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Behind the Beautiful Forevers: A Play by David Hare, adapted from the book by Katherine Boo

14 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Drama/Theater, Indian, Nonfiction, South Asian

When Pulitzer-ed MacArthur 'Genius' Katherine Boo's first (and thus far only) book debuted in January 2012, I predicted it would be found alongside the nominees/finalists for all the Very Important Literary Prizes that year – indeed, among many, many honors, Boo won the 2012 National Book Award for Nonfiction. What...

Master Keaton (vol. 2) by Naoki Urasawa, story by Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki, translated and adapted by John Werry

03 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Okay, I admit it: Master Keaton is my favorite new series. Luckily, Naoki Urasawa’s manga tend to go lonnnggggg (24 volumes of 20th-into-21st Century Boys, 18 volumes of Monster, and the shortest, eight-volumes of Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka) so hopefully the good Master will keep me mightily satisfied for a...

Odysseus Abroad by Amit Chaudhuri [in Library Journal]

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

This latest from Amit Chaudhuri (Freedom Song; The Immortals) offers minimal plot: a 22-year-old homesick Indian literature student and aspiring poet wakes in his shabby London studio, practices his singing, meets his university tutor, delivers his rent, and visits his uncle Radhesh, with whom he...

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro [in Christian Science Monitor]

03 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Repost

The Buried Giant – the much anticipated seventh novel of Kazuo Ishiguro – does not disappoint The first question readers will most likely be asking about Kazuo Ishiguro’s seventh novel, The Buried Giant, will be, “Is it worth the decade-long wait?” The short answer is a...

Discontent and Its Civilizations: Dispatches from Lahore, New York, and London by Mohsin Hamid [in Christian Science Monitor]

26 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Memoir, Nonfiction, Pakistani, Repost, South Asian

'Civilization and its Discontents' highlights the intertwined Pakistani, British, and American roots of Mohsin Hamid Thanks to Haruki Murakami, we won't have to wait as long for Mohsin Hamid’s future novels. Hamid's acclaimed first two, Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, took seven years each. His...

Water Rolls, Water Rises | El agua rueda, el agua sube by Pat Mora, illustrated by Meilo So, translation by Adriana Domínguez & Pat Mora

21 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bilingual, British Asian, Children/Picture Books, Latina/o/x, Nonfiction, Poetry, Translation

Ready for an around-the-world, invigorating, aquatic tour? Readers: get ready to be refreshed, guided by Pat Mora’s verses and Meilo So’s artistry...

Mr. Brown’s Fantastic Hat by Ayano Imai

19 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in British, British Asian, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese

Mr. Brown is a bit of a curmudgeonly dandy. He's friendless on purpose, but he makes sure he looks good when he goes out. In spite of his protests, the truth is something else entirely: " ...

Master Keaton (vol. 1) by Naoki Urasawa, story by Hokusei Katsushika and Takashi Nagasaki, translated and adapted by Pookie Rolf

02 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Goodbye to 2014. Whew! 2015 can only be better, thank you! What makes me so sure? Because among the many things to look forward to throughout the new year is a brand new Naoki Urasawa series-in-translation! How bereft was I when the 24-volume 20th-into-21st Century Boys ended almost two years ago. And...

Jasmine Skies by Sita Brahmachari

23 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in British, British Asian, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

When she made her Stateside debut last year in Sita Brahmachari's Mira in the Present Tense (titled Artichoke Hearts in the original edition across the Pond), hapa Jewish Indian British tween Mira Levenson seemed wise beyond her 12 years in the midst of losing her paternal grandmother...

Twenty-two Cents: Muhammad Yunus and the Village Bank by Paula Yoo, illustrated by Jamel Akib

21 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bangladeshi, Biography, British Asian, Children/Picture Books, Korean American, Nonfiction

Even as a child, Muhammad Yunus recognized inequity: a story of an 8-year-old Yunus giving his meal to a hungry woman and her daughter opens multi-media author/screenwriter/television producer Paula Yoo’s latest picture book. Into this inspiring biography of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning contemporary hero, Yoo also manages to weave...

I Am China by Xiaolu Guo [in Library Journal]

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

London-based Xiaolu Guo’s third novel in English (she published six prior in China) opens with a desperate love letter-in-transit "from a place I cannot tell you about yet…when I am safe I will be able to let you know where I am." Over almost 400...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Sarwat Chadda’s Ash Mistry Chronicles

23 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in British, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Middle Grade Readers, South Asian, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2014, Young Adult Readers

The Last Werewolf Trilogy: The Last Werewolf, Talulla Rising, By Blood We Live by Glen Duncan

07 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, British, British Asian, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race

In a roundabout way I can't quite recall, I ended up at this 2007 New York Times article, "Young Man Behaving Badly," and learned that bestselling author Glen Duncan is hapa British Asian. I found his latest title, By Blood We Live, magically waiting on my shelves, only...

Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers by John Harris Dunning, art by Nikhil Singh

28 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, South African, Young Adult Readers

Salem Brownstone, once the proprietor of the Sit & Spin Laundromat, gets an ominous telegram (on Halloween, naturally) calling him to New Mecco City, Azania to "take immediate possession of his [late father's] house and the contents therein." His mourning – "[a]fter all these years of...

The Little Hut of Leaping Fishes by Chiew-Siah Tei

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, British, British Asian, Chinese, Fiction, Malaysian, Southeast Asian

For all the power and wealth of the Chai clan, discontent and tragedy haunts its three generations. With the challenges facing China at the turn of the 20th century as the last imperial dynasty crumbles and western colonialism looms, patriarch Master Chai's once ironclad rule...

The Savage Fortress [Ash Mistry Chronicles, Book 1] by Sarwat Chadda

12 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, British, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

Well, I seem to be totally out of order here: so I read The City of Death (Book 2) first because I had a judging deadline, then backpedaled to catch up by sticking this Fortress (Book 1) in the ears (Bruce Mann narrates well enough, although I...

The City of Death [Ash Mistry Chronicles, Book 2] by Sarwat Chadda

05 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in British, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

Okay, so we're skipping ahead here, because I had to read this for a book judging requirement – and, in reading out of order, also confirm that it can narratively stand alone even without its prequel. I can't reveal any trade secrets, but I can...

Untold Story by Monica Ali

10 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction

Monica Ali's latest novel which pubbed June 28, 2011, just before what would have been Diana Spencer's 50th birthday – July 1, 2011 – had "The People's Princess" lived. In case the cover wasn't enough of a clue, that date detail matters because Untold Story imagines that Diana left...

Mira in the Present Tense by Sita Brahmachari

02 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in British, British Asian, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

On the evening of her 12th birthday, Mira Levenson receives three life-changing (death-defying) gifts: a diary, a charm, and her period. As one-quarter of a school writing class (led by an author named Miss Print!), Mira finds her voice – silently at first through the diary...

The Blind Man’s Garden by Nadeem Aslam + Author Interview [in Bookslut]

01 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Afghan, Author Interview/Profile, British, British Asian, Fiction, Pakistani, Repost

From the opening few pages of reading a Nadeem Aslam novel, I knew his writing was something to treasure and behold. Serendipitously, I used my then-day job to bring the Pakistan-born, British-educated-and-domiciled Aslam over the Pond to be a featured guest at the then-annual South...

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