Red: A Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas
31 May, by in Adult Readers, Canadian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Pacific Islander, Young Adult Readers
"Once upon a time this was a true story ...
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In the Name of Honor by Mukhtar Mai with Marie-Thérèse Cuny, translated by Linda Coverdale, foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof
26 May, by in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Pakistani, South Asian
Mukhtar Mai's story is heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, even nauseating ...
Moon Bear by Brenda Z. Guiberson, illustrated by Ed Young
25 May, by in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
"Who blinks in the sunlight / that peeks through the Himalayas?" ...
Not All Princesses Dress in Pink by Jane Yolen and Heidi E. Y. Stemple, illustrated by Anne-Sophie Lanquetin
25 May, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific
Let the giggling begin! Mother/daughter writing team of hundreds-and-hundreds-of-titles-between-the-two-of-them present girl power with a pink-less crown on top! And what an absolutely delightful collaboration indeed. Not to disparage the color pink – I admit it! I loathe the color! – but really, pink is just...
I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World by Eve Ensler, foreword by Carol Gilligan
22 May, by in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Fiction, Poetry, Young Adult Readers
As the mother of a teenage girl (and too-soon-to-be-teenage son, too, egads!), I vacillate constantly between nervous fear and proud elation. My daughter is a miracle in so many ways ...
Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History by Canyon Sam, foreword by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
21 May, by in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Tibetan
Last night, six of my book hens (my mother likes to refer to my book club as "the chicken coop," which has an amusing ring to it in Korean: "kkoh-kkoh-jang") got together for a lively discussion of Canyon Sam's debut, Sky Train. Even though I...
Amazing Faces with poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet
19 May, by in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonethnic-specific, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry
In a word – and to quote from the title – this book is amazing. Filled with poems chosen by award-winning poet Lee Bennett Hopkins that celebrate the wonders of our diversity, this gorgeous book is populated by the vibrant immediacy of Chris Soentpiet's stunning canvases...
Resistance: Book 1 by Carla Jablonski, illustrated by Leland Purvis, color by Hilary Sycamore
18 May, by in European, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers
Here's something else that APAs and Jewish Americans have in common: we share the same heritage month! Yup, as of April 2006, May is not only our Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, but May is also Jewish American Heritage Month! Various stereotypes have long linked...
The Sandwich Swap by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah with Kelly DiPucchio, illustrated by Tricia Tusa
15 May, by in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Jordanian, Middle Eastern
When our daughter entered kindergarten oh those many years ago (she's a teenager already!), she almost immediately started to get hassled about her lunches ...
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen by Christopher McDougall
14 May, by in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers
If, at the end of reading (or, as in my case, listening to Fred Sanders read addictively out loud) this book, you are not completely and utterly convinced that human beings were born to run, I want to hear about it for sure. If you're...
Seeds of Change: Planting a Path to Peace by Jen Cullerton Johnson, illustrated by Sonia Lynn Sadler
13 May, by in African, Biography, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction
For those of us of a certain age, we remember well that shampoo commercial ...
Hotel Iris by Yoko Ogawa [in San Francisco Chronicle]
13 May, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation
If you're looking for the quirky, original Yoko Ogawa, her latest, Hotel Iris, is probably not for you. Go back to your bookstore or library and check out the delightfully inimitable The Housekeeper and the Professor (2009), about a genius math professor with only an 80-minute...
Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories of Loss and Love by Xinran, translated by Nicky Harman
11 May, by in Adult Readers, British Asian, Chinese, Nonfiction
Okay, so I'm not quite sure of the U.S. publication date for Xinran's latest ...
The Tale of Despereaux: being the story of a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread by Kate DiCamillo, illustrated by Timothy Basil Ering
10 May, by in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific
Sometimes it takes me years to read certain books. Oftentimes, fear is involved. Sometimes when I like a book so very much, I'm afraid the next book by that author just might disappoint. So I do the denial thing and move said title deeper down...
Blood Hina: A Mas Arai Mystery by Naomi Hirahara
06 May, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American
Every time I close a Mas Arai mystery (this is my third – I know, I need to catch up), and in spite of the sometimes gruesome body count, I have to admit I miss the crotchety old man with his Japanese phrases mixed in...
Let Me Help! | ¡Quiero Ayudar! by Alma Flor Ada, illustrated by Angela Domínguez
05 May, by in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latina/o/x
Happy Cinco de Mayo from Perico and his human family! While everyone busily prepares for the big picnic and festivities on the rented barge that will float down the San Antonio River, Perico the parrot looks for ways he can help, too. But Grandmother and Aunt...
Author Interview: Sonya Chung [in Bookslut]
04 May, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost
By the time I actually met Sonya Chung, debut novelist of Long for This World, which hit shelves in March, I was already a groupie. Long was one of those suddenly-surprising-out-of-nowhere books that make you gasp. A publicist sent it to me initially and it...
Kingyo Used Books (vol. 1) by Seimu Yoshizaki, translated by Adrienne Weber
03 May, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers
Having discovered manga late in life, I seem to be making up for lost time ...
Facts for Visitors: Poems by Srikanth Reddy
02 May, by in Adult Readers, Indian American, Poetry, South Asian American
Confession: I got to hang out twice with Srikanth – otherwise known as "Chicu" – Reddy two days in a row last weekend, first for the Asian American Literary Review's "8: A Symposium," and then for an Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival literary panel. Even though my...
Colibrí by Ann Cameron
01 May, by in Audio, Fiction, Latin American, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers
Even though "Uncle" calls her Rosa Garcia, Tzunun Chumil knows her real Mayan name, and that in Spanish, Tzunun is 'colibrí,' which means "hummingbird." She knows somewhere that she has a mother and father that once loved her very much, that she lived a happy...