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Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment edited by Steve Louie and Glenn Omatsu [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Asian Americans Movement and MomentGroundbreaking, inspiring celebration of more than three decades of Asian American activism. Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, December 2001/January 2002 Readers: Young Adult, Adult Published: 2001...

The Columbia Guide to Asian American History by Gary Y. Okihiro [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Columbia Guide to Asian American HistoryAsian American Studies guru captures 200 years of Asian Pacific American history. Together with the Bossman Franklin Odo's Columbia Documentary of the...

Take Out: Queer Writing from Asian Pacific America edited by Quang Bao and Hanya Yanagihara [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Fiction, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost, Short Stories

Take OutExtensive poetry, prose, drama, and photos that capture the gay APA experience. Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, October/November 2001 Readers: Adult Published: 2001 ...

Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America by David L. Eng [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Racial CastrationAcademically heavy but intellectually enlightening look at perceptions of Asian American men. Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, October/November 2001 Readers: Adult Published: 2001...

Literary Interview: Curtis Chin [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Chinese American, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

AAWW Founding Father: Curtis Chin Way, way back when, Curtis Chin – a boy wonder who was featured on Wheel of Fortune as a kid – was my very first editor at aMagazine. While he worked as...

YELL-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American edited by Vickie Nam [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Yell-Oh Girls!Young Asian American girls from all over the country share poems, essays, and stories that speak of their bicultural roots – feeling at home in no land, challenging family relationships made more difficult by...

Sacred Connections: Stories of Adoption with essays by Mary Ann Koenig, photography by Niki Berg [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Children/Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Sacred ConnectionsHere's the book that brought more tears of joy, sadness, and the greatest of hope this month: With the ever-growing phenomenon of transracial adoption, Sacred Connections should be in every adoptive family's library. While...

Thinking Orientals: Migration, Contact and Exoticism in Modern America by Henry Yu [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Thinking OrientalsA definitive look at how we diverse people of Asian descent (Asians make up some 57% of the world population!) got lumped together as "Oriental" in the U.S. and eventually claimed our status as...

Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction edited by Jessica Hagedorn [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

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

Charlie Chan Is DeadThis anthology, which includes both short stories and excerpts from larger works, celebrates the diversity of Asian American literature, from the many literary styles to the various ethnic backgrounds, ages...

Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans by Ronald Takaki [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Strangers from a Different ShoreA great book overall because most of it is told in the actual voices of the very Asian Americans who helped create our history. Takaki's follow-up, A Different...

Out of the Shadows: Asians in American Cinema edited by Roger Garcia [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

23 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

Out of the ShadowsLaying a Golden Egg Everything – let me say that again – everything about this book is fabulous. So you’re off the hook: you can stop reading this review right now. A...

Countervisions: Asian American Film Criticism edited by Darrell Y. Hamamoto and Sandra Liu [in Push > for NAATA]

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

CountervisionsReading the essays collected in Countervisions: Asian American Film Criticism, edited by Darrell Y. Hamamoto and Sandra Liu, you might think that Rea Tajiri’s History and Memory: For Akiko and Takashige is the only Asian American...

Dumpling Soup by Jama Kim Rattigan, illustrated by Lillian Hsu-Flanders [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

04 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hawaiian, Korean American, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

Dumpling SoupEvery year, the extended Yang family gathers from all over the Hawaiian island of Oahu at Grandma’s house to celebrate New Year’s Eve. This year, young Marisa will help make the dumplings for Grandma’s...

All the Colors of the Earth by Sheila Hamanaka [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

04 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

All the Colors of the EarthDespite outward differences in skin color or diversity in facial characteristics, all children on the inside are basically the same, and each deserves to be loved...

Children of Asian America by The Asian American Coalition [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

04 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Children/Picture Books, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Children of AAA collection of original stories about growing up as an Asian American child, centered around the diverse ethnic Asian communities of Chicago – featuring Asian Americans of Bangladeshi, Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Indian,...

American Eyes: New Asian-American Short Stories for Young Adults edited by Lori M. Carlson [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

03 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Short Stories, Young Adult Readers

American EyesA collection of 10 short works about young Asian Americans coming of age, coming to terms with an identity comprised of two very different cultures. Stories range from a young Chinese American girl obsessed...

American Dragons: Twenty-Five Asian American Voices edited by Laurence Yep [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

03 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Drama/Theater, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost, Young Adult Readers

American DragonsA collection of short stories, poetry, and play excerpts from both established and new Asian American writers, about growing up Asian American. Caught between two cultures, the young voices of this collection ask,...

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

AiiieeeeThe 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...

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

Forbidden StitchA 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...

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