A review by huycantread
The Souls of Yellow Folk: Essays by Wesley Yang

3.0

The writing was fine, but the content felt like his publishing deal came out way too late (2018) - like why are we writing/reading about pick-up artists, the invention of reddit and Grindr, etc. I liked his writing on Asian America like the Virginia Tech shooting and Eddie Haung/Fresh Off the Boat (because that’s what I came into the book looking for!) but that was only a third of the book and still felt outdated and reiterative. Sophia Nguyen’s review of the book in Slate got his ass though.