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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...

The Widower’s Tale by Julia Glass

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

Just sigh with me a moment. Deep breath in, deep breath out ...

Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

23 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, African, Audio, Fiction, Indian African, Indian American, South Asian American

Truth: if not for Sunil Malhotra, I would never have finished Abraham Verghese's bestselling first novel, Cutting for Stone. Immediately opened upon receipt more than two years ago, for some reason, my bookmark never moved beyond the first few chapters ...

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...

Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach, illustrated by Ricardo Cortés

14 Jun, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Warning: NO NO NO! This is NOT to share with your kiddies, at least not until they're much older ...

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 ...

Dogtag Summer by Elizabeth Partridge

31 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American

I admit it: more than a few pages now have drying leftover droplets. Elizabeth Partridge, whose last title was the multi-award-winning Marching for Freedom, sure knows how to make a jaded old reader go sniff, sniff. On the last day of seventh grade, best friends Tracy and Stargazer...

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 ...

Level Up by Gene Luen Yang, art by Thien Pham

10 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Middle Grade Readers, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

National Book Award-finalist Gene Luen Yang's latest title is a collaboration with a fellow high school teacher Thien Pham: their obviously convivial partnership is evident even before their comic begins. "Dedicated to our brothers Jon and Thinh, both of whom work in the medical field,...

The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown

09 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Nonethnic-specific

Confession: Every once in a while, I do actually read mass-market bestsellers. I'll even admit this is my second Dan Brown – had to see what all the hubbub about The Da Vinci Code was about! Am still rolling my eyes over that one (egads! as if names...

Into the Beautiful North by Luis Alberto Urrea

08 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Latina/o/x

Having read Luis Alberto Urrea's unforgettable Border Trilogy, I began the audible version of this novel that highlights illegal immigration with some trepidation. Alas, Urrea doesn't narrate this title; and although it's read with effective gusto by Susan Ericksen, I've gotten used to Urrea's flow, having...

Author Interview: Jenny Han [in Bookslut]

02 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

In case you were unsure, that’s Jenny Han as in “Han Solo,” not Han as in “hand.” Befitting of the bestselling young adult author that she is, she can recite all the dialogue from the cult film Clueless, and she gladly admits her adoration for...

The Cardturner: A Novel About a King, a Queen, and a Joker by Louis Sachar

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

Leave it to master storyteller Louis Sachar (National Book Award and Newbery Medalist for his phenomenally successful Holes) to make bridge (yes, bridge! – as in the card game!) heart-thumping fun! Listening to Sachar himself read the audible version is definitely an added bonus, not to mention you get to...

Room by Emma Donoghue

24 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Canadian, Fiction, Irish, Nonethnic-specific

Room will leave you speechless. Listening to the audible version, pitch-perfectly performed by Michal Friedman, Ellen Archer, Robert Petkoff, and Suzanne Toren, is a chillingly addictive experience; even after you've turned off your device, you won't be able to stop Jack from haunting you. In spite...

The Hummingbird’s Daughter by Luis Alberto Urrea

18 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Latin American, Latina/o/x

If I hadn't had Luis Alberto Urrea himself read the majority of his novel to me via iPod, I would never have known the proper pronunciation of Parangarícutirimícuaro, not to mention a few choice insults! Good thing I also bought the book, because I wouldn't...

Ladder to the Moon by Maya Soetoro-Ng, illustrated by Yuyi Morales

15 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Indonesian American

"More than anything, I wished that my mother and my daughter could have known and loved each other," Maya Soetoro-Ng writes in her "Author's Note," mourning her late mother (anthropologist S. Ann Dunham), who died a decade before her granddaughter Suhaila was born. Through the infinite...

Palestine’s Children: Returning to Haifa and Other Stories by Ghassan Kanafani, translated by Barbara Harlow and Karen E. Riley

11 Apr, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Palestinian, Short Stories, Translation

Contrary as I am, I find I must start with this book backwards. The final entry in this important title by one of Palestine's literary icons is not only the collection's highlight, but it is undoubtedly one of those haunting 'what-if' situations that you'll find...

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