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Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand, illustrated by Colin Bootman

25 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction

Trust me on this one: Debut author Glenda Armand’s Love Twelve Miles Long is THE perfect book to share today. "This was a special night," the story begins, "Mama had come to visit ...

Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

18 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction

Without a doubt, this is Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s best work to date. While her debut, Purple Hibiscus, was engrossing, and her short story collection, The Thing Around Your Neck, included stand-out gems, both titles pale to the exceptional Yellow Sun. Gentle, innocent Ugwu enters the home of...

The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

28 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction, Short Stories

Following up two unforgettable novels that earned her a MacArthur Fellows Program "Genius" Award (which comes with a no-strings-attached $500,000 "stipend" over five years!) in 2008 was surely going to be hard work. Last year, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie debuted her first short story collection ...

Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste

14 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, Black/African American, Fiction

Decades ago, I went to college with one of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie's grandsons. Beyond the seemingly ubiquitous images back then of Ethiopia's barren natural disasters and widespread starvation, that worldly, quiet, thoughtful young man was my first real encounter with Ethiopia ...

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

17 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Nonfiction

From the age of 16 when she took a biology class at a community college (making up for a failed high school freshman year because "she never showed up"), award-winning science writer Rebecca Skloot has seemingly spent the majority of her life preparing to write...

Some Sing, Some Cry by Ntozake Shange and Ifa Bayeza

04 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction

Sometimes my inability to process dialects actually has an upside ...

Jimi: Sounds Like a Rainbow | A Story of the Young Jimi Hendrix by Gary Golio, illustrated by Javaka Steptoe

29 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction

Growing up in Seattle, Washington, young Jimi Hendrix first made music on a one-string ukulele. He drew, he told funny stories, he hung out at the local record store with his friends "who never teased him about his worn-out clothes and wild hair ...

Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson

27 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Black/African American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction

Heads up for DC-area locals … mark your calendars: you can meet Jacqueline Woodson on November 9, 2010 at Fairfax County Government Center, Fairfax, Virginia! Click here for details! And now through October 31, 2010, a play version of Locomotion is up at the Kennedy Center...

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

22 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Black/African American, Fiction

I admit that when one of my favorite friends told me she voluntarily gave up enjoying the blooming delights on a family trip through Death Valley in order to finish The Help, I picked up the book for a second time, determined to find out...

Game Set Match Champion Arthur Ashe by Crystal Hubbard, illustrated by Kevin Belford

19 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction

To better appreciate this biography of tennis legend Arthur Ashe – first-ever African American Grand Slam champion, #1 tennis champion in the world – read it backwards. That is, turn to the back and first read the "Author's Note" on the last page. Why? Because author Crystal Hubbard...

Rosa’s Bus: The Ride to Civil Rights by Jo S. Kittinger, illustrated by Steven Walker

14 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction

Here's a solid piece of history ...

Seaside Dream by Janet Costa Bates, illustrated by Lambert Davis

12 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction

Family and friends from all over are arriving to celebrate Grandma's 70th birthday. Together they gather to eat and laugh ...

Strength in What Remains: A Journey of Remembrance and Forgiveness by Tracy Kidder

06 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Black/African American, Nonfiction

Words of warning ...

Eight Days: A Story of Haiti by Edwidge Danticat, illustrated by Alix Delinois

30 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Caribbean, Caribbean American, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Haitian, Haitian American

This has been one tragic week: the deadly Oaxaca, Mexico mudslide, the two Rutgers freshmen whose abusively invasive actions led to the suicide of a third first-year student, the deaths of iconic actor Tony Curtis and director Arthur Penn ...

The Blind Side: Evolution of a Game by Michael Lewis

29 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Biography, Black/African American, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

I rarely ever say this: skip the book, and go see the film version of The Blind Side (which got Sandra Bullock her much-deserved Oscar win). The story of Michael Oher – a massive young man estranged from his addict mother, his dysfunctional siblings, and lost to...

YUMMY: The Last Days of a Southside Shorty by G. Neri, illustrated by Randy DuBurke

19 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

True stories about kids with tragic endings are undoubtedly effective in fueling parents' worst nightmares. This one proves especially haunting. Six years ago today, "Yummy" Sandifer made the cover of Time magazine. Along with his mugshot were the words, "The Short, Violent Life of Robert 'Yummy'...

African American Actresses: The Struggle for Visibility, 1900-1960 by Charlene Regester [in Library Journal]

04 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Biography, Black/African American, Nonfiction, Repost

Charlene Regester (African & Afro-American studies, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill) documents the lives and careers of nine African American actresses working before the Civil Rights era whose “contributions to mainstream cinema have been either minimized or erased in the histories of Hollywood cinema.” Madame...

We Troubled the Waters by Ntozake Shange, illustrated by Rod Brown

14 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Middle Grade Readers, Poetry, Young Adult Readers

Although at first glance, this might look like a children's title – it is essentially a picture book – the sometimes difficult contents make it much more suitable for middle grade readers and older. Even adults will certainly find deeply resonating moments to appreciate throughout. Ntozake...

Amazing Faces with poems selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet

19 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Nonethnic-specific, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry

In a word – and to quote from the title – this book is amazing. Filled with poems chosen by award-winning poet Lee Bennett Hopkins that celebrate the wonders of our diversity, this gorgeous book is populated by the vibrant immediacy of Chris Soentpiet's stunning canvases...

It Is Well with My Soul: The Extraordinary Life of a 106-Year-Old Woman by Ella Mae Johnson with Patricia Mulcahy [in Christian Science Monitor]

02 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

“Some of the things in this book happened a hundred years ago...

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