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20th Century Boys (vol. 16) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

03 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Back when Kenji and the gang were young enough to be concerned about little more than just having fun, an equally young Fukube was trying very, very hard to be included. When sharing his extensive, pristine manga collection doesn't get him invited to "secret headquarters,"...

Maryam’s Maze by Mansoura Ez Eldin, translated by Paul Starkey

23 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Arab, Egyptian, Fiction, Translation

Here I go again starting with a book backwards … in the ending “Translator’s Note,” Paul Starkey writes, “Readers of Maryam’s Maze who are already familiar with the author’s short stories will quickly feel themselves at home in this more extended work, which again reveals...

So B. It by Sarah Weeks

20 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Heidi is not your average soon-to-be-13-year-old: "One thing I knew for a fact, from the time I knew anything at all, was that I didn't have a father. What I had was Mama and Bernadette, and as far as I was concerned, that was plenty."...

The Kimchi Chronicles: Korean Cooking for an American Kitchen by Marja Vongerichten with Julia Turshen, photography by Andrew Baranowski, foreword by Jean-Georges Vongerichten

18 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Korean, Korean American, Nonfiction

Confession: in spite of every good intention, I haven't yet seen the eponymous show for which this book is billed as a "Companion to the Public Television Series." That said, this gorgeous volume clearly stands alone ...

20th Century Boys (vol. 15) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

17 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

The Pope is on his way to Japan in time for the opening ceremony of the 2015 World Expo ...

Good Fortune in a Wrapping Cloth by Joan Schoettler, illustrated by Jessica Lanan

12 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean, Nonethnic-specific

Manga addict that I’ve become in my old age, I tend to start books-with-pictures from the back cover. This, I’ve learned, often yields insightful rewards. [And no, I am not one of those skippers with novels, ahem!] Going backwards worked well here: author Joan Schoettler, who...

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

07 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Jewish

Here's how I finally came to read The History of Love ...

20th Century Boys (vol. 14) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

04 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

It's 2015 ...

20th Century Boys (vol. 13) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

04 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

The announcement is over a week old, but better late than never, especially when it's such well-deserved fabulous news: ...

Chanda’s Secrets by Allan Stratton

02 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in African, Canadian, Fiction, Young Adult Readers

If it hasn't happened already, soon enough Chanda's Secrets will be coming to a theater near you ...

Author Interview: Tahmima Anam [in Bookslut]

01 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi American, British Asian, Fiction, Repost, South Asian, South Asian American

In spite of the fierce, wrenching content of her books, Tahmima Anam in real life is a gentle, warm, incredibly youthful presence. We met in livetime a few years ago in Washington, DC, as her debut novel, A Golden Age, was winning major international awards,...

The Bride Price by Buchi Emecheta

26 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, Fiction

With a long list that spans over four decades of critically lauded, award-winning novels, plays, and children's titles, Nigerian-born Buchi Emecheta is undoubtedly one of the pioneering women's voices in African literature. She writes with simple strength, without embellishments; her uncomplicated, accessible prose is quiet,...

The Whole World Over by Julia Glass

23 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

This was my last of the Julia Glass novels, having read them out of published order. Glass' first title, Three Junes, and her latest, The Widower's Tale, undoubtedly make up the better half of her oeuvre. I See You Everywhere and Whole World land on...

The Icarus Girl by Helen Oyeyemi

22 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, British, Fiction

Here's the most remarkable detail about this debut novel: Nigerian-born, London-raised Helen Oyeyemi wrote this book in seven weeks (!) just before she turned 19, in the midst of studying for her A-level exams (Britain's upper level, pre-university standardized tests). Both endeavors proved highly successful:...

The Good Muslim [Bengal Trilogy, Book 2] by Tahmima Anam

18 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Bangladeshi, Bangladeshi American, British Asian, Fiction, South Asian, South Asian American

Tahmima Anam continues her outstanding Bengal Trilogy, which began with A Golden Age, her glowing 2008 debut that propelled Anam into a privileged literary circle filled with international accolades. From Rehana Haque, the protagonist mother in Age, Anam shifts her focus to the grown Haque...

What I Saw and How I Lied by Judy Blundell

17 Jul, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

No matter what you ultimately think of the story here, reading this book will no doubt elicit strong lasting emotions. As I'm convinced the less you know about Judy Blundell’s 2008 National Book Award for Young People's Literature winner, the better your own reading will be, you might...

Roots and Wings by Many Ly

15 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Cambodian, Cambodian American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Young Adult Readers

Born and raised in a small Pennsylvania town, the only connection 14-year-old Grace has to her Cambodian heritage are her mother and her grandmother. While these three generations of women clearly need and love one another, they are uncertain as to how to truly know each...

Landing by Emma Donoghue

11 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, European, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian, Irish

Had I not been so enthralled with Room, I don't know if I would have discovered Emma Donoghue's many other titles, but I've definitely been enjoying reading newly discovered authors' works backwards. Take a look at the cover and you can probably guess what Landing is about....

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

02 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Caribbean American, Fiction

Here are a few new things I learned from Junot Díaz's 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winner that many of you already read long ago ...

Bitter Melon by Cara Chow

26 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Middle Grade Readers, Young Adult Readers

You thought Amy Chua was the ultimate Tiger Mother??!! Ha! Chua looks like a mewling cub next to Gracie Ching, the ranting, manipulative, so-called traditional Chinese mother whose idea of tough love includes beating your daughter ...

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