Reading When the Emperor was Divine was pretty fun. It was a short read and gave me a new perspective on interment camps in the US. I remember learning about these when I was in middle school and high school but it was from our US history text books perspective. Even though it was fictional it was still very thought provoking.
I also read the optional paper about pop culture and it was pretty interesting, I enjoyed it because I’ve always had a hard time describing to myself what pop culture means. The conversation, at least in my social groups, have never really veered into that direction, never asked the question about what pop culture means, but it’s something I’ve questioned many times.