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BookDragon Historical Tag

Passing It On – A Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama [in AsianWeek]

30 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Passing It OnA down-to-earth account of one of the most inspiring women of our times. The memoir that world-renowned activist Yuri Kochiyama began to write at the age of 77 for her family, is...

Defining America Through Immigration Policy by Bill Ong Hing [in AsianWeek]

30 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Latina/o/x, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

Defining Immigration Through Immigration Policy“We are a nation of immigrants,” Hing states in his introduction. And certainly that is a factual statement. However, since the United States was established more than two...

The Firekeeper’s Son by Linda Sue Park, illustrated by Julie Downing [in AsianWeek]

25 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, Korean American, Repost

Firekeeper's SonSet in early 19th-century Korea, The Firekeeper’s Son is the very first picture book for Newbery Award-winner Linda Sue Park. When his father is injured, young Sang-hee must take on the very...

China Remembered: A Rare Collection of Photographs from a Forgotten Time by Yasuto Kitahara [in AsianWeek]

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

China RememberedAn absolutely stunning, breathtaking collection of photos by a self-described Japanese geographer and geography teacher who, over the past 26 years, has traveled to all of China’s 28 provinces and taken over 10,000 photographs....

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,...

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...

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...

No Sword to Bury: Japanese Americans in Hawai’i during World War II by Franklin Odo + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

30 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost

no-sword-to-buryA Legacy of Change ‘Write what you know best’ is the advice that writers probably hear most often. And for Franklin Odo, activist, academic, and museum curator extraordinaire, that’s exactly what he does. His latest...

The Caprices by Sabina Murray + Author Profile [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Repost, Short Stories

capricesWriting from a Different Place: A Profile of 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award Winner Sabina Murray When Sabina Murray first heard that she had won the prestigious 2003 PEN/Faulkner Award for her short story collection The Caprices, she thought...

A Date Which Will Live: Pearl Harbor in American History by Emily S. Rosenberg [in AsianWeek]

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

Date Which Will LiveA multifaceted look at the lasting effects of what has become an iconic event – the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor – which has been brought back to...

The Invisible Seam by Andy William Frew, illustrated by Jun Matsuoka [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Japanese, Japanese American, Repost

Invisible SeamBased on the experiences of the author’s great-grandmother-in-law in Japan, Seam is a touching tale about a young girl named Michi who is apprenticed to the House of Mistress Shinyo, once renowned for creating...

The Legend of Fire Horse Woman by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Legend of Fire Horse WomanFinally, the first (and much awaited!) novel from the co-author of Farewell to Manzanar, the classic memoir of the internment experience (written with hubby James Houston). Legend captures...

The Girl Who Played Go by Shan Sa, translated by Adriana Hunter [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Girl Who Played GoIn the midst of the growing Japanese occupation of China via Manchuria in the 1930s, an unlikely relationship develops between a teenage girl and a Japanese soldier disguised as a...

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

24 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-the-emperor-was-divineLooking Back at a Family's Internment: Julie Otsuka's novel debuts in paperback OK, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine, just out in paperback...

Muhammad by Demi [in AsianWeek]

17 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Arab, Biography, Children/Picture Books, Middle Eastern, Nonfiction, Repost

Muhammad.DemiBased on traditional Islamic sources, award-winning children’s book maestro Demi creates a book specifically for children about the life and teachings of Muhammad. The book underscores that Muhammad’s message is the same message the prophets of...

To Live by Yu Hua, translated by Michael Berry [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

To LiveOriginally banned in China, To Live was the basis for the 1994 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prize winner of the same name, directed by grandmaster Zhang Yimou. A surprisingly slim volume, To Live tells...

The Fifth Book of Peace by Maxine Hong Kingston [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Fiction, Memoir, Repost

Fifth Book of PeaceHong Kingston’s much awaited new book begins with the calamitous fires in the Oakland-Berkeley hills of October 1991 that strike as she is driving home from her father’s funeral –...

Surfacing Sadness: A Centennial of Korean-American Literature 1903-2003 edited by Yearn Hong Choi and Haeng Ja Kim [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Nonfiction, Poetry, Repost, Short Stories, Translation

Surfacing SadnessWhat might be considered a companion collection to Century of the Tiger, which debuted in January, this volume is comprised primarily of translations of Korean-language poems, essays, and short stories by Korean...

Leyla: The Black Tulip by Aleve Lytle Croutier [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Turkish

Leyla, The Black TulipOne of the three newest additions to the Girls of Many Lands series [click here for an article about the series debut] from Pleasant Company (famous for its...

The Opium Clerk by Kunal Basu [in AsianWeek]

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

Opium ClerkBorn Hiranyagabha Chakraborti in 1857 during the time of the Indian Mutiny (when Indians rebelled against the ruling British) on the same day of his father’s death, Hiran (as he comes to be called)...

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