The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini [in AsianWeek]
30 May, by in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Afghan, Afghan American, Fiction, Repost
A resonating, breathtaking first novel that chronicles the relationship of two boys, born and raised in Kabul, Afghanistan – both motherless, both nursed by the same woman and both lives inextricably linked, even in...
An inspiring compilation of a century’s worth of photos, from the very first Korean families arriving in 1903 to a six-generation Hawaiian family of Korean descent.
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Living With War
When Sabina Murray heard she had won the prestigious PEN/Faulkner Award for her short story collection The Caprices, she was so surprised that she hardly believed it. Not until the house began to rapidly...
In the final chapter of The Chinese in America, Iris Chang writes, "I can only close this book with a fervent hope: that readers will recognize the story of my people – the Chinese in the...
A memorable debut novel (big month for debuts, no?) about the Vietnamese live-in cook for the legendary American expats Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas, a young man with a complicated past...
A look at the predominantly 1960s immigration and settlement patterns of Indian American Patels, a group highly visible because of their concentrated representation in the motel business throughout the United States.
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A children’s version of the Polly Bemis story – called the Pacific Northwest’s most famous Chinese American pioneer – released in time for the 150th anniversary of Bemis’ birth in 1853.
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The immigration story, told through the metaphor of planting a garden on rich new soil, captured in brilliant color and poignant text.
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A landmark collection of vibrant prose and haunting poetry from a not-so-well-known, relatively new segment of the country’s growing APA community.
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Kibria’s extensive interviews of Chinese Americans and Korean Americans in Boston and Los Angeles in the 1980s and ’90s make for an incredibly familiar and enlightening title.
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Since the lifting of immigration laws in 1965, the U.S. medical work force has had huge support from growing numbers of Filipino-trained medical staff arriving on U.S. shores, especially Filipino nurses. Choy...
Honoring Community
If a single picture speaks a thousand words, then the timeless images captured in Chinatown Dreams: The Life and Photographs of George Lee make up the history of a community long gone. George Lee, a...
An overwhelming, necessary, eye-witnessing anthology of the legacy of a century of colonial – political, economic, and especially social – occupation of the Philippines by the United States.
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A comprehensive overview of the history of Asian American politics, from the early historical cases of the first Asian immigrants against exclusion, to significant immigration law changes in 1924 (which virtually shut...
Provocative, though rather academic study of immigration controls based on gender – from turn-of-the-century Chinese prostitutes to present-day homosexuals.
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Catch a Tiger by Its Tales: Celebrating 100 Years of Korean American Literature
HONOLULU — Aesthetically, Century of the Tiger: One Hundred Years of Korean Culture in America 1903-2003 is one...
Interpreting the Immigrant's Life: Urban girl Suki Kim makes her literary debut
NEW YORK CITY — Suki Kim has a fantasy about “meeting all the many Asian Americans across the country.” She’s heard rumors that there are...
An undeniably superb, even breathtaking short story collection about life spent in the “in-between” by the Japanese-born, German-domiciled, multi-dimensioned Tawada.
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An effective, haunting debut novel about three siblings growing up Vietnamese in America – an often disorienting experience reflected in an elliptical, impressionistic style.
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One man’s vision of a little-known – at least to the West – land as it was a quarter century ago, caught in a glorious mix of Chinese and Portuguese influences.
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