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BookDragon April 2007

San Francisco’s International Hotel: Mobilizing the Filipino American Community in the Anti-Eviction Movement by Estella Habal [in San Francisco Chronicle]

19 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Filipina/o American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian American

san-franciscos-international-hotel This is not a spoiler: Estella Habal's San Francisco's International Hotel: Mobilizing the Filipino American Community in the Anti-Eviction Movement is a story with a happy ending. Proof positive is the 2-year-old International Hotel, which stands...

The Barn Owl’s Wondrous Capers by Sarnath Banerjee

01 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Indian, South Asian

Barn Owls Wondrous CapersI have to admit that I had never heard of Indian graphic novels (just not on my radar, even though I have a heavy South Asian diasporic literary bent because...

Corridor: A Graphic Novel by Sarnath Banerjee

01 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Indian, South Asian

CorridorWell, no wonder why I hadn't heard of Indian graphic novels until discovering Sarnath Banerjee! I wasn't alone as his debut title, Corridor, was widely marketed as Indian's first graphic novel! Although, that's apparently incorrect information...

The Last Empress by Anchee Min [in San Francisco Chronicle]

01 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost

last-empress2Any way you look at it, royal life is hell. So here's yet another book to prove it. "Although I had every luxury and my duties were often rewarding, Imperial glory also meant loneliness and living...

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