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The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru [in AsianWeek]

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

ImpressionistA fascinating, serpentine tale of a privileged Indian boy who at 15 is thrown out into the streets by the man he thought was his father, and how he becomes a chameleon re-inventor of himself in...

The House of Blue Mangoes by David Davidar [in AsianWeek]

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

House of Blue MangoesThree generational-saga of a south Indian village family, which begins in 1899 with the patriarch, Solomon Dorai, village headman, and continues through a tumultuous period of political upheavals and changes...

Dear Santa, Please Come to the 19th Floor by Yin, illustrated by Chris Soentpiet + Illustrator Interview [in AsianWeek]

19 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

Dear SantaPicturing the Worlds of Chris Soentpiet No number of rejections could dampen Chris Soentpiet’s determination to succeed and put his artwork forward. Even after being refused by more than 10 publishers as a fresh-faced college...

A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee’s Search for Her Roots by Katy Robinson + Author Profile [in KoreAm Journal]

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

Single Square PictureJourney to the East: Katy Robinson's search for her Korean family in A Single Square Picture BOISIE, IDAHO — In 1977 at the age of 7, Kim Ji-yun left Seoul and arrived in...

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-the-emperor-was-divineOver 60 years ago, the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 – “a day that will live in infamy” as then-President Roosevelt named it – eventually led to the signing of Executive Order 9066...

A Single Square Picture: A Korean Adoptee’s Search for Her Roots by Katy Robinson + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

09 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Korean, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Single Square PictureJourney to the East A single Polaroid captures the day that Katy Robinson’s life changed forever. Her mother’s worried face, her grandmother’s stoic grimace, and Katy’s childishly silly smile mark the day that...

A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park + Author Interview [in KoreAm Journal]

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

Single ShardChild's Play: The Writerly Life of Newbery Award-Winner Linda Sue Park ROCHESTER, N.Y. — When Linda Sue Park first received the call last spring that she had won the top honor in children’s literature –...

Family Matters by Rohinton Mistry [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian Asian Pacific American, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

Family MattersThe much awaited follow-up to the bestselling A Fine Balance. A family saga of sorts, set in a Bombay apartment (really, it’s getting to be a genre of its own!), about an elderly, Parkinson’s...

One Man’s Bible by Gao Xingjian, translated by Mabel Lee [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

One Man's BibleThe follow-up to Gao’s Nobel Prize-winning Soul Mountain. At the request of his naked, white German lover in the relative freedom of a Hong Kong hotel room in 1996, Gao’s fictionalized counterpart...

Rouse Up, O Young Men of the New Age by Kenzaburo Oe, translated by John Nathan [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

Rouse UpA semi-autobiographical novel about a famous writer obsessed with literature, William Blake, and dealing with parenting a mentally disabled child. Review: "New and Notable Fiction," AsianWeek, July 18, 2002 Readers:...

Video: Stories by Meera Nair [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, Short Stories, South Asian, South Asian American

VideoDebut collection filled with diverse, disturbing, haunting, entertaining miniatures of Indian and Indian American life. Review: "New and Notable Fiction," AsianWeek, July 18, 2002 Readers: Adult Published: 2002...

Red Poppies by Alai, translated by Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Tibetan, Translation

Red PoppiesA sweeping saga of Tibet before the Chinese occupation, told through the privileged view of the self-proclaimed “renowned idiot son” of a Tibetan chieftain. Review: "New and Notable Fiction," AsianWeek<a href="http://bookdragonreviews.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/2002-07-18-book-supplement-fiction.pdf"...

Good-bye, 382 Shin Dang Dong by Frances and Ginger Park, illustrated by Yangsook Choi [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost

Good-Bye 382What child wouldn’t worry about moving away from all that is familiar? Make that a move to another country on the other side of the world, and you’ve got the conundrum 8-year-old Jangmi faces...

Apple Pie 4th of July by Janet S. Wong, illustrated by Margaret Chodos-Irvine [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

Apple Pie FourthDelightful, delicious story of a little girl whose parents own an always-open store (except for Christmas) that offers Chinese food, even on the Fourth of July. Certain that no one wants chow...

The Khan’s Daughter: A Mongolian Folktale by Laurence Yep, illustrated by Jean and Mou-Sien Tseng [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Mongolian, Repost

Khan's DaughterLively tale of a poor man’s son who wins the hand of the Khan’s daughter through pure luck, faith, and eventually humility, in spite of demons, enemy armies, a mysterious warrior, and of course,...

Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki, illustrated by Shelly Shinjo [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Ghosts for BreakfastA humorous, adorable tale set in a Japanese American farming community in the 1920s, about a father and son who go out to Farmer Tanaka’s fields in search of the ghosts that...

Raymond’s Perfect Present by Theresa On Louie, illustrated by Suling Wong [in AsianWeek]

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Repost

Raymond's Perfect PresentA lovely, poignant story about a young boy who grows flowers on the windowsill of the city apartment he shares with his mother, hoping to surprise her when she finally returns from...

When My Name Was Keoko by Linda Sue Park + Author interview [in AsianWeek]

11 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-my-name-was-keokoLinda Sue Park's Post-Newbery Award Life Although Linda Sue Park was just 9 when her work was first published – a haiku for a children’s magazine – it would be almost three decades before she attempted her...

In the Absence of Sun: A Korean American Woman’s Promise to Reunite Three Lost Generations of Her Family by Helie Lee + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

10 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Korean, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction, North Korean, Repost

In the Absence of SunThe Making of a Hero Helie Lee's Rescue Mission When Helie Lee wrote her first book, the bestselling Still Life With Rice: A Young American Woman Discovers the Life and...

Sounds of the River: A Memoir by Da Chen + Author Interview [in aMagazine: Inside Asian America]

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

Sounds of the RiverFamily Devotions Da Chen’s late father was supportive of every endeavor his son attempted. Except for becoming a writer. “Writers were always the first to be blamed and punished for any...

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