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My Friend Hitler and Other Plays by Yukio Mishima, translated by Hiroaki Sato [in AsianWeek]

29 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Japanese, Repost, Translation

My Friend HitlerWhile Mishima’s fiction (not to mention his flamboyant life) is internationally renowned, his dramas are virtually unknown in the West, although he published more than 60 plays. This collection includes five of...

21st Century Manzanar: A Novel by Perry Miyake [in AsianWeek]

29 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

21st Century ManzanarThe U.S. government’s need for scapegoats takes a chilling twist in Miyake’s effective debut novel, in which Executive Order 9066 is reinstated and the concentration camps are reopened. This time, the country’s...

Stealing the Ambassador by Sameer Parekh [in AsianWeek]

29 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Stealing the AmbassadorAn absolutely fabulous first novel about young Indian American named Rajiv Kothari, and his path to understanding his recently deceased father, his father’s view of life as an immigrant, and his own...

From the Land of Green Ghosts: A Burmese Odyssey by Pascal Khoo Thwe [in AsianWeek]

29 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Memoir, Myanmarese (Burmese), Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian

Land of Green GhostsA touching memoir that traces the life of a young man from a tribal village in Burma. Thwe comes of age amidst political and economic turmoil, from his experiences as...

Kamasutra by Vatsyana Mallanaga, translated by Wendy Doniger and Sudhir Kakar [in AsianWeek]

29 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian

KamasutraRead the real and complete Kamasutra here for the first time! The first and only translation of the Kamasutra, published in 1883 and widely attributed to the 19th-century explorer and scholar Sir Richard Francis Burton, is...

The Hyphenated American: Four Plays by Chay Yew [in AsianWeek]

29 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Singaporean American

Hyphenated AmericanMemorable volume of collected plays by one of the most hard-working, prolific, talented, tenacious – not to mention incredibly charming – playwrights of our generation: Red, Scissors, A Beautiful Country, and Wonderland. Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/2002-11-29-new-and-notable.pdf"...

Remembering Manzanar: Life in a Japanese Internment Camp by Michael L. Cooper [in AsianWeek]

29 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Remembering Manzanar“It is easy to understand why Japanese Americans want to know what happened in this war relocation camp,” Cooper writes. “But why is it important for other Americans to remember Manzanar?” Cooper necessarily questions....

Yellow Umbrella by Jae Soo Liu, with music by Dong Il Sheen [in AsianWeek]

29 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Yellow UmbrellaThis may be the kids’ find of the holiday season. An utterly delightful walk in the rain with the most colorful, inviting umbrellas, set to infectiously happy, twinkling music. My kids couldn’t stop pushing...

Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes by Nina Simonds, Leslie Swartz, and the Children’s Museum of Boston, illustrated by Meilo So [in AsianWeek]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost, Short Stories

Moonbeams DumplingsGorgeous book that centers around five traditional Chinese festivals or holidays, with accompanying tales, recipes, and crafts. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, November 1, 2002 Readers: Children Published: 2002...

The White Swan Express: A Story About Adoption by Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki, illustrated by Meilo So [in AsianWeek]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

White Swan ExpressAdorable, fabulous story about four families who travel to China to meet and bring home their four waiting little girls. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, November 1, 2002 Readers: Children Published: 2002...

The Yoko Ono Project by Jean Yoon with Instruction Poems, Music, and Other Texts by Yoko Ono [in AsianWeek]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Drama/Theater, Japanese American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Yoko Ono ProjectOften hilarious, surprisingly poignant play which looks at the life and works of the all-too-often caricatured Yoko Ono, perhaps the more talented (gasp! dare we say that?) of the Lennon-Ono duo. Review: <a...

Contemporary Asian American Communities: Intersections and Divergences edited by Linda Trinh Võ and Rick Bonus [in AsianWeek]

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

Contemporary AA CommunitiesThe Asian Pacific American community, post-1965 immigration laws, post-1960s Civil Rights and APA movements, is facing great changes. A questioning, provoking look at communities in transition, communities in transformation, and communities of...

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park + Author Profile [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-my-name-was-keokoWhen My Name Was Keoko is the first title for young audiences to deal with the Japanese occupation of Korea during the first half of the 20th century, a torturous part of history about which few...

Landscapes for Small Spaces: Japanese Courtyard Gardens by Katsuhiko Mizuno [in AsianWeek]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost

Landscapes for Small SpacesLush, gorgeous collection of garden photos. The Asian answer to all those house books on too many coffee tables. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, November 1, 2002 Readers: Adult Published:...

Cloud of Sparrows: A Novel by Takashi Matsuoka [in AsianWeek]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Repost

Cloud of SparrowsIt’s no surprise that Hollywood has apparently snapped up film rights to this sweeping historical saga, filled with all the exotica you ever tried to avoid – the geisha, the samurai, the...

Re/Collecting Early Asian America: Essays in Cultural History edited by Josephine Lee, Imogene L. Lim, and Yuko Matsukawa [in AsianWeek]

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

Re.collecting Early Asian AmericaIf you can look beyond the lit crit-ese (“acceptance of assimilation as a natural trajectory” or “to transcend hegemonic and racially prejudiced narratives of integration” blah blah blah), the 20...

Geisha: A Life by Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown [in AsianWeek]

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

GeishaGet out of the way, Arthur Golden. Here’s the genuine voice who wants to set the story straight after Golden betrayed her confidence in his tawry, overexoticized rip-off, Memoirs of a Geisha. Oh, do NOT get...

The Crazed by Ha Jin [in AsianWeek]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

CrazedFrom the author of the National Book Award-winner, Waiting, another spare, disarming, amazing novel about trying to survive life in post-Mao China. Jian Wan, a graduate student in literature, cares for his hospitalized mentor, a professor,...

Searching for the Uncommon Common Ground: New Dimensions on Race in America by Angela Glover Blackwell, Steward Kwoh, and Manuel Pastor [in AsianWeek]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

Searching for Common GroundAn ultimately readable volume about race in America, which has moved beyond the black and white paradigm, written by the three co-directors of the American Assembly on Racial Equality, the...

Series Profile: The Girls of Many Lands [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, British, Chinese, Chinese American, European, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

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Isabel: Taking Wing by Annie Dalton Cécile: Gates of Gold by Mary Casanova Spring Pearl: The Last Flower by Laurence Yep Minuk: Ashes in the Pathway by Kirkpatrick Hill Neela: Victory Song by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Move over, Barbie...

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