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The Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen by Marja Vongerichten with Julia Turshen, photography by Andrew Baranowski, foreword by Jean-Georges Vongerichten

18 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Korean, Korean American, Nonfiction

Confession: in spite of every good intention, I haven't yet seen the eponymous show for which this book is billed as a "Companion to the Public Television Series." That said, this gorgeous volume clearly stands alone ...

20th Century Boys (vol. 15) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

17 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

The Pope is on his way to Japan in time for the opening ceremony of the 2015 World Expo ...

Nanjing Requiem by Ha Jin [in Library Journal]

15 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW In an introductory galley letter, National Book Award winner Ha Jin (Waiting, 1999) announces his intent to reclaim American missionary Minnie Vautrin’s heroism during the 1937 Nanjing massacre: “She suffered and ruined herself helping others, but she became a legend. At least her story has...

The Great House by Nicole Krauss

14 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Jewish

Within minutes of finishing Nicole Krauss' The History of Love, I felt so bereft without Alma Singer and Leo Gorsky, that I immediately clicked my iPod to The Great House. [Thank goodness the hubby keeps my gadgets well-stocked!] How pleased I was to discover that, of the sizable...

Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth by Joan Schoettler, illustrated by Jessica Lanan

12 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, Nonethnic-specific

Manga addict that I’ve become in my old age, I tend to start books-with-pictures from the back cover. This, I’ve learned, often yields insightful rewards. [And no, I am not one of those skippers with novels, ahem!] Going backwards worked well here: author Joan Schoettler, who...

Author/Artist Interview: CYJO + “KYOPO”

08 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Korean, Korean American, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

CYJO + “KYOPO” = MARVEL Come one, come all! Get ready for the upcoming Asian Pacific American invasion at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. “Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter” opens this Thursday, August 12 and runs through October 14, 2012. Presented in conjunction with the...

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

07 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Jewish

Here's how I finally came to read The History of Love ...

20th Century Boys (vol. 14) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

04 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

It's 2015 ...

20th Century Boys (vol. 13) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

04 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

The announcement is over a week old, but better late than never, especially when it's such well-deserved fabulous news: ...

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption by Laura Hillenbrand

03 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Japanese, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction

Clearly, Unbroken falls into the 'you can't make this stuff up'-category. Within the almost 500 pages of print (or 14 hours of listening – narrated with such dignity by award-winning actor Edward Herrman!), you'll experience just about every human emotion ...

Chanda’s Wars by Allan Stratton

02 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in African, Canadian, Fiction, Young Adult Readers

In the six months since Mama passed away, Chanda's life has changed completely. As the sole provider for her sister Lily and brother Soly, Chanda is unable to continue her own education and instead substitutes at the primary school. With Mama gone, Chanda's best friend...

Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton

02 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in African, Canadian, Fiction, Young Adult Readers

If it hasn't happened already, soon enough Chanda's Secrets will be coming to a theater near you ...

Author Interview: Tahmima Anam [in Bookslut]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi American, British Asian, Fiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

In spite of the fierce, wrenching content of her books, Tahmima Anam in real life is a gentle, warm, incredibly youthful presence. We met in livetime a few years ago in Washington, DC, as her debut novel, A Golden Age, was winning major international awards,...

Say What? by Angela DiTerlizzi, illustrated by Joey Chou

29 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Taiwanese American

"How do we know / what animals say / when they say what they say / with their sounds every day?" How, indeed ...

Asian American Plays for a New Generation edited by Josephine Lee, Don Eitel, and R.A. Shiomi

27 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Pan-Asian Pacific American

This is not your parents' (or your grandparents') Asian American theater. That I can even say that is proof of massive progress. What a difference a few decades makes ...

The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta

26 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, Fiction

With a long list that spans over four decades of critically lauded, award-winning novels, plays, and children's titles, Nigerian-born Buchi Emecheta is undoubtedly one of the pioneering women's voices in African literature. She writes with simple strength, without embellishments; her uncomplicated, accessible prose is quiet,...

La Quinta Camera | The Fifth Room by Natsume Ono, translated by Joe Yamazaki

25 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Charlotte, 18, bored with her life in Denmark, hitchhikes into her chosen Italian city: destination – language school. Her thrill of "I'm finally in Italia," is instantly dashed by her realization that she's left her bag with all her valuables in the now long-gone truck. Wandering...

The Whole World Over by Julia Glass

23 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

This was my last of the Julia Glass novels, having read them out of published order. Glass' first title, Three Junes, and her latest, The Widower's Tale, undoubtedly make up the better half of her oeuvre. I See You Everywhere and Whole World land on...

The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi

22 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, British, Fiction

Here's the most remarkable detail about this debut novel: Nigerian-born, London-raised Helen Oyeyemi wrote this book in seven weeks (!) just before she turned 19, in the midst of studying for her A-level exams (Britain's upper level, pre-university standardized tests). Both endeavors proved highly successful:...

Empire State: A Love Story (or Not) by Jason Shiga

21 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

Whew! This time, my aging, addled brain ‘got’ Jason Shiga’s latest graphic creation almost immediately. I admit that freely because his bestselling, many-award-winning Meanwhile (gives the word 'matrix' a whole new meaning!) had me so discombobulated with all its unique cleverness, I didn’t know which way to...

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