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Deceit and Other Possibilities by Vanessa Hua [in Booklist]

08 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost, Short Stories

Journalist Vanessa Hua’s debut in fiction is an intriguing collection of 10 stories with personal resonance from being the child of Chinese immigrants and a two-decade, continent-hopping career. Each of her protagonists is never quite grounded, caught between multiple cultures and countries. Each hides beneath layers...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan’s Save Me a Seat

01 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, South Asian, South Asian American, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2016

Turning Japanese: A Graphic Memoir by MariNaomi

24 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

In 1995 at age 22, MariNaomi leaves her boyfriend of five years, her job, her San Francisco home and transplants herself 50 miles south in San Jose, where she almost immediately "move[s] into an idyllic, century-old one bedroom cottage that rested on a large plot of untamed...

Save Me a Seat by Sarah Weeks and Gita Varadarajan [in Shelf Awareness]

20 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Award-winning writer Sarah Weeks (Pie; So B. It) and India-born debut author Gita Varadarajan present a poignant, comical cultural exchange in the alternating voices of two fifth-grade boys. Joe Sylvester has been living in the same New Jersey town, going to the same school and hanging...

A Morning with Grandpa by Sylvia Liu, illustrated by Christina Forshay

17 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Latina/o/x

Welcome to Gong Gong and Mei Mei’s backyard where movement flows. The elderly Gong Gong “sends good energy through [his] body” with a martial art called tai chi. His feisty young granddaughter Mei Mei hears “martial art” and instantly thinks karate – “HI-YAH”s included –...

Unidentified Suburban Object by Mike Jung [in Shelf Awareness]

29 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Primrose Heights is home to only three Asian Americans: 12-year-old Chloe Cho and her parents. In spite of Chloe's growing interest in her Korean heritage, her astrophysicist mother and fish store-owner father remain consistently mum about the family's past, always hedging with excuses like "Talking...

A Bride’s Story (vol. 7) by Kaoru Mori, translated by William Flanagan

11 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Central Asian, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Thanks to his "fellow countryman," our peripatetic Turkey-bound Englishman, Mr. Smith, finds himself welcomed into a lavish Persian home. "I'm impressed, Boss," his guide and companion Ali remarks, "You sure know some powerful people." Momentarily glimpsed but intentionally hidden in the sprawling compound is Anis, the...

In Other Words by Jhumpa Lahiri [in Christian Science Monitor]

17 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audience, European, Indian American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, South Asian American

‘In Other Words’ traces Jhumpa Lahiri's love affair with the Italian language A few days before Christmas 1994, Jhumpa Lahiri made her first trip to Italy. She left a week later, in “[l]ove at first sight” not with a person, but with the Italian language. Over...

The Year of the Monkey: Tales from the Chinese Zodiac by Oliver Chin, illustrated by Kenji Ono

08 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Japanese American

Today is Lunar New Year ...

Enchanted Air: Two Cultures, Two Wings by Margarita Engle

17 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Caribbean American, Cuban, Cuban American, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Poetry, Verse Novel/Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Exactly a year ago today, POTUS and Cuba's President Raúl Castro announced a joint agreement reestablishing relations between two countries that have maintained a complicated half-century plus of separation. Released December 17, 2014, the official Cuba Policy Changes have made the island nation quite the destination of...

The Arab of the Future: A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 by Riad Sattouf, translated by Sam Taylor

30 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Arab, European, French, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction

By 2, he knew he was "perfect." The toddler Riad with his "[l]ong, thick, silky, platinum-blonde hair," might have been "awake for only a few hours a day, but it was enough: when it came to living, [he] was a natural." And so begins the first...

Maya’s Blanket | La manta de Maya by Monica Brown, illustrated by David Diaz, translated by Adriana Domínguez

30 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Jewish, Latina/o/x, Translation

We're right in the middle of National Hispanic Heritage Month – now through October 15. Do you know where your books are? If you're looking for a delightful, heart-tugging, bilingual even (!) picture book, this is it! Monica Brown, creator of the rollicking Marisol McDonald series, introduces...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Thanhhà Lại’s Listen, Slowly

31 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2015

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Eric Gansworth’s If I Ever Get Out of Here

19 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2015, Young Adult Readers

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda’s I Will Always Write Back

11 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in African, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2015, Young Adult Readers

Flood of Fire [Ibis Trilogy, Book 3] by Amitav Ghosh [in Christian Science Monitor]

04 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Flood of Fire brings the astounding, exceptional Ibis Trilogy to a close Readers of this review will fall into two categories: (1) Those who are already two-thirds invested in the Ibis Trilogy, and (2) Newbies who might be wondering if continuing the perusal of this review...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Roseanne Greenfield Thong’s ‘Twas Nochebuena

27 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Bilingual, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Poetry, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2015

I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda with Liz Welch

21 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in African, Audio, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

"I was a typical twelve-year-old girl, far more interested in what I should wear to school than what I might learn there," co-author Caitlin Stoicsitz (as she was named then) introduces her 1997 self. "I assumed most kids, regardless of where they lived, had lives...

Mango, Abuela, and Me by Med Medina, illustrated by Angela Dominguez

16 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latina/o/x

Sometime in the winter, Mia's "far-away grandmother" arrives to live with her family. "'Abuela belongs with us now,’" her mother explains. On the first evening together, Mia realizes Abuela "can't unlock the English words," but at least they can communicate over two treasures Abuela pulls out...

Listen, Slowly by Thanhhà Lại

08 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American

"They're his roots, not mine," Mia insists as she seethes on a flight bound to Vietnam with her father. "I'm a Laguna Beach girl who can paddleboard one-legged and live on fish tacos and mango smoothies. My parents should be thanking the Buddha for a...

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