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The Language of Blood: A Memoir by Jane Jeong Trenka [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Language of BloodWith a name taken from each part of her life – Jane from her adoptive family, Jeong from her birthname, Trenka from her marriage – Trenka writes what just might be the...

My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska [in AsianWeek]

17 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

My Name Is YoonA 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...

First Person Fiction: Finding My Hat by John Son [in AsianWeek]

17 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Finding My HatThe third installment in the First Person Fiction series from Scholastic by authors from various backgrounds who write about their coming-to-America immigrant experiences. Finding My Hat follows Jin-Han Park and...

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian American, Repost, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

NamesakeThe long-awaited debut novel by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, begins in 1968 with newlyweds-by-arrangement Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli living in Cambridge, Mass. They name their first child Gogol,...

Brick Lane by Monica Ali [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Bangladeshi, British, British Asian, Fiction, Repost

Brick LaneA runaway bestseller in its native Britain and quickly climbing the charts on this side of the pond, Ali’s assured debut novel follows the life of Bangladeshi-born Nazneen, who arrives at age 18 in...

The Chinese in America: A Narrative History by Iris Chang + Author Interview [in Bloomsbury Review]

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

chinese-in-america1A Thoroughly American History: A Talk with Historian Iris Chang While Iris Chang was writing her international best-seller, The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, her hair started falling out. Small wonder,...

The Gangster We Are All Looking For: A Novel by lê thi diem thúy [in AsianWeek]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

Gangster We Are All Looking ForDon’t know how this one fell through the cracks as I devoured it months ago and it was one of my favorites this whole year –...

Echoes Upon Echoes: New Korean American Writers edited by Elaine H. Kim and Laura Hyun Yi Kang [in AsianWeek]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean American, Poetry, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Echoes Upon EchoesA fabulous collection of prose and poetry from a new generation of Korean American authors. Grouped into three sets of pairings – arrival/return, dwelling/crossing, descent/flight, all with multiple layers of meaning –...

Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing Up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas [in AsianWeek]

27 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Iranian American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Funny in FarsiAn especially timely, highly entertaining look – “I-ran is a sentence, Iran is a country” – at life in Southern California as an Iranian immigrant. Dumas mixes humorous misadventures with chilling memories...

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...

Patels: A Gujarati Community History in the United States by Govind B. Bhakta [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian American, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American

PatelsA look at the predominantly 1960s immigration and settlement patterns of Indian American Patels, a group highly visible because of their concentrated representation in the motel business throughout the United States. Review: "New and Notable...

Crescent by Diana Abu-Jaber [in AsianWeek]

25 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Arab American, Fiction, Iraqi American, Repost

CrescentA toothsome tale set in L.A.'s richly diverse Arab American community, interspersing a love story about a hapa-Iraqi American chef who falls in love with an exiled Iraqi professor. What a major relief to read something about...

The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently … and Why by Richard Nisbett [in Christian Science Monitor]

03 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Awful Duds, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

geography-of-thoughtAccording to Richard Nisbett in The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently ...

A Place to Grow by Soyung Pak, illustrated by Marcelino Truong [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

A Place to GrowThe immigration story, told through the metaphor of planting a garden on rich new soil, captured in brilliant color and poignant text. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, March...

Becoming Asian American: Second Generation Chinese and Korean American Identities by Nazli Kibria [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Korean American, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Becoming Asian AmericanKibria’s extensive interviews of Chinese Americans and Korean Americans in Boston and Los Angeles in the 1980s and ’90s make for an incredibly familiar and enlightening title. Review: "New and Notable...

Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History by Catherine Ceniza Choy [in AsianWeek]

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

Empire of CareSince the lifting of immigration laws in 1965, the U.S. medical work force has had huge support from growing numbers of Filipino-trained medical staff arriving on U.S. shores, especially Filipino nurses. Choy...

Multiple Modernities: Cinemas and Popular Media in Transcultural East Asia edited by Jenny Kwok Wah Lau [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Nonfiction, Repost, Taiwanese

Multiple ModernitiesThe concept of “Western modernity” traveling east throughout Asia, as it is reflected in the contemporary cinemas of Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, February 28,...

Century of the Tiger: One Hundred Years of Korean Culture in America: 1903-2003 edited by Jenny Ryun Foster, Frank Stewart, and Heinz Insu Fenkl + Authors Profile [in KoreAm Journal]

01 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean American, Nonfiction, Repost, Short Stories, Young Adult Readers

Century of the TigerCatch a Tiger by Its Tales: Celebrating 100 Years of Korean American Literature HONOLULU — Aesthetically, Century of the Tiger: One Hundred Years of Korean Culture in America 1903-2003 is one...

The Interpreter by Suki Kim + Author Profile [in KoreAm Journal]

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

InterpreterInterpreting the Immigrant's Life: Urban girl Suki Kim makes her literary debut NEW YORK CITY — Suki Kim has a fantasy about “meeting all the many Asian Americans across the country.” She’s heard rumors that there are...

Grass Roof, Tin Roof by Dao Strom [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American

Grass RoofAn effective, haunting debut novel about three siblings growing up Vietnamese in America – an often disorienting experience reflected in an elliptical, impressionistic style. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek<a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/2003-01-31-new-and-notable.pdf"...

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