Who doesn't love the unlimited possibility of socks? Polka dotted, striped, green, yellow, even holey socks add just the right flash of whimsy to perfect any outfit. If you're thinking of changing your look, choose either baby socks and daddy socks. Add holiday cheer to your...
This is an immigration story. But not the sort of immigration I've become accustomed to ...
When a young boy and his parents go to the animal shelter, they return home with a brown-and-white dog with a stump for a tail because he's the "saddest." "'No one knows his real name,'" the shelter employee explains, "'Norman is what we call him.'"...
Before Danica Novgorodoff’s story even begins, her dedication page offers crucial tidbits: in paying homage to her grandparents, she reveals both her Chinese heritage and inspiration ["To my grandparents, Eugene and Ellen Chen Novgorodoff"]; in quoting a July 2007 article from The Economist (we're talking pretty...
Hauntings, posthumous marriage proposals, addictions, not-quite-human heroes, in-between spirits growing old, burnt offerings that are actually real in another world. Interest piqued? Get ready for this absolutely ingenious debut novel! And (there's more!), as an exponentially satisfying bonus, the crisply-voiced author herself – Yangsze Choo, a fourth-generation Malaysian...
When Oprah reinvented her book club in 2012, she elevated Cheryl Strayed's Wild to near mythic status (I found Wild so tedious, I didn't have the energy to write a post). Oprah's 2013 choice was a first novel that hasn't found quite that Wild level of ubiquitous...
Confession first: I took almost two years to finish this debut novel. Not until an interview deadline loomed (stay tuned!) could I force myself to keep turning the pages until I reached the end. Because I just couldn't let the book go. As wrenching and...
If Gillian Flynn isn't already a household name, she will be sure enough. The film version of her mega-bestselling 2012 novel Gone Girl is due to hit screens in October with Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike starring as the troubled couple. Since Flynn herself wrote the...
Long before the latest translated-into-English title from award-winning transgender manga creator Inio Asano is due to hit shelves (fabulous Seattle-based publisher Fantagraphics lists an unspecified February pub date; Amazon lists March 19, 2014 and B&N March 5 for available shipping), the internet has been abuzz...
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...
In spite of a history that spans centuries – especially in California – Hollywood has long remained an elusive destination for Asian Pacific Americans seeking not always celluloid glory, but at the very least, mere participation and fair representation. From immigration restrictions, limited casting opportunities, miscegenation laws,...
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As spare as this book is, it's turned out to be one of the most bookmarked (with skinny stick-its) titles I've recently read. Written by an autistic Japanese then-13-year-old, the English translation arrives six years later courtesy of parents of an autistic child – internationally...
This has been my go-to article of late: "The One Thing White Writers Get Away With, But Authors of Color Don't" by Gracie Jin. In the few blurbs I've briefly perused online about Lost Memories, I haven't seen any mention of author Kim Fay's ethnic...
