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A dazzling bildungsroman about friendship and betrayal, skill and competition. In 1988, Eric Cho, an aspiring article writer, finds Macalester University. On his first day he meets a lovely fledgling painter, Jessica Tsai, and another would-be novelist, the larger-than-life Joshua Yoon. Excellent, bawdy, nice, and manipulative, Joshua alters the span of their lives, rallying them alongside one another when they face an adolescent function of racism. As parents in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the three friends reunite as the 3AC, the Asian American Music artists Collective - alongside one another negotiating the needs of skill, love, business, and idealism until another racially tinged controversy strikes the headlines, this time with much larger consequences. Long following the 3AC has disbanded, Eric reflects on these incidents as he tries to make sense of Joshua's recent suicide. With wit, laughter, and compassion, The Collective explores the imagine becoming an designer, and questions if the reality is worthwhile the sacrifice.
