The Legend of Fire Horse Woman by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston [in AsianWeek]
28 Nov, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost
Finally, the first (and much awaited!) novel from the co-author of Farewell to Manzanar, the classic memoir of the internment experience (written with hubby James Houston). Legend captures...
There are no silent, subservient types in this newest anthology of fiction, poetry, essays, and art that skewers stereotypes of Asian Pacific Americans. Also includes a section devoted to cringe-inducing media quotes (remember <a...
How timely, indeed: Two erudite Korean American professors offer multiple viewpoints on North Korea and the potential for nuclear proliferation not-so-contained within.
Review: 
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The sequel to 
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No matter who is in your family and where those family members come from – mom, dad, and two kids with a sister from China, or two moms and their...
When have you ever had an alphabet book that used “xenophobia” for the letter X? “… you’ll need to leave one X at home, and that’s for ‘xenophobia,’” it reads....
A playfully clever, subversive story with fabulously whimsical pictures about a little Korean girl who doesn’t like her name spelled out in English letters: “Lines. Circles. Each standing alone,” she...