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Hanh Nguyen is an Executive Editor, Culture & Food at Salon and an the award-winning culture critic whose work has also appeared on IndieWire, TVGuide.com and The Hollywood Reporter. She co-hosts the "Good Pop Culture Club" podcast, which examines the good pop that gets us through our days, from an Asian American perspective. Follow her on Bluesky @hanhonymous

Vivian Wu, Mark Ivanir, Hilary Swank, Ray Panthaki, and Ato Essandoh in "Away" (Netflix)

“A world beyond fear”: Netflix’s “Away” questions the pull of Earthbound politics in space

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How a disastrous attempt to pee inspired Netflix’s mission to Mars drama “Away”

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"Twenty Thousand Hertz" episode audio deepfakes (Matt Fleming/20kHertz)

Beware the audio deepfake, which can be far more damaging politically than video

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Lee Re & Lee Jung-hyun in "Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula" (Well Go Entertainment)

Despair all ye who board the joyless “Train to Busan” sequel, where even the zombies feel generic

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"Luster," "All the Right Mistakes," "A House Is a Body," "True Story," "Disappear Doppelganger Disappear," "The Death of Vivek Oji" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/She Writes Press/Algonquin/Viking/Little a/Riverhead Books)

The dark and biting “Luster,” plus 5 more provocative must-reads for August

Erin Keane, Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
"Raised by Wolves" key art poster (HBO Max)

Watch the trailer for Ridley Scott’s U.S. TV directorial debut, sci-fi series “Raised by Wolves”

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Feliks Zemdegs and Max Park in "The Speed Cubers" (Netflix)

Netflix’s engrossing Rubik’s Cube competition doc reminds us what we’re missing without the Olympics

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Peacock TV (Peacock)

What the hell is Peacock? Here’s a guide to the “free as a bird” streaming service

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July Reading List (Salon/Henry Holt and Co./Dial Press Trade/Flatiron Books/Ecco/Gallery/Saga Press)

New page-turners heat up our summer reading: “Blacktop Wasteland,” “The Only Good Indians” and more

Erin Keane, Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
Death in her Hands by Otessa Moshfeigh, Self Care by Leigh Stein, Block Seventeen by Kimiko Guthrie, You Exist too Much by Zaina Arafat, and The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Salon/Riverhead Books/Catapult/Blackstone Publishing/Penguin)

Brit Bennett’s “The Vanishing Half” and 4 more must-read novels out in June

Erin Keane, Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
Friends, from left, Sheba Sahlemariam, from Los Angeles, Vicky Van, from San Gabriel, Raven Ramos, from Culver City and Jasmine chow, from San Gabriel, joined nearly 1,000 people gathered to protest the death of George Floyd and in support of Black Lives Matter, in downtown, Los Angeles, CA, on Friday, June 5, 2020. (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

My fellow Asian Americans, we must address the anti-Blackness rampant in our community

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Matthew Macfadyen and Michael Sheen in "Quiz" (AMC)

True or false? AMC’s “Quiz” goes inside the game show coughing scandal that tests confirmation bias

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"Looney Tunes," "Love Life," "The Not-Too-Late Show With Elmo," "Legendary" (HBO max)

HBO Max is here – but not for everyone! Here’s how to watch, plus reviews of every original show

Melanie McFarland, Ashlie D. Stevens, Mary Elizabeth Williams, Hanh Nguyen
Jonah Hauer-King in "World on Fire" (PBS)

“Everything is changed”: Star Jonah Hauer-King on the WWII drama “World on Fire” and Season 2 plans

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Two women playing a video game on a tv screen (Getty Images/Hinterhaus Productions)

10 chill and affordable video games to play that aren’t “Animal Crossing”

Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
Tamlyn Tomita | The Joy Luck Club (Buena Vista Pictures/WETA/Salon)

Beyond “Joy Luck Club”: Tamlyn Tomita on “Asian Americans” and the power of immigrant storytelling

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Split of: "All Adults Here" by Emma Straub, "Sansei & Sensibility by Karen Teil Yamashita, "The Prettiest Star" by Carter Sickels, and "Almond" by Won-pyung Sohn (Riverhead Books/Coffee House Press/Hub City Press/HarperVia/Salon)

The best and boldest new must-read books for May

Erin Keane, Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
Taron Egerton as Elton John in "Rocketman" (Paramount Pictures)

The best movies to stream in May, from “Rocketman” to “The Lovebirds”

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"Vinyl Nation" (Gilman Hall Pictures)

“Record stores changed our lives”: New doc “Vinyl Nation” celebrates Record Store Day at home

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Megan Stott in "Little Fires Everywhere" (Hulu)

On “Little Fires Everywhere,” everyone’s secret comes out, setting up for a heated finale

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Why Fish Don't Exist by Lulu Miller (Kristen Finn/Simon & Schuster)

“Why Fish Don’t Exist” explores eugenics in the US, a Hawaiian murder plot, and the meaning of life

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The Kim Family (Woo-sik Choi, Kang-ho Song, Hye-jin Jang, So-dam Park) in Parasite. (Courtesy of NEON + CJ Entertainment)

Something for everyone: The best movies to stream in April (updated)

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"Afterlife"" by Julia Alvarez, "Perfect Tunes"" by Emily Gould, "The Coyotes of Carthage"" by Steven Wright, "The House of Deep Water"" by Jeni McFarland, and "How to Pronounce Knife"" by Souvankham Thammavongsa" (Algonquin Books/Simon & Schuster/Harper Collins/G.P. Putnam’s Sons/Little, Brown and Company)

Recommended reading for April: New must-read books to liven up long shutdown days

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Julia Brown in "World on Fire" (PBS)

“It’s our foundation myth”: PBS’ “World on Fire” challenges the World War II narrative we know

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