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Social Text: Transnational Adoption edited by Toby Alice Volkman and Cindi Katz [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Repost

Transnational AdoptionSpecial issue of a notable academic journal that focuses on the growing numbers of adoptions by Westerners of children from around the world. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 30, 2009 Readers: Adult Published:...

The Complete Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Memoir, Nonfiction, Persian, Repost, Young Adult Readers

persepolisAlready a bestseller in France, where it was first published, Satrapi’s achievement is capturing her childhood in spare comic book images that speak utter volumes. Satrapi, whose great grandfather was a Persian emperor, recalls her life...

Vietnam: Journeys of Body, Mind, and Spirit edited by Nguyen Van Huy and Laurel Kendall [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Vietnamese

Vietnam JourneysStunningly rendered, intimate look at today’s Vietnam, its country, its people, its beliefs, its hopes – a Vietnam no longer associated with war. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 30, 2009 Readers: Adult Published:...

National Asian Pacific American Political Almanac: 2003-2004 edited by Don T. Nakanishi and James S. Lai [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

National APA AlmanacA focus on Asian American women in politics and dedicated to the late Patsy Mink, who was the first APA woman elected to Congress, famous for helping to author Title IX of...

The Bathhouse: A Novel by Farnoosh Moshiri [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Iranian, Iranian American, Repost

BathhouseVicious, harrowing, nightmare of a short novel about a 17-year-old girl arrested and imprisoned for her brother’s revolutionary activities during the fundamentalist takeover of Iran. Based on the lives of real women who survived such horrific,...

War Talk by Arundhati Roy [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

War TalkA slim, must-read collection of powerful essays by the author of the Booker Prize-winning The God of Small Things that questions everything from nuclear power, the so-called war against terror, and the new imperialism....

The Ramayana: A Modern Retelling of the Great Indian Epic by Ramesh Menon [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost

RamayanaA brand new rendition of the 300 B.C.E epic poem – one of South Asia’s most important literary texts – about the perfect man, Rama, and the perfect woman, Sita, his wife. Review: "New and...

AsianAmerica.Net: Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Cyberspace edited by Rachel C. Lee and Sau-ling Cynthia Wong [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

AsianAmerica.netA collection of 13 essays that examine the Asian Pacific American role in the latest frontier – cyberspace – from “Oriental” influences (with all the cringe-inducing-‘isms’ that word implies) to machine-like Asian laborers to the yellowfacing...

American Workers, Colonial Power: Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941 by Dorothy B. Fujita-Rony [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Filipina/o American, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American

American Workers, Colonial PowerA history of a changing Filipino population in and around Seattle, bookended by both World Wars. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 30, 2009 Readers: Adult Published: 2003...

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Afghan, Afghan American, Fiction, Repost

Kite RunnerA resonating, breathtaking first novel that chronicles the relationship of two boys, born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan – both motherless, both nursed by the same woman and both lives inextricably linked, even in...

The Koreans in Hawai‘i: A Pictorial History 1903-2003 by Roberta Chang with Wayne Patterson [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Nonfiction, Repost

Koreans in Hawai‘i An inspiring compilation of a century’s worth of photos, from the very first Korean families arriving in 1903 to a six-generation Hawaiian family of Korean descent. Review: "New and Notable...

Goblin Fruit: Stories by David Marshall Chan [in AsianWeek]

30 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Short Stories

Goblin FruitA debut collection of nine elliptical stories about lost souls in Los Angeles. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 30, 2009 Readers: Adult Published: 2003...

The Caprices by Sabina Murray + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

23 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American

capricesLiving With War When Sabina Murray heard she had won the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for her short story collection The Caprices, she was so surprised that she hardly believed it. Not until the house began to rapidly...

The Chinese in America: A Narrative History by Iris Chang [in Christian Science Monitor]

08 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

chinese-in-americaIn the final chapter of The Chinese in America, Iris Chang writes, "I can only close this book with a fervent hope: that readers will recognize the story of my people – the Chinese in the...

The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran + Author Interview [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Chinese, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

good-women-of-chinaXinran: The Voice of the Good Women of China The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices is one of those books you just can’t put down. Part memoir, part history, part tragedy, part social documentary, Good Women...

Lakas and the Manilatown Fish by Anthony D. Robles, illustrated by Carl Angel with translation by Eloisa D. de Jesus and Magdalena de Guzman [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Repost

Lakas and the Manilatown FishThe first-ever bilingual English-Tagalog story set in the United States, this book takes readers on a magical adventure through the streets of San Francisco's Manilatown to the San...

Before I Was Your Mother by Kathryn Lasky, illustrated by LeUyen Pham [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

Before I Was Your MotherTouching remembrances of a little girl's mother when she herself was a little girl. And yes, it's one of those books that puts a real lump in the...

Chachaji’s Cup by Uma Krishnaswami [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Chachaji's CupA young boy's special relationship with Chachaji, his father's old uncle, teaches him important lessons about family bonds and his rich Indian heritage. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, April 25, 2003 Readers: Children Published:...

Unveiled: Images and Intimations of Marriage by Audrey Shehyn Vernick [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

UnveiledJust in time for the spring wedding season ...

The Book of Salt by Monique Truong [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American

Book of SaltA memorable debut novel (big month for debuts, no?) about the Vietnamese live-in cook for the legendary American expats Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, a young man with a complicated past...

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