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Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life

by Alice Wong

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Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life by Alice Wong appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around nonfiction, biography & memoir, short stories, essays & poetry, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.

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