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An Iranian Metamorphosis by Mana Neyestani, translated by Ghazal Mosadeq

11 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Memoir, Nonfiction, Translation, Young Adult Readers

One unintentionally wrong word uttered in a children's cartoon lost Mana Neyestani his job, his freedom, and nearly his life. As editor of the children's pages for Iran's Iran-Jomeh, Neyestani drew his recurring 10-year-old character confronting a cockroach that replies with a single Azeri word: "Namana." As Neyestani...

A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova

02 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Russian, Russian American, Young Adult Readers

Dasha is 12. She lives in a four-room apartment in Moscow with her mother and her grandparents. Her father lives in Los Angeles. She would like a cat, but she's too allergic. One night, she overhears her grandmother assuring her mother: "She will be fine. We...

Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch

26 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Canadian, Central Asian, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Turkish, Young Adult Readers

The year is 1913. Zeynep and Ali are teenage lovers in Anatolia (once Asia Minor, now modern Turkey) who part with a lingering sense of bitterness: Ali's impending departure breaks their promise of escaping their village together. Feeling betrayed, Zeynep turns away: "I refuse to be your...

When the Moon Is Low by Nadia Hashimi

11 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Afghan, Afghan American, Audio, Fiction

Told in two distinct narratives by a mother and her eldest son, When the Moon Is Low follows an Afghan family's desperate journey through Turkey, Greece, Italy, and beyond, in search of safety and peace. [If you choose to go aural, Sneha Mathan (again, as always) is an ideal...

Discover WeNeedDiverseBooks with Naomi Shihab Nye’s The Turtle of Oman

03 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Arab, Arab American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Palestinian American, WeNeedDiverseBooks, WNDB.SummerReadingSeries2015, Young Adult Readers

The Way Things Were by Aatish Taseer [in Library Journal]

01 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

Aatish Taseer's latest opens with a mother's call to her Manhattan-based son, asking him to ferry his just-deceased father's body from Geneva back to Delhi. Though a minor Indian prince, "Toby" G.M.P.R. Kalasuryaketu – half-actually Scottish, half-Indian – was more a foreign "novelty" in his...

Daughters of the Samurai: A Journey from East to West and Back by Janice P. Nimura [in Christian Science Monitor]

06 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Biography, Japanese, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Daughters of the Samurai profiles three remarkable women who influenced modern Japanese history Set aside ample time: You won’t welcome intrusions while reading this unprecedented, true story featuring young Japanese girls who arrived stateside without language or cultural training, and matured into three of the most...

Tropical Secrets: Holocaust Refugees in Cuba by Margarita Engle

23 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Caribbean, Caribbean American, Cuban, Cuban American, Fiction, Jewish, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

In case you've missed the recent headlines, Cuba has been in the news a lot: "We are separated by 90 miles of water, but are brought together through shared relationships and the desire to promote a democratic, prosperous, and stable Cuba," a recent official White...

In the Country: Stories by Mia Alvar [in Library Journal]

15 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian American

*STARRED REVIEW Few writers, even the most seasoned, can produce collections of evenly superb stories. Mia Alvar triumphs on her first try. Her nine stories reflect her own peripatetic background (Manila born, Bahrain/New York raised, Harvard/Columbia educated), featuring a cast of immigrants, expats, travelers, runaways, and...

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen + Author Interview [in Bloom]

08 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American, Vietnamese, Vietnamese American

Việt Thanh Nguyễn – Associate Professor at USC in English and American Studies – has a 25-page CV online that highlights countless publications, including articles, essays, book chapters, reviews, blog posts, commentaries, short stories, and more. His accomplishments are numerous: citations, awards, fellowships, etc. All...

Odysseus Abroad by Amit Chaudhuri [in Library Journal]

06 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, British Asian, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

This latest from Amit Chaudhuri (Freedom Song; The Immortals) offers minimal plot: a 22-year-old homesick Indian literature student and aspiring poet wakes in his shabby London studio, practices his singing, meets his university tutor, delivers his rent, and visits his uncle Radhesh, with whom he...

The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant

02 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Jewish

In real life, Linda Lavin (known to a certain generation as TV's Alice, also known to others for her almost-half-century of on-stage success) isn't quite as old as the titular Boston Girl, but she absolutely epitomizes the ideal narrator here. The year is 1985, and...

The Turtle of Oman by Naomi Shihab Nye, illustrations by Betsy Peterschmidt

26 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Arab, Arab American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Palestinian American, Young Adult Readers

Here's a narrative I haven't seen often: a not-yet-an-immigration story. Young Aref has one more week left to spend in his idyllic home in Muscat, the capital city of his native Oman. In too-few days, he and his mother will fly to the other side of the...

The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot: The True Story of the Tyrant Who Created North Korea and the Young Lieutenant Who Stole His Way to Freedom by Blaine Harden [in Christian Science Monitor]

19 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, North Korean, Repost

'The Great Leader and the Fighter Pilot' presents a riveting slice of North Korean history Writing one of the most difficult-to-read books ever – Escape from Camp 14 (2012), about a young man’s harrowing odyssey from North Korea where he was bred as a labor camp slave...

the extraordinary journey of the fakir who got trapped in an Ikea wardrobe. A novel. by Romain Puértolas, translated by Sam Taylor

15 Mar, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, European, Fiction, Indian, South Asian, Spanish, Translation

An Indian fakir gets in an old red Mercedes cab at Terminal 2 of Charles de Gaulle Airport and utters his first word – in Swedish – to the driver: "Ikea." Have you heard this one before? Well, no, most probably not ...

My Beloved World by Sonia Sotomayor

13 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Latina/o/x, Memoir, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

As National Hispanic Heritage Month draws to a close this week, the audible rendition of this empowering memoir is an ideal celebration of two of the most legendary contemporary Latina heroes: Rita Moreno, the only actress ever to have taken Oscar, Tony, Grammy, and two Emmys...

The Distance Between Us: A Memoir by Reyna Grande

08 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Latin American, Latina/o/x, Memoir, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

She was left at age 2 by her father, then at 4 watched her mother go; both parents braved the border into "El Otro Lado" (The Other Side) to make enough American dollars to reunite the family in their dream house someday. The youngest of three children, Reyna...

Map of Betrayal by Ha Jin [in Library Journal]

24 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Repost

*STARRED REVIEW CIA agent Gary Shang was convicted of spying for China yet called himself "a patriot of both the United States and China." Decades after Gary's death, Lilian, his only child with his American wife, unexpectedly inherits his diary from his longtime mistress and discovers...

Larry and Friends created and illustrated by Carla Torres, story by Nat Jaspar

06 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Latina/o/x, South American

Happy, happy to Larry who's celebrating his birthday. He's not so thrilled about having "to work like a dog" – even though that's exactly what he is – to prepare for his natal fest, but he's so "very excited" that all his friends are coming. Being a native...

The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing by Mira Jacob

21 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Indian, Indian American, South Asian, South Asian American

Probably my brain is showing its advancing age, but I can't remember the last time I stayed up half the night to finish a book unless I had an impending deadline (procrastinate? me?!). While I started Sleepwalk-ing in daylight stuck in the ears (debut novelist Mira Jacob...

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