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Crossing the River: Short Fiction by Nguyen Huy Thiep, edited by Nguyen Nguyet Cam and Dana Sachs, multiple translators [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian, Translation, Vietnamese

Crossing the RiverAccording to editors Nguyen and Sachs, “In the history of modern Vietnamese literature, no writer has provoked more debate than Nguyen Huy Thiep.” Indeed, his images of Vietnam are hardly flattering, a...

While We Were Out by Ho Baek Lee [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, Repost

While We Were OutA whimsical tale about the mischievous adventures that a pet rabbit has while her family is away … you may never look at your pet quite the same way again...

My Name is Sei Shonagon by Jan Blensdorf [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Australian, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Repost

My Name is Sei ShonagonWhat’s wrong with this picture? An Australian journalist spends two years living in Tokyo and writes her first novel, which the PR materials refer to as “an intoxicating...

Madras on Rainy Days by Samina Ali [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Madras on Rainy DaysA lyrical debut novel about a young Muslim Indian woman, who returns to her ancestral home to fulfill her destiny of marrying her betrothed. But from the very beginning, the...

The Caprices by Sabina Murray + Author Profile [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Repost, Short Stories

capricesWriting from a Different Place: A Profile of 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award Winner Sabina Murray When Sabina Murray first heard that she had won the prestigious 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award for her short story collection The Caprices, she thought...

Series Profile: First Person Fiction [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Black/African American, Cambodian American, Caribbean, Caribbean American, Fiction, Haitian, Haitian American, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Southeast Asian, Young Adult Readers

first-person-fiction Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez Finding My Hat by John Son The Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho With the exception of the Native Americans—and some may still argue that they walked over the...

Lo & Behold: Good Enough to Eat by Benedict Norbert Wong [in AsianWeek]

18 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

Lo & Behold Good Enough to EatThe adventures of the reluctantly Chinese American boy, Lo, and his favorite sidekick, Behold the Dragon, continue with lessons in eating – and appreciating...

At Home in This World … a China adoption story by Jean Macleod, illustrated by Qin Su [in AsianWeek]

18 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

At Home in This WorldAn adoption story for slightly older kids that not only acknowledges the love and support of adoptive families, but also deals with the bittersweet questions and doubts about...

I Don’t Have Your Eyes by Carrie A. Kitze, illustrated by Rob Williams [in AsianWeek]

18 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Repost

I Don't Have Your EyesA lovely picture book that celebrates differences found in all sorts of families. Whatever a family’s genesis, the love and acceptance among the members is what makes a...

Eight Million Gods and Demons by Hiroko Sherwin [in AsianWeek]

18 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Repost

Eight Million Gods and DemonsA family saga, set in Meiji Japan of the 1880s to the end of World War II, that weaves together the country’s tumultuous history with the story of...

Ten Mice for Tet by Pegi Deitz Shea and Cynthia Weill, illustrated by Tô Ngoc Trang, embroidery by Pham Viêt-Dinh [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American

Ten Mice for TetA simple counting book to celebrate the Vietnamese new year, or Tet, which begins on the first day of the lunar calendar. At the book’s end is a section that...

First Person Fiction: The Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Cambodian, Cambodian American, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Southeast Asian, Young Adult Readers

Stone GoddessThe latest in the First Person Fiction series, Goddess tells the story of a young dancer-in-training and her family living in Phnom Penh as the Khmer Rouge take over Cambodia, resulting in...

The Invisible Seam by Andy William Frew, illustrated by Jun Matsuoka [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Repost

Invisible SeamBased on the experiences of the author’s great-grandmother-in-law in Japan, Seam is a touching tale about a young girl named Michi who is apprenticed to the House of Mistress Shinyo, once renowned for creating...

Retribution: The Jiling Chronicles by Li Yung-p’ing, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chung Lin [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

RetributionAn uncensored glimpse into the suffering lives within a rural Chinese community reeling from the utter violence that haunts the town as a result of a brutal rape, which results in a suicide by hanging, which...

The Guin Saga | Book Two: Warrior in the Wilderness by Kaoru Kurimoto, translated by Alexander O. Smith with Elye J. Alexander [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Guin Saga2The fantasy epic, begun in Book One: The Leopard Mask, about the platinum-haired orphaned royal twins protected by the mysterious man-beast Guin, continues into Nospherus, a no-man’s land into which the twins...

The Legend of Fire Horse Woman by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Legend of Fire Horse WomanFinally, the first (and much awaited!) novel from the co-author of Farewell to Manzanar, the classic memoir of the internment experience (written with hubby James Houston). Legend captures...

Lo & Behold by Benedict Norbert Wong [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

Lo & BeholdYoung Lo Long thinks he doesn't like Chinese food, Chinese school, or traditional Chinese customs. That is, until his grandfather sends Lo a special package from China: Behold, a 3,000-year-old dragon that...

Suki’s Kimono by Chieri Uegaki, illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Suki's KimonoAn absolutely delightful tale about young Suki, who insists on wearing her special blue cotton kimono on her very first day of school. Unconcerned about what others might say, Suki wears her kimono to...

The Key Collection by Andrea Cheng, illustrated by Yangsook Choi [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Key CollectionA young Chinese American boy is saddened when his beloved grandmother moves to San Francisco to live with her doctor daughter, who is better able to care for her. She leaves behind a collection...

I Knew You Could! A Book for All the Stops In Your Life by Craig Dorfman, illustrated by Christina Ong [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

I Knew You CouldThe Little Engine That Could returns to give advice on how to live one's life – "Try to remember that the world is so wide, full of all kinds of...

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