The Translator's Daughter

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News coverage about Grace and The Translator’s Daughter.

KALW Radio New Arrivals: Excerpt of The Translator’s Daughter
Listen to me read a 2-minute excerpt of my memoir on my local NPR affiliate station.

Shelf Awareness: Review of The Translator’s Daughter
“Prasad's memoir is a tender tribute to her multilingual parents and a sensitive evocation of life as part of the Asian diaspora.”

Literary Hub: Caught Between Zodiacs: A Capricorn Daughter Remembers Her Translator Father
An excerpt about beginnings & endings; fissures & overlaps; and the tension & tenderness of existing in multiple spaces.

Guernica: Arrivals and Departures
About my family’s history of travel and the many migrations that led to my complicated sense of identity.

Hawai’i Review of Books: Becoming the Translator’s Daughter
About my relationship with my dad and with language, and the reasons I didn’t inherit his fluency and mobility.

Foreword Reviews: Review of The Translator’s Daughter
“A poignant memoir about the joy, sadness, struggle, and complexities of being an immigrant.”

Longreads: Chaos and Cosmic Order: Year of the Dragon
Excerpt from the first chapter of my book, on trying to make it home in time for Lunar New Year.

Library Journal: Review of The Translator’s Daughter
“A compelling and poignant story that sheds light on Taiwanese culture and recent history.”

A Broad and Ample Road: The Pig Festival
Excerpt from my book on a pivotal election in Taiwan and the politics that informed my parents’ generation.

Electric Literature: 75 Books to Read by Women of Color in 2024
Excited to be included in R.O. Kwon’s sensational annual roundup of new/forthcoming books by women writers of color.