love Wife.
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âDo Me,â an eclectic literary anthology dedicated to sex in all its glorious iterations, offers an entertaining if uneven read.
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Arts & entertainment: Hiroshige's prints of 19th-century Japan conjure up an impossibly tranquil world but don't be fooled
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Richard Corliss on the pioneer Chinese-American star
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A hateful column in AsianWeek should never have been printed. ButÂ  it touched on a subject--tensions between blacks and Asians--that could benefit from some clear, constructive thought.
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âTrumpery,â a play that opened this month in New York, explores a period teeming with religiosity and controversy.
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In one of the stranger acts of globalism, the Chinese are writing Italian operas. Xiao Baiâs âFarewell My Concubineâ from the China National Opera House is touring the United States and came semistaged to Avery Fisher Hall on Sunday night.
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Henry Jenkins  and his observations on social responsibility in Chinese video game culture.
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Move over Japanese horror film makers: The best stuff is coming out of Korea these days. Get ready for some really weird, genre-bending movies. By Jason Silverman.
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Double-eyelid surgeries, once derided as a sign of ethnic self-hatred, are on the rise among Asian-American women. In Bodyhack.