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Mrs. Spring Fragrance and Other Writings by Sui Sin Far [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

02 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonfiction, Repost, Short Stories

A collection of short stories and journalistic writings by Sui Sin Far, whose work was the first ever to focus on the Chinese experience in the U.S. and Canada. Her short stories,...

Songs My Mother Taught Me: Stories, Plays, and Memoir by Wakako Yamauchi [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

02 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Fiction, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Short Stories

A rich collection of stories, plays, and memoir that span over 35 years by one of the pioneer voices of Asian America. Yamauchi is best known for her...

Aiiieeeee!: An Anthology of Asian American Writers edited by Frank Chin, Jeffery Paul Chan, Lawson Fusao Inada, and Shawn Wong [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

The dim sum of Asian American classics by the 'bad boys' of APA lit. Considered the seminal anthology of Asian American literature, Aiiieeeee! was the first anthology dedicated solely to American writers of Asian descent. Included...

The Big Aiiieeeee: An Anthology of Chinese American and Japanese American Literature edited by Jeffery Paul Chan, Frank Chin, Lawson Fusao Inada, and Shawn Wong [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

A follow-up to the seminal Aiiieeeee!, this anthology highlights over a century of writing by Asian Americans, from the revealing 1875 An English-Chinese Phrase Book, used by the first generation...

Making Waves: An Anthology of Writings By and About Asian American Women edited by Asian Women United of California [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost, Short Stories, Young Adult Readers

The first compilation since the early 1970s of primarily unpublished works by and about Asian American women, Making Waves brings together autobiographical writings, short stories, poetry, essays, and photography by and about Asian American...

The Forbidden Stitch: An Asian American Women’s Anthology edited by Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Mayumi Tsutakawa, and Margarita Donnelly [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost, Short Stories

A rich collection of poetry, short stories, visual art, and reviews which together Review: "Asian American Titles," What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature, Gale Research, 1997 Readers: Adult Published: 1989...

The Very Inside: An Anthology of Writing by Asian and Pacific Islander Lesbian and Bisexual Women edited by Sharon Lim-Hing [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost

A collection that includes an array of prose, poetry, and art work. Lim-Hing writes in the introduction about how the anthology was conceived: "I wanted a book of our own that would speak to...

Two Worlds Walking: Short Stories, Essays, and Poetry by Writers of Mixed Heritages edited by Diane Glancy and C.W. Truesdale [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonfiction, Repost

A first-of-a-kind anthology that brings together the works of 42 writers, each of mixed ancestry, each “walking in two worlds,” trying to discover their “American” identities. The contributors’ ethnic backgrounds are as...

Into the Fire: Asian American Prose edited by Sylvia Watanabe and Carol Bruchac [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Short Stories

A collection of short stories and interviews, detailing the diverse journey of Asian Americans from their faraway homelands to new lives in this new country to which they traveled, or into which...

Our Feet Walk the Sky: Women of the South Asian Diaspora edited by The Women of South Asian Descent Collective [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Memoir, Nonfiction, Poetry, Repost, Short Stories, South Asian American

As the first major compilation that focuses on South Asian American and South Asian immigrant women in the U.S., this anthology offers a wide variety of short stories,...

Dictee by Theresa Hak-kyung Cha [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Poetry, Repost, Short Stories

An autobiographical exploration of memory and personal history, presented via a vast spectrum of mediums, including prose, poetry, descriptions of dreams, biography, family history in Korea, French translation exercises, photographs, handwritten notes, calligraphy, letters, and more....

Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 edited by Him Mark Lai, Genny Lim, and Judy Yung [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Poetry, Repost

Angel Island was the West Coast entry point for potential Asian immigrants and returning Asian Americans. An elaborate interrogation process kept people detained there, in limbo, for up to two years. In 1970, a park ranger...

Fifth Chinese Daughter by Jade Snow Wong [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Jade Snow Wong is the American-born fifth daughter of Chinese immigrants. Growing up in San Francisco’s Chinatown, Jade Snow must come to terms with two diverse worlds: a traditional household which strictly...

Under Western Eyes: Personal Essays from Asian America edited by Garrett Hongo [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

A collection of 15 autobiographical essays from leading Asian American voices, confronting racism, language, family, stereotypes, and other social and political issues. Contributors include such writers as Peter Bacho, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston,...

Desert Exile: The Uprooting of a Japanese American Family by Yoshiko Uchida [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

The autobiographical account of a second-generation Japanese American woman growing up in Berkeley, California, and her family’s internment experiences at Camp Topaz during World War II. During World War II, some 120,000 Americans of Japanese...

Nisei Daughter by Monica Sone [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

The autobiograhical account of a second-generation Japanese American woman growing up in Seattle in the 1920s through the '40s, her family’s incarceration during World War II in Idaho, and her new life as a...

On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of a Chinese-American Family by Lisa See [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Lisa See’s great-great-grandfather arrived in the U.S. from China more than 100 years ago, followed by his son who eventually became one of the most successful Chinese American antiques merchants. The Fong...

Citizen 13660 by Miné Okubo [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

The autobiographical account, told through sketches and text, of a second-generation Japanese American woman, who was reduced to Citizen Number 13660 and incarcerated during World War II, first at the Tanforan Assembly Center in...

Talking to High Monks in the Snow: An Asian American Odyssey by Lydia Yuri Minatoya [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Lydia Minatoya, a second-generation Japanese American, searches for her own answers to what it means to be Asian American. Her personal odyssey begins in...

Red Azalea by Anchee Min [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

01 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

A personal memoir of Min’s difficult young life in China during the brutal Cultural Revolution. From Shanghai to an intense labor camp to menial labor in a film studio – until she finally escapes...