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Hua Hsu writes for The New Yorker and is the author of A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure Across the Pacific.\n\n \u201cI remember, as a kid, my dad telling me that when he moved to the United States he subscribed to The New Yorker, and then he canceled it after a month because he had no idea what any of it was about. You know, at the time, it certainly wasn\u2019t a magazine for a Chinese immigrant fresh off the boat\u2014or off the plane, rather\u2014in the early 70s. And I always think about that. I always think, \u2018I want my dad to understand even though he\u2019s not that interested in Dr.Dre.\u2019 I still think, \u2018I want him to be able to glean something from this.\u2019\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Texture, and Squarespace for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@huahsu\nhuascene.com\nHsu on Longform\n[03:45] A Floating Chinaman: Fantasy and Failure Across the Pacific (Harvard University Press \u2022 2016)\n[04:00] The Good Earth (Pearl S. Buck \u2022 Washington Square Press \u2022 1931)\n[06:00] "Where\u2019s the Beef?" (Slate \u2022 Jul 2007)\n[07:15] And China Has Hands (H.T. Tsiang \u2022 Ironweed Press \u2022 2003)\n[09:00] "On the Road with Hannibal Buress, Comedy\u2019s Most Respected Slacker" (The Fader \u2022 Apr 2015)\n[14:45] "The Remarkable Forgotten Life of H. T. Tsiang" (New Yorker \u2022 Jul 2016)\n[14:45] "Endless Endless: Kraftwek at MoMA" (Paris Review \u2022 May 2012)\n[26:15] "A God Dream" (New Yorker \u2022 Feb 2016)\n[26:45] Hsu\u2019s Archive at Grantland\n[26:45] "All Hail the Chairmen: Jonathan Olivares\u2019s \u2018Taxonomy of Office Chairs\u2019" (LA Review of Books \u2022 Apr 2012)\n[28:45] Pitchfork\n[28:45] Stereogum\n[29:45] "Reality Hunger" (New Yorker \u2022 Aug 2015)\n\n\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices