Debut AAPI Stories: Davin Malasarn's 'The Outer Country'

All Of It with Alison Stewart | May 7

The Outer Country, a debut novel from Davin Malasarn, follows multiple generations of a family split between Thailand and the United States. Malasarn drew from his own life for its story, including an experience of conversion therapy when a monk is called to perform an exorcism on a young boy exhibiting effeminate traits. Malasarn joins us.

Cover art courtesy of the publisher

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