In 'Stay True,' Hua Hsu recounts his formative years as a son of Taiwanese immigrants, set against the backdrop of a college friendship with Ken, a Japanese American whose untimely death in a carjacking cuts short a bond built on late-night talks and shared outsider struggles. Navigating through identity, culture, and grief, Hsu crafts a poignant memoir illuminated by the arts, transcending the ordinary with unflinching honesty and a search for place and purpose in America.