Teacher Guide

Stay True Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

Hua Hsu's first book, A floating Chinaman: fantasy and failure across the Pacific, is not too similar in theme or subject matter to Stay True. However, those interested in Hsu's body of work might find this look into Chinese-American relations interesting.

The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston, Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong, and Ameican Seoul by Helena Rho are other memoirs by Asian Americans that have overlapping themes with Stay True. As such, they could be interesting complements that expand upon the theme of the Asian-American experience.

For those interested in the history of Taiwan (which would contextualize Hsu's experience as a Taiwanese-American even further), Accidental...

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