Passing It On – A Memoir by Yuri Kochiyama [in AsianWeek]
30 Apr, by in Adult Readers, Japanese American, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers
A 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...
“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...
Set in early 19th-century Korea, The Firekeeper’s Son is the very first picture book for Newbery Award-winner 
An 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....
Min'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,...
A dictionary-like overview of the original Chinese American legendary superstar's career.
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A 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...
A Legacy of Change
‘Write what you know best’ is the advice that writers probably hear most often. And for 
Writing 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 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...
Based 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...
Finally, 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...
In 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...
Looking 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 
Based 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...
Originally 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...
Hong 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 –...
What might be considered a companion collection to 
One of the three newest additions to the Girls of Many Lands series [click 
Born 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)...