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Paper Tigers

By Wesley Yang · New York Magazine · May 2011
Paper Tigers
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"Sometimes I’ll glimpse my reflection in a window and feel astonished by what I see. Jet-black hair. Slanted eyes. A pancake-flat surface of yellow-and-green-toned skin. An expression that is nearly reptilian in its impassivity. I’ve contrived t [...]"

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