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The Art of Hearing Heartbeats by Jan-Philipp Sendker, translated by Kevin Wiliarty

30 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, European, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Myanmarese (Burmese), Myanmarese (Burmese) American, Southeast Asian, Southeast Asian American, Translation

I think I will forever remember this book, perhaps not so much for the story, but for a single word: a blind young man sitting in the dark with hands running across the pages answers when asked what he's doing ...

Stir It Up by Ramin Ganeshram

17 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Caribbean American, Fiction, Indian American, Young Adult Readers

Food writer Ramin Ganeshram shares her Indo-Caribbean culinary prowess in her debut title for younger readers about eighth-grader Anjali Krishnan who really knows how to stir things up ...

The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar + Author Interview [in Bookslut]

03 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Indian American, Repost, South Asian American

Here's a moment of literary serendipity: on the morning my Bookslut interview with Luis Alberto Urrea went up, I happened to be finishing the galley of Thrity Umrigar’s latest novel, The World We Found. Amazingly, here's what appears in the penultimate paragraph on the very...

Love Twelve Miles Long by Glenda Armand, illustrated by Colin Bootman

25 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction

Trust me on this one: Debut author Glenda Armand’s Love Twelve Miles Long is THE perfect book to share today. "This was a special night," the story begins, "Mama had come to visit ...

20th Century Boys (vol. 18) by Naoki Urasawa, with the cooperation of Takashi Nagasaki, English adaptation by Akemi Wegmüller

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

"Guta-rara ...

Seasons of Flight by Manjushree Thapa

13 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nepali, Nepali American, South Asian, South Asian American

Nepal-born Manjushree Thapa, herself a peripatetic hybrid of East and West with an American education and Canadian ties, is one of a handful of Nepali authors successfully writing in English. This, her latest novel (and only her second in her almost two-decade writing history with seven titles...

Author Interview: Luis Alberto Urrea [in Bookslut]

05 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Latina/o/x, Repost

Earlier this year at that sprawling, unnavigable, kvetchfest known as AWP – the annual conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs – I got to introduce and moderate the very best panel of the long weekend (the title alone was the most memorable: "I Am Not...

Stargazing Dog by Takashi Murakami, translated by Atsuko Saisho and Spencer Fancutt

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

Much to my children's dismay (and longing), we don't have a dog (allergies). I am, however, so lucky to have a regular canine companion, Z, whose mother brings her on our twice-a-week hikes through the woods. As I was sniffling and snuffling through this heartfelt...

A New Year’s Reunion by Yu Li-Qiong, illustrated by Zhu Chen-Liang

24 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Fiction, Translation

The simple things in life always deserve our greatest gratitude: Today, this day of turkeys and thanks, those of us with our families close by are quite possibly the luckiest people on earth. Take the small family of three in this gorgeous yet bittersweet story …...

My Korean Deli: Risking It All for a Convenience Store by Ben Ryder Howe

17 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction

I swear this it not a spoiler because it's on the dedication page: Dwayne dies. His dates are right there before the book even starts: "1968-2009." Which is really quite sad, because inherited employee Dwayne Wright is one of the two most colorful Characters (capital...

Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami, translated by Alfred Birnbaum

16 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Japanese, Translation

Life just seems better with a Haruki Murakami story stuck in my ears ...

Drawing From Memory by Allen Say and The House Baba Built by Ed Young [in The New York Times]

11 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Japanese American, Memoir, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost

What formative experiences make a great children’s book illustrator? In the case of Allen Say and Ed Young, both Caldecott medalists, the journey begins with unusual childhoods in wartime Asia. Connecting the dots from those beginnings to what would become long and successful careers, Drawing...

Brothers by Yu Hua, translated by Eileen Cheng-yin Chow and Carlos Rojas

04 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese, Fiction, Translation

Yu Hua's unforgettable tome requires a solid commitment in time and patience, yet your reward for finishing the final page will make your investment amply worthwhile. The opening paragraph begins with the end: "Baldy Li, our Liu Town's premier tycoon," sits contemplating his life on his...

Chocolate Chocolate: The True Story of Two Sisters, Tons of Treats, and the Little Shop That Could by Frances Park and Ginger Park

01 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Korean American, Memoir, Nonfiction

On a long flight to Korea, I took the Park Sisters along to sweeten the tedious ride. I was barreling my way toward an international children’s literature festival where I was scheduled to talk about Korean American literature and, of course, the sisters and their...

Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit (vol. 7) by Motoro Mase, translated by John Werry, English adaptation by Kristina Blachere

30 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Young Adult Readers

In anticipation of tomorrow's frightfest, thought I should share some deathly dystopian manga – ikigami literally translating to 'death paper.' While each volume could potentially stand alone as a series of individual episodes that detail how the chosen spend their predetermined final 24 hours, you'll need to start from...

Masterwork of a Painting Elephant by Michelle Cuevas, pictures by Ed Young

25 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Absolute Favorites, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific

Today's theme, I've decided, is families that come together in unexpected ways. I have good reason – I'm moderating an event at the Library of Congress on transracial adoption at noon (eek!) – and I have a gorgeous debut novel I must share (it's always about a...

Little Goblins Ten by Pamela Jane, illustrated by Jane Manning

23 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

For parents of a certain generation, Raffi was like the Pied Piper: he sang, kids listened, they often fell asleep. Back then, that was the mark of a miraculous, massively talented performer. In our house, Thing 1 had a serious preference for "Baby Beluga" at bedtime,...

You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon

08 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, Short Stories

All is definitely not fair in love and war ...

Amulet | Book Four: The Last Council by Kazu Kibuishi

19 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific

Although this newest installment arrived months ago, it somehow went missing, thanks to my son's kleptomaniacal tendencies whenever he sees a Kazu Kibuishi title. Just finding it buried amidst his various piles of stuff (he keeps Books 1, 2, and 3 in the car for constant,...

touch by Adania Shibli, translated by Paula Haydar

16 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Palestinian, Translation

Less is indeed more in Palestinian writer Adania Shibli's U.S. debut-in-translation. The deceptively minimal 72 pages of touch hold layered shards from a young girl's life, some shining with promise, others sharp with painful gravity, but undoubtedly an existence shattered at seemingly regular intervals by violence and...

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