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BookDragon Coming-of-age Tag

Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy: The Genesis of China’s Fifth Generation by Ni Zhen, translated by Chris Berry [in AsianWeek]

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Translation

Memoirs from the Beijing Film AcademyA thoroughly enjoyable combination of memoir entwined with film, social, and political history by a professor from the prestigious Beijing Film Academy, which graduated the...

Dictee by Theresa Hak Kyung Cha and The Dream of the Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982) by Constance M. Lewallen [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Dictee.Audience The welcome return of Dictee, a seminal Korean American classic – part autobiography, part history, part art, part experimentation. The Dream of the Audience, with essays by Whitney Museum curator Lawrence R. Rinder and theorist/filmmaker Trinh...

Edinburgh by Alexander Chee [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Korean American, Repost

EdinburghLyrical debut about Korean American hapa, Fee, who survives child molestration, and the subsequent relationship he unwittingly falls into with his molestor’s teenage son. Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, December 2001/January...

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie, translated by Ina Rilke [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Balzac and the Little Chinese SeamstressDelightful debut about two teenage boys sent to be “re-educated” during Mao’s Cultural Revolution and their love for a local village girl and banned western literature. Review:...

Half a Life by V.S.Naipaul

01 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Indian African, South Asian

Half a LifeThe latest novel by this year’s Nobel Prize winner examines dislocation, tragic relationships, and the ultimately redemptive powers of love. Willie Chandran, born in India to a Brahmin who married down, immigrates...

A Woman Soldier’s Own Story by Xie Bingying, translated by Lily Chia Brissman and Barry Brissman [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Translation

Woman SoldierIn a new translation by Xie’s own daughter Lily Chia Brissman and Barry Brissman, this autobiography gives a fresh new voice to a revolutionary Chinese woman who lived almost the entire 20th century –...

Asleep by Banana Yoshimoto, translated by Michael Emmerich [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation, Young Adult Readers

AsleepOriginal Japanese Gen-Xer Banana Yoshimoto's Asleep offers a collection of three novellas, each about a young woman disconnected somehow to her present reality, finding relief and release only through sleep. We could all probably use a...

Smell by Radhika Jha [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian African, Repost, South Asian

SmellAfter 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...

American Son by Brian Ascalon Roley [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost

American SonTouching, disturbing debut novel about Gabe, the “good” son, and his older brother Tomas, the Mexican gangster wannabe. Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, October/November 2001 Readers: Adult Published: 2001...

China’s Son: Growing Up in the Cultural Revolution by Da Chen [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese, Chinese American, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

China's SonHere's the young adult version of Chen’s lyrical bestseller, Colors of the Mountain. Reviews: "Young Reads," aMagazine: Inside Asian America, August/September 2001 "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, January...

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Single ShardLinda Sue Park's fascinating tale is rich with the legacy of Korea's unprecedented celadon pottery. The resonating story takes the reader back to the 12th century, when a young orphan becomes the...

A Step from Heaven by An Na [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Step from HeavenAn Na's gorgeous debut, which won her the 2002 Michael L. Printz Award and was a finalist for the 2001 National Book Award, tells the haunting story of...

YELL-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American edited by Vickie Nam [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Yell-Oh Girls!Young Asian American girls from all over the country share poems, essays, and stories that speak of their bicultural roots – feeling at home in no land, challenging family relationships made more difficult by...

Paper Bullets: A Fictional Autobiography by Kip Fulbeck + Author Profile [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Memoir, Repost

Paper BulletsThe Kip Club Kip Fulbeck is not your average performance artist. At age 35, he’s a tenured professor at UC Santa Barbara, does outreach programs for at-risk kids, was a nationally ranked swimmer, and he...

Our Twisted Hero by Yi Munyol, translated by Kevin O’Rourke [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Repost, Translation

Our Twisted HeroA disturbing tale of a 12-year-old city boy's induction into power within a provincial fifth-grade classroom. And you thought kids today grow up too fast! Review: "New and Notable," aMagazine: Inside...

Motherland by Vineeta Vijayaraghavan [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

MotherlandAnother debut, Motherland tells the coming-of-age story of 15-year-old Maya. Afraid that she has become too Americanized growing up in New York, Maya's parents ship her off for the summer to the remote, mountaintop home of...

Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn + Author Profile [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Young Adult Readers

DogeatersDogeaters Run Jessica Hagedorn still sees her bestselling classic, Dogeaters, as a mini-series, “like The Sopranos,” she insists. “It’s the only reason I got HBO!” she says. Never mind that Michael Greif, director of the...

The Girl in the Picture: The Story of Kim Phuc, the Photograph, and the Vietnam War by Denise Chong + Author and Subject Profiles [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Nonfiction, Repost, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese

Girl in the PictureThe Girl in the Picture It is undoubtedly the most famous image of the tragedy of War: in its center, a young, naked girl screams in agony and terror, her thin...

The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee: Observations on Not Fitting In by Paisley Rekdal + Author Interview [in aOnline]

18 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Chinese American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Night My Mother Met Bruce LeeInternational Quest: Paisley Rekdal’s Search for Identity Born to a Chinese mother and a Norwegian father, Paisley Rekdal has traversed the world, in search of her identity,...

Paper Son: One Man’s Story by Tung Pok Chin with Winifred Chin [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

01 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Paper SonA rare first-person account of an immigrant's journey to America during the period of Chinese Exclusion. The memoir, written with his daughter, covers over a half century of Chin's life from his entry into...

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