Interested in learning and talking about antiracism?
UBC Psychology faculty, students, and staff are invited to join the department’s Equity Committee at their next Book Club discussion on June 7.
The next book for discussion is Stamped: An anti-travel novel by Kawika Guillermo, the pen name of UBC’s own Christopher B. Patterson.
About the Book
- Winner of the 2020 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award in Prose
- Award-Winning Finalist in the Fiction: Literary category of the 2019 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest
Exasperated by the small-minded tyranny of his hometown, Skyler Faralan travels to Southeast Asia with $500 and a death wish. After months of wandering, he crosses paths with other dejected travelers: Sophea, a short-fused NGO worker; Arthur, a brazen expat abandoned by his wife and son; and Winston, a defiant intellectual exile. Bound by pleasure-fueled self-destruction, the group flounders from one Asian city to another, confronting the mixture of grief, betrayal, and discrimination that caused them to travel in the first place.
“Kawika Guillermo’s novel teaches the reader how to engage the world and reveals the very best about being a traveler rather than a tourist. We follow not only a vivid visual adventure across Asia, but also a linguistic journey into understanding new language and a definition of ‘we’ that is inclusive and empowering and revealing.”
Kawika Guillermo moves and writes throughout Asia and North America, usually embarking from his station in Hong Kong. This is his first novel.
Purchase the novel from UBC Bookstore, Massy Books, Hager Books, Book Warehouse, or find another local bookstore in your area.
UBC Psychology faculty, students, and staff who are interested in joining this discussion can contact Lauren Emberson or Kristin Laurin for more details.
