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When We Were Orphans by Kazuo Ishiguro [in aOnline]

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

When We Were OrphansKazuo Ishiguro’s latest work, When We Were Orphans, is a remarkable novel of love, loss, and potential redemption. In the same understated, quiet style that worked so well in his...

The Lucky Gourd Shop by Joanna C. Scott + Author Interview [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

25 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost

Lucky Gourd ShopIn Search of Mothers Joanna Catherine Scott, British by birth, Australian by upbringing, and American by chance, is also Asian by association. She is one of a handful – thus far – of...

The Lucky Gourd Shop by Joanna C. Scott [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

25 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost

Lucky Gourd ShopThe phenomenon of transracial adoption is literally changing the face of – for lack of a better word – ethnic literature. Check out the recent titles: Darin Strauss's Chang and Eng, a...

The Tale of Murasaki by Liza Dalby + Author Interview [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

16 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Japanese, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Tale of MurasakiCourt Intrigue: An interview with Liza Dalby about her new book, The Tale of Murasaki Six hundred years before the Western world saw its first novel, Lady Murasaki Shikibu’s brilliant tome, The Tale...

An Empire of Women by Karen Shepard [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

11 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost

Empire of WomenAs I read Karen Shepard’s debut novel, An Empire of Women, I couldn’t help thinking if the title was some sort of sarcastic joke, if not a blatant mistake, because the utter...

Paper Son: One Man’s Story by Tung Pok Chin with Winifred Chin [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Paper SonA rare first-person account of an immigrant's journey to America during the period of Chinese Exclusion. The memoir, written with his daughter, covers over a half century of Chin's life from his entry into...

The Bridegroom: Stories by Ha Jin [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories

BridegroomTwelve short stories about daily life in modern China, penned by National Book Award winner for Waiting. The collection could be read as a companion title to Waiting, as Ha Jin returns to the same Muji...

The Moon Pearl by Ruthanne Lum McCunn + Author Interview [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Hong Kongese, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Moon PearlModern Girls Growing up in a large, extended family in Hong Kong, Ruthanne Lum McCunn was surrounded by strong, independent women. So it's no surprise that she has made a career writing about...

A Blessing Over Ashes: The Remarkable Odyssey of My Unlikely Brother by Adam Fifield [in aOnline]

20 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Cambodian American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American

Blessing Over AshesWith A Blessing Over Ashes: The Remarkable Odyssey of My Unlikely Brother, Adam Fifield adds a new twist to the currently trendy suffering-child memoir boom (a lá Angela’s Ashes – and really, no disrespect...

The Lost Daughters of China: Abandoned Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past by Karin Evans + Author Interview [in aOnline]

13 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Chinese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Lost Daughters of ChinaLost and Found: An Interview with Karin Evans Just days after the death of her beloved father, Karin Evans and her husband, Mark, experienced one of the most joyful events of...

Stone Field, True Arrow by Kyoko Mori [in aOnline]

06 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Stone Field, True ArrowKyoko Mori’s Stone Field, True Arrow is a love story – or sorts. An exasperating one, at that, filled with characters emotionally paralyzed to the point of utter immobility. Maya...

The Binding Chair: or, A Visit from the Foot Emancipation Society by Kathryn Harrison [in aOnline]

16 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Awful Duds, Chinese, European, Fiction, Repost

Binding ChairMy initial reaction – and it does not fade through the course of the book – is utter annoyance at yet another non-Asian exoticizing, objectifying, making inscrutable the Asian culture and its people. But...

The Blue Bedspread by Raj Kamal Jha [in aOnline]

26 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

Blue BedspreadRaj Kamal Jha’s slim debut novel, The Blue Bedspread, is fabulous. It is perhaps the best book I’ve read this year – maybe even several years. It’s also a precious find, not the least...

When My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon by Frances Park + Author Interview [in aOnline]

15 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

When My Sister Was Cleopatra MoonIn Overdrive: Frances Park’s Sweet Road to Success What began as a short story has quickly become Frances Park’s breakout novel. When My Sister Was Cleopatra Moon...

Diamond Dust by Anita Desai [in aOnline]

05 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, Short Stories, South Asian, South Asian American

Diamond DustA word of advice: Don’t read The Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri (which just won the Pulitzer for fiction) at the same time as Anita Desai’s new collection of short stories, Diamond Dust....

Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan by Elizabeth Kim + Author Interview [in aOnline]

01 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Ten Thousand SorrowsA Legacy of Survival What began as a casual lunch in San Francisco with a then-business acquaintance ended in a cathartic literary accomplishment for journalist Elizabeth Kim. After exchanging life stories, agent Patti...

Life Isn’t All Ha Ha Hee Hee by Meera Syal [in aOnline]

22 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Repost

Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee HeeTo reveal that the theme song to Meera Syal's novel, Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee is Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive” might...

How to Know God: The Soul’s Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries by Deepak Chopra + Author Interview [in aOnline]

15 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Indian American, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American

How to Know GodThe Divine Dr. Deepak Chopra Named by Time Magazine as one of their 100 heroes and icons of the century, earning him the title of “the poet-prophet of alternative medicine,” Dr....

Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories by Russell Charles Leong [in aOnline]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories

Phoenix EyesIn the title poem of Russell Leong’s 1993 poetry collection, The Country of Dreams and Dust (West End Press), an epic work encompassing the history of the Chinese in America, Leong alludes to what...

Grandfather’s Journey by Allen Say [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]

04 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Children/Picture Books, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Grandfather's JourneyA Japanese American man recounts his grandfather’s journey from Japan to America, and back to Japan. He comes to understand his grandfather’s feelings of being torn by a sense of being home in two...

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