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State of Wonder by Ann Patchett

13 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indian American, Nonethnic-specific, South Asian American

Just after finishing Divisadero, I immediately found myself missing Hope Davis' voice – she who so lullingly narrated Michael Ondaatje's dream-like bifurcated drama. So what a comforting surprise to click on Ann Patchett's Wonder and find Davis' voice gently streaming out of my headset! Serendipity indeed! As the...

Divisadero by Michael Ondaatje

12 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, European, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific, South Asian American, Sri Lankan American

Regardless of what is actually happening on the page (even brutality, sometimes tragedy), Michael Ondaatje's writing is something akin to a velvety, soothing dream. In a perfect world, reading (or better yet, listening to ...

Death Note (vols. 10-12) by Tsugumi Ohba, art by Takeshi Obata, translated by Tetsuichiro Miyaki

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

Ready for the final three? Talk about total creep-fest ...

Death Note (vols. 7-9) by Tsugumi Ohba, art by Takeshi Obata, translated by Alexis Kirsch (vol. 7), Tetsuichiro Miyaki (vols. 8-9)

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

The pace picks up rapidly (in spite of a few too many explanatory inner babbling bubbles) in the second half of one of the most popular manga series ever, endless spin-offs and all! In vol. 7, Kira #3 and his Notebook are now in the hands...

The Millennium Trilogy: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson, translated by Reg Keeland

10 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, European, Fiction, Swedish, Translation

I'm probably one of the last readers on earth to have managed to avoid this international (posthumous) publishing phenomenon. I might as well confess right now that I never finished the Harry Potter series, either (made it through the first three with gritted teeth, but...

The Family Fang by Kevin Wilson

06 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

What serendipitous timing that I chose to post Kevin Wilson's debut novel right after an interview with Jessica Hagedorn: Wilson's next public appearance, according to this website schedule, is on September 18 at the Brooklyn Book Festival with none other than the inimitable Mz. Hagedorn!...

Author Interview: Jessica Hagedorn [in Bookslut]

05 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Repost

When I first met the inimitable Jessica Hagedorn eight years ago – her 2003 novel Dream Jungle, in which Hagedorn intertwines the alleged discovery of an ancient "lost tribe" in the remote hills of the Philippines with the problematic filming of Apocalypse Now, was just...

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,"...

Death Note (vols. 3-6) by Tsugumi Ohba, art by Takeshi Obata, translated by Pookie Rolf (vol. 3) and Alexis Kirsch (vols. 4-6)

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

Need some freak-out adventures you can't put down? Time to continue the Death Note series with four more volumes that will get us to the half-way mark of this international phenomenon – in addition to the expected mega-million copy sales, anime and live-action spin-offs, novelizations, etc....

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...

Blue Exorcist (vol. 1) by Kazue Kato, translated by John Werry

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

We all probably have a little bit of devil in us, but what do you do when you find out that your birthfather is Satan himself? Twin brothers (and, not surprisingly, polar opposites), Rin and Yukio, have been raised all their lives by Father Fujimoto,...

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 Clockwork Girl by Sean O’Reilly and Kevin Hanna, art by Mike Thomas, Grant Bond, Karen Krinbrink, Mirana Reveier, and Kevin Hanna

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

When I handed this striking volume to my son (as I often do with most graphic titles, as they seem to be the best way to get him to read), he instantly replied with "oh, I read that already." I insisted that couldn't be possible as...

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 ...

The Great House by Nicole Krauss

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

Within minutes of finishing Nicole Krauss' The History of Love, I felt so bereft without Alma Singer and Leo Gorsky, that I immediately clicked my iPod to The Great House. [Thank goodness the hubby keeps my gadgets well-stocked!] How pleased I was to discover that, of the sizable...

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...

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,...

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