Irreverently juggling magical realism, film noir, hip hop, and chicanismo, Tropic of Orange takes place in a Los Angeles where the homeless, gangsters, infant organ entrepreneurs, and Hollywood collide on a stretch of the Harbor Freeway. Hemmed in by wildfires, it's a symphony conducted from an overpass, grandiose, comic, and as diverse as the city itself—from an author who has received the California Book Award and the Association for Asian American Studies Book Award, among other literary honors.
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Karen Tei Yamashita is one of the
foremost writers of her generation, receving praise from such publications as
the Los Angeles Times and New York Times. I Hotel, which took over a decade to write and research, is considered
her magnum opus. She has won many awards, including an American Book Award and
the Janet Heidinger Kafka Award. A California native who has also lived in
Brazil and Japan, she teaches at the University of California, Santa Cruz,
where she received the Chancellor’s Award for Diversity in 2009.
Emily Woo Zeller is an artist, actor, dancer, choreographer, and voice artist who has won Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award for Best Narration in 2018. She began her voice-over career by voicing animation in Asia. AudioFile magazine named her one of the Best Voices of 2013 for her work in Gulp. Other awards include the 2009 Tristen Award for Best Actress as Sally Bowles in Cabaret and the 2006 Roselyn E. Schneider Prize for Creative Achievement.