Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World | An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction edited with an introduction by Jessica Hagedorn, preface by Elaine H. Kim [in AsianWeek]
27 Feb, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Short Stories, Young Adult Readers
The much awaited follow-up to the first Charlie Chan Is Dead (now already more than a decade old!), which includes the works of 42 Asian American writers ...
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The Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho
With the exception of the Native Americans—and some may still argue that they walked over the...
The latest in the 
There are no silent, subservient types in this newest anthology of fiction, poetry, essays, and art that skewers stereotypes of Asian Pacific Americans. Also includes a section devoted to cringe-inducing media quotes (remember <a...
Looking Back at a Family's Internment: Julie Otsuka's novel debuts in paperback
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The third installment in the 
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The long-awaited debut novel by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, begins in 1968 with newlyweds-by-arrangement Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli living in Cambridge, Mass. They name their first child Gogol,...
Gathering History for the Future: A Profile of Curator & Historian Franklin Odo
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A fabulous collection of prose and poetry from a new generation of Korean American authors. Grouped into three sets of pairings – arrival/return, dwelling/crossing, descent/flight, all with multiple layers of meaning –...
The captivating inspiration for the award-winning film of the same title about 8-year-old Kahu, who must convince her great-grandfather that females can carry on ancient Maori traditions just as well – if not better!...
First trade paperback edition of the harrowing memoir of a 6-year-old child who becomes separated from her family in the last days of World War II in Okinawa,...
Already a bestseller in France, where it was first published, Satrapi’s achievement is capturing her childhood in spare comic book images that speak utter volumes. Satrapi, whose great grandfather was a Persian emperor, recalls her life...
In the final chapter of The Chinese in America, Iris Chang writes, "I can only close this book with a fervent hope: that readers will recognize the story of my people – the Chinese in the...
Xinran: The Voice of the Good Women of China
The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices is one of those books you just can’t put down. Part memoir, part history, part tragedy, part social documentary, Good Women...
A fabulous collection of 66 poems and stories by diverse APA women, from young girls struggling with identity to long-established voices searching for truth.
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