Revisited: "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu

12/10/2021

LeVar Burton Reads

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An immigrant mother tries to bond with her American-born son by creating a magical paper menagerie. This story appears in Ken Liu's collection THE PAPER MENAGERIE AND OTHER STORIES, available now from Saga Press.

Ken Liu's forthcoming novel, THE VEILED THRONE, is the third installment of THE DANDELION DYNASTY and will be available November 2nd from Saga Press.

Content advisory: Hospitals, death of a parent

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Revisited: "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu

LeVar Burton Reads

Otros episodios de "LeVar Burton Reads"

"She Builds Quick Machines" by Lyndsie Manusos

"When the Apples are Ripe" by Diane Oliver

"The Coffin Maker" by AnaMaria Curtis

"The Appropriation of Cultures" by Percival Everett

"The Hidden Forests of Earth and Mars" by Anna Zumbro

"Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush" by Luis Alberto Urrea

"The World Wasn't Ready for You" by Justin C. Key

"Quarropts Can't Dance" by Rodrigo Culagovski

"Folk Hero Motifs in Tales Told by the Dead" by KT Bryski

"The Destroyer" by Tara Isabella Burton