Stay True is the book he's been working on every since. And then violently, senselessly, Ken is gone, killed in a carjacking, not even three years after the day they first met.ĭetermined to hold on to all that was left of one of his closest friends-his memories-Hua turned to writing. The only thing Hua and Ken have in common is that, however they engage with it, American culture doesn't seem to have a place for either of them.ĭespite Hua's first impressions, he and Ken become friends, a friendship built on late-night conversations over cigarettes, long drives along the California coast, and the textbook successes and humiliations of everyday college life. Ken, whose Japanese American family has been in the United States for generations, is mainstream for Hua, the son of Taiwanese immigrants, who makes zines and haunts Bay Area record shops, Ken represents all that he defines himself in opposition to. In the eyes of eighteen-year old Hua Hsu, the problem with Ken-with his passion for Dave Matthews, Abercrombie & Fitch, and his frat-is that he is exactly like everyone else. 10% of the purchase price of this book goes to support adult literacy through ProLiteracy-thanks for your support!įrom the New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art
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