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Chinese Films In Focus: 25 New Takes edited by Chris Berry [in AsianWeek]

25 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Chinese Films in FocusA wide-ranging collection of 25 essays that share a common focus on films from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and even the Chinese/U.S. crossover blockbuster, Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon....

Cooper’s Lesson by Sun Yung Shin, illustrated by Kim Cogan [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Korean American, Repost

Cooper's LessonWritten and illustrated by two Korean adoptees, Cooper's Lesson is a meaningful story about a young hapa Korean boy who, in a moment of frustration, steals a hairbrush for his mother, gets caught, and...

La La Rose by Satomi Ichikawa [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, European, Fiction, Japanese, Nonethnic-specific, Repost

La La RoseLa La Rose, a stuffed pink rabbit, gets separated from her beloved little girl, Clementine. With the help of various park visitors, La La Rose finally finds her way back into the...

Three Wise Old Women by Elizabeth T. Corbett, illustrated by Yu-Mei Han [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, Taiwanese American

Three Wise Old WomenA whimsical nonsense tale about three old women out on an anything-but-wise adventure, who may or may not ever make it home ...

Anno’s Spain by Mitsumasa Anno [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost, Spanish

Anno's SpainA superbly detailed, wordless journey through Spain with the blue-capped guide on horseback from the award-winning creator of Anno's Journey and Anno's U.S.A. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, February 27, 2004 Readers:...

All That Is Gone: Stories by Pramoedya Ananta Toer, translated by Willem Samuels [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indonesian, Repost, Short Stories

All That Is GoneLyrical collection of semi-autobiographical short stories by one of Asia's most famous authors. The title story is a heartbreaking memory piece of a boy's first years that captures through young,...

In the Miso Soup by Ryu Murakami, translated by Ralph McCarthy [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

In the Miso SoupYoung Kenji avoids college by working as a "nightlife guide" for foreign tourists through the sleazier sections of Tokyo. When he meets Frank, an overweight American who hires him for...

Empress Orchid by Anchee Min [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

Empress OrchidMin's second historical novel reinvents the life of Tzu Hsi, China's last empress. Although positioned in the collective Chinese memory as an evil, ruthless ruler, the Empress Orchid in Min's world is a strong,...

Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora by Martin F. Manalansan IV [in AsianWeek]

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

Global DivasAn ethnographic study of gay Filipino men in New York City, with stories culled from interviews with 50 men between 1990 and 1995, including a fascinating look at the unique gay Filipino American vernacular...

Anna May Wong: A Complete Guide to Her Film, Stage, Radio and Television Work by Philip Leibfried and Chei Mi Lane [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Anna May WongA dictionary-like overview of the original Chinese American legendary superstar's career. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, February 27, 2004 Readers: Adult Published: 2003...

Charlie Chan Is Dead 2: At Home in the World | An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction edited with an introduction by Jessica Hagedorn, preface by Elaine H. Kim [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Short Stories, Young Adult Readers

Charlie Chan Is Dead IIThe much awaited follow-up to the first Charlie Chan Is Dead (now already more than a decade old!), which includes the works of 42 Asian American writers ...

The Island of Bicycle Dancers: A Novel by Jiro Adachi [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese American, Korean American, Repost

Island of Bicycle DancersAn entertaining coming-of-age novel-of-sorts about 20-year-old Yurika Song who is half-Japanese and half-Korean, who arrives from Japan to work for a summer at her Korean uncle's store in New York...

The Last of the Whampoa Breed: Stories of the Chinese Diaspora edited by Pang-yuan Chi and David Der-Wei Wang [in AsianWeek]

27 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Nonfiction, Repost, Taiwanese, Translation

Last of the WhampoaA compilation of 14 essays that highlight the experiences of a group of elite Chinese soldiers who were trained at China's first modern military institution, Whampoa Military Academy, who were...

One Hundred Million Hearts by Kerri Sakamoto [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

One Hundred Million HeartsMiyo, raised by her indulgent father after her mother’s death, is shocked to discover her father’s secret life when he passes away. She travels to Japan, to meet a half-sister...

Crossing the River: Short Fiction by Nguyen Huy Thiep, edited by Nguyen Nguyet Cam and Dana Sachs, multiple translators [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian, Translation, Vietnamese

Crossing the RiverAccording to editors Nguyen and Sachs, “In the history of modern Vietnamese literature, no writer has provoked more debate than Nguyen Huy Thiep.” Indeed, his images of Vietnam are hardly flattering, a...

The Chinese Chicken Cookbook: One Hundred Easy-to-Prepare, Authentic Recipes for the American Table by Eileen Yin-Fei Lo [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Chinese Chicken CookbookNow that Mad Cow’s Disease is on the loose (although it hasn’t changed our beef-eating habits in any way) and fish is purportedly filled with poisonous mercury, chicken is looking more and...

Love After War edited by Wayne Karlin and Ho Anh Thai [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian, Translation, Vietnamese

Love After WarThis behemoth anthology – the largest collection of its kind – made up of 45 Vietnamese authors of various backgrounds, is divided into five thematic sections that represent five contemporary periods of...

Chiffon Saris by Feroza Jussawalla [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian American, Poetry, Repost, South Asian American

Chiffon SarisA collection of poems that capture the multiplicity of being tied to Indian roots while living as an American in the borders of where Mexico and the United States intersect. Review: "New and...

Anna May Wong: From Laundryman’s Daughter to Hollywood Legend by Graham Russell Gao Hodges [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Biography, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Anna May WongPublished on what would have been the legendary star’s 99th birthday (Jan. 4), Hodges’ biography captures Wong’s humble beginnings as the second daughter of eight children born to immigrant parents, to her...

The Twenty Guiding Principles of Karate: The Spiritual Legacy of the Master by Gichin Funakoshi, translated by John Terramoto [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost, Translation

Twenty Guiding Principles of KarateFor the first time, the legendary principles of karate as espoused by Master Funakoshi, called the father of karate, are available in English translation. Rather than focusing on...

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