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White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise [in AsianWeek]

30 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

White Like MeWOW. Here’s a white man’s exploration of race in America and his humble, blunt, sometimes even unknowingly racist attempts to be anti-racist even as he is part of the privileged majority. Review: <a...

The Almond: The Sexual Awakening of a Muslim Woman by Nedjma, translated by C. Jane Hunter [in AsianWeek]

30 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, European, Fiction, Repost, Translation

AlmondPublished under a pseudonym because of its autobiographical nature, this hoping-to-be controversial novel recounts the erotic maturation of a young Muslim woman. She’s married off at 17 to an older man who brutalizes her under familial...

Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch by Dai Sijie, translated by Ina Rilke [in AsianWeek]

30 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Mr Muo's Travelling CouchThe long-awaited follow-up to the provocative Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress introduces readers to the hapless Muo, a newbie Freud devotee, who returns to his native China...

The Flight of the Creative Class: The New Global Competition for Talent by Richard Florida [in AsianWeek]

30 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

Flight of the Creative ClassAmerica – home of the best minds in the world? As Florida challenges, take a hard look at the 21st-century United States: That position of leadership is anything...

Fold Me a Poem by Kristine O’Connell George, illustrated by Lauren Stringer [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Nonethnic-specific, Poetry, Repost

Fold Me a PoemA little boy composes colorful poems to go with an array of origami treasures, from animals to flowers to nighttime stars. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 26,...

Waiting for May by Janet Morgan Stoeke [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Waiting for MayBased on the author’s family’s experience of adopting their own little girl, this story is told from the brother’s point of view as he lovingly anticipates meeting his sister-to-be from China. Review: <a...

Peach Heaven by Yangsook Choi [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Korean American, Nonfiction, Repost

Peach HeavenBased on a real-life incident from the author’s childhood in Korea, this beautifully rendered book captures one stormy day when the skies seem to rain the most delicious peaches. The thoughtful young Choi worries...

Kitten’s Big Adventure by Mie Araki [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Kitten's Big AdventureWonderful illustrations recount a kitten’s first outside romp in search of an elusive butterfly. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 26, 2005 Readers: Children Published: 2005...

The Diary of Ma Yan edited and introduced by Pierre Haski, translated from the French by Lisa Appignanesi, originally translated from Mandarin by He Yanping [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Diary of Ma YanA heartbreakingly inspirational book about a young girl in a tiny rural Chinese village who desperately wants an education, and the love and gratitude she feels for her parents –...

Bindi Babes and Bollywood Babes by Narinder Dhami [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in British, British Asian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Bindi Bollywood Babes Welcome to the fabulous world of the Bindi Babes, otherwise known as the dynamic Dhillon sisters, Amber, Jazz, and Geena. In the first installment of the trilogy, Bindi Babes, they manage to...

A Wright & Wong Mystery: The Case of the Prank that Stank (vol. 1) and The Case of the Nana-Napper (vol. 2) by Laura J. Burns and Melinda Metz [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Wright Wong 1.2 Confession time: I was ready to hate these – those names, for heaven’s sake! But how entertaining – and empowering – to have a hapa Chinese American girl, Agatha Wong, and her...

Spices in the Melting Pot: Life Stories of Exceptional South Asian Immigrant Women by Padma Shandas [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Biography, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American

Spices in the Melting PotLocal Bay Area author recounts the inspiring life stories of 21 South Asian American women scattered around the country. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 26,...

A Sense of Duty: My Father, My American Journey by Quang X. Pham [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American

Sense of DutyA loving tribute, memoir-style, to the author’s father, a South Vietnamese pilot shot down during the Vietnam War and assumed dead. Pham and his mother begin a new life in the United...

Mixing It Up: Multiracial Subjects edited by SanSan Kwan and Kenneth Speirs, foreword by Naomi Zack [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonfiction, Repost

Mixing It UpThis recently married interracial academic couple (thinking ahead to the experiences of their future children) present 10 thoughtful, resonating, autobiographical essays from diverse multiracial voices. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek,...

Heartbeat of a Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama by Diane C. Fujino [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Biography, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Heartbeat of StruggleA long-overdue first biography of the life of extraordinary activist Yuri Kochiyama. Major plus: It’s extensively researched by a fellow activist. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 26, 2005 Readers: Adult Published:...

The Modern Indian Restaurant Cookbook: 150 Restaurant Dishes for You to Make at Home by Pat Chapman [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian

Modern Indian Restaurant CookbookPut away the car keys and get out the chopping chopping board. Often referred to as “the national food of England,” (colonial history aside) this is curry in a hurry...

The Very Small Home: Japanese Ideas for Living Well in Limited Space by Azby Brown, foreword by Kengo Kuma [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost

Very Small HomeWho needs McMansions when you can make even the smallest spaces look THIS fabulous and inviting? Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 26, 2005 Readers: Adult Published: 2005...

Gasa-Gasa Girl by Naomi Hirahara [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Gasa-Gasa GirlPerfect beach read: A father arrives in NYC to visit his estranged daughter and stumbles onto a murder for which his daughter is arrested as the prime suspect. Little by little, he must not...

Our Bodies, Ourselves: A New Edition for a New Era by The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Our Bodies OurselvesNo woman should be without this book. And if you already have the original, go out and get this latest 35th anniversary edition – it’s got some 50% new and revised material...

Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Pakistani, Repost, South Asian

Maps for Lost LoversPersonal favorite of the month – and favorite of many others as it won the Kiriyama Prize just recently. A pair of unmarried lovers goes missing. Five months...

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