Under Western Eyes: Personal Essays from Asian America edited by Garrett Hongo [in What Do I Read Next? Multicultural Literature]
01 Mar, by in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost
A collection of 15 autobiographical essays from leading Asian American voices, confronting racism, language, family, stereotypes, and other social and political issues. Contributors include such writers as Peter Bacho, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston,...
The autobiographical account of a second-generation Japanese American woman growing up in Berkeley, California, and her family’s internment experiences at Camp Topaz during World War II.
During World War II, some 120,000 Americans of Japanese...
The autobiograhical account of a second-generation Japanese American woman growing up in Seattle in the 1920s through the '40s, her family’s incarceration during World War II in Idaho, and her new life as a...
Lisa See’s great-great-grandfather arrived in the U.S. from China more than 100 years ago, followed by his son who eventually became one of the most successful Chinese American antiques merchants. The Fong...
The autobiographical account, told through sketches and text, of a second-generation Japanese American woman, who was reduced to Citizen Number 13660 and incarcerated during World War II, first at the Tanforan Assembly Center in...
Lydia Minatoya, a second-generation Japanese American, searches for her own answers to what it means to be Asian American. Her personal odyssey begins in...
The saga of one Korean family, interwoven with the country’s turbulent history, from 1900 to the present. The Kang clan, once a powerful North...
A personal memoir of Min’s difficult young life in China during the brutal Cultural Revolution. From Shanghai to an intense labor camp to menial labor in a film studio – until she finally escapes...
The memoir a one of the earliest Korean American pioneers, who left her native country for America at age 5 in 1905. Through a near century of change, Lee narrates the story of her...
A young Korean American woman, trying to come to terms with her strong ethnic heritage, travels to Korea for the first time. There she discovers her grandmother’s legacy of survival,...
Jeanne Wakatsuki was just 7 years old when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Within months, her father was taken away by the U.S. government. Soon thereafter, the rest of the Wakatsuki family was...
A collection of oral histories of 38 diverse Korean Americans, from recent immigrants to third-generation Americans, who offer vastly different, sometimes startling perspectives as a result of their gender, economic background, education,...
A history made up of myth and memory of generations of Chinese American men: from the grandfather who worked on the transcontinental railroad to a father who ran a laundry and danced like Fred...
The autobiography of writer and poet Carlos Bulosan, from his boyhood in the Philippines, to his arrival in America, to the difficulties he faced as a migrant laborer....
A diverse collection of essays, excerpts, and short stories about growing up in the U.S., all authored by Americans of Asian descent that address such global issues as parent-child relationships,...
An Asian American historical classic, focusing on the Chinese in America – from the first Gold Mountain settlers to contemporary activists and shop owners – told through both personal narratives and extensive interviews, using...
In this groundbreaking historical work, 
Most likely the first historical text to examine the experiences of Chinese American women over a 150-year history, utilizing personal interviews, photographs, and long-overlooked documents. Could also be suitable for...
Using the backdrop of San Francisco, Yung traces the vibrant history of Chinese American women who arrived at the turn of the century as the property of their husbands or even as slaves, and...
A historical look at the Chinese American experience from early pioneers to modern day heroes. Through personal histories,