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Butterflies for Kiri by Cathryn Falwell [in AsianWeek]

27 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Butterflies for KiriKiri receives an origami set from her aunt for her birthday and is disappointed when she cannot make the perfect origami butterfly. Undaunted, she continues to practice until she creates a lovely...

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:...

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...

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...

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:...

The Scandal of the State: Women, Law, and Citizenship in Postcolonial India by Rajeswari Sunder Rajan [in AsianWeek]

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

Scandal of the StateAn academic text, interspersed with narrative case studies, that explores the problematic status of women as recognized – or, more accurately, not recognized – by the Indian government. The picture...

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 ...

Bamboo Among the Oaks: Contemporary Writing by Hmong Americans edited by Mai Neng Moua [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Hmong American, Nonfiction, Poetry, Repost

Bamboo Among the OaksA landmark collection of vibrant prose and haunting poetry from a not-so-well-known, relatively new segment of the country’s growing APA community. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, March 28,...

Korean Cinema: The New Hong Kong Cinema | A Guidebook for the Latest Korean New Wave by Anthony C. Y. Leong [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Hong Kongese, Korean, Nonfiction, Repost

Korean CinemaFor the newly initiated Korean cinephile, this will help to explain who’s who, what’s what, and which film you should see next – just don’t look too deep. That whole comparison with Hong Kong...

Appreciations in Japanese Culture by Donald Keene [in AsianWeek]

28 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost

Appreciations in Japanese Culture.KeeneThe paperback re-issue of a collection of essays on all things Japanese by the world’s most famous honorary almost-Japanese. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, March 28, 2003 Readers: Adult Published:...

Contemporary Korean Cinema: Identity, Culture and Politics by Hyangjin Lee [in AsianWeek]

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

Contemporary Korean CinemaSocio-historic summary of Korean cinema though films of three periods: pre-separation between North and South and the Japanese occupation, North/South division, and the postwar reality of a divided people. Review: "New...

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,...

Cinema of Interruptions: Action Genres in Contemporary Indian Cinema by Lalitha Gopalan [in AsianWeek]

28 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Indian, Indian American, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Cinema of InterruptionsWith the growing presence of Indian film titles, a timely primer on how Bollywood (thankfully) is certainly not Hollywood. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, February 28, 2003 Readers: Adult Published: 2002...

Inventing Japan: 1853-1964 by Ian Buruma [in AsianWeek]

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

Inventing JapanFrom Commodore Perry’s “opening” of Japanese ports to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics when the Japanese shocked the world by winning 16 gold medals, a lively look at the rise of modern Japan. Review: <a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/asianweek-2003-02-28-new-and-notable-books.pdf"...

National Abjection: The Asian American Body Onstage by Karen Shimakawa [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Drama/Theater, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

National AbjectionA look at what means to be “American” through the lens of theater and performance art. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, January 31, 2003 Readers: Adult Published: 2002...

Abandon: A Romance by Pico Iyer [in AsianWeek]

31 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British Asian, Fiction, Persian, Repost

AbandonA British graduate student esconsced in a new life based in Santa Barbara, California, embarks on a labyrinthine worldly journey in search of lost ancient Sufi manuscripts believed to have been smuggled out of Iran. Review: <a...

Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo, translated by William Scott Wilson [in AsianWeek]

20 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese, Nonfiction, Repost, Translation

HagakureBrand new edition of the classic collection of almost 300-year-old tidbits on how to live the life of the proper samurai. Historically, its followers have been many and notable, including the legendary writer Yukio Mishima and...

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