Smell by Radhika Jha [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]
01 Oct, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian African, Repost, South Asian
After her father is killed by terrorists, young Kenyan Indian woman arrives to unwelcoming relatives in Paris, and escapes to wend her way through various men.
Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, October/November...
Diverse, entertaining collection by ethnic Chinese, born outside China, who travel back to a foreign “homeland.”
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Who needs Peter Mayle when we’ve got the original Chinese German Valley Girl?
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Touching, disturbing debut novel about Gabe, the “good” son, and his older brother Tomas, the Mexican gangster wannabe.
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Fabulous, dark love story of twisted sorts between a Chinese prostitute and a young white boy during the brutal days of late 1800s San Francisco.
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With some 30,000 Chinese children, mostly daughters, being raised throughout the West, books addressing transracial adoption are growing rapidly. Wuhu Diary: On Taking My Adopted Daughter Back to Her Hometown in China, by novelist Emily Prager,...
One Man's Justice, the third book by bestselling Japanese author Akira Yoshimura to be translated into English, is all about perspective: One man's justice proves to be his condemnation. Takuya, an officer in the Japanese Imperial...
Founding Father: Curtis Chin
Way, way back when, Curtis Chin – a boy wonder who was featured on Wheel of Fortune as a kid – was my very first editor at 
Currently my children's favorite book, 
A sweet, loving story of a family awaiting the arrival of their second child, via airplane from Korea. Illustrated by the fabulously talented 
A memorable husband/wife collaboration rendered again with astonishing images by 
Multiple Caldecott Medal-winner 
Illustrator Yumi Heo whimsically renders Look's touching new-sibling story about young Jen who helps her grandmother prepare for her little brother's joyous feast day.
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A perfectly titled, adorable counting story about ...
Here's the best stamp of approval: my 3-year-old recites from this book with such glee – "Engine, engine number two, past the Temple of Vishnu."
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From traditional Indian folklore, Jaffrey reinvents and creates an entertaining tale of the faraway travels and adventures of a helpful elephant and the many friends he makes along the way.
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Here's the young adult version of Chen’s lyrical bestseller, Colors of the Mountain.
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Asian American young-adult king Laurence Yep offers two books with recurring characters: In The Amah, Amy learns to shoulder more family responsibility when her widowed mother takes a time-consuming job, while in Angelfish, Amy's friend Robin...