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My Name is Sei Shonagon by Jan Blensdorf [in AsianWeek]

06 Feb, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Australian, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Japanese, Repost

My Name is Sei ShonagonWhat’s wrong with this picture? An Australian journalist spends two years living in Tokyo and writes her first novel, which the PR materials refer to as “an intoxicating...

Series Profile: First Person Fiction [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 Jan, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Author Interview/Profile, Black/African American, Cambodian American, Caribbean, Caribbean American, Fiction, Haitian, Haitian American, Korean American, Latina/o/x, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Southeast Asian, Young Adult Readers

first-person-fiction Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat Flight to Freedom by Ana Veciana-Suarez Finding My Hat by John Son The Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho With the exception of the Native Americans—and some may still argue that they walked over the...

At Home in This World … a China adoption story by Jean Macleod, illustrated by Qin Su [in AsianWeek]

18 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese American, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

At Home in This WorldAn adoption story for slightly older kids that not only acknowledges the love and support of adoptive families, but also deals with the bittersweet questions and doubts about...

I Don’t Have Your Eyes by Carrie A. Kitze, illustrated by Rob Williams [in AsianWeek]

18 Dec, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Repost

I Don't Have Your EyesA lovely picture book that celebrates differences found in all sorts of families. Whatever a family’s genesis, the love and acceptance among the members is what makes a...

We See the Moon by Carrie A. Kitze, illustrated with Jinshan Peasant Paintings [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Chinese, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Poetry, Repost

We See the MoonFilled with whimsical paintings by various Chinese peasants who work in Jinshan County near Shanghai, China, Moon is a thoughtful, poignant series of questions-without-answers that encourage adopted children to begin...

The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings by Amy Tan [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Opposite of FateIn her first book of nonfiction, Tan examines just about every aspect of her life – from her books, to relationships, to Hollywood, to furniture, to Cliff Notes (especially hysterical). Tan’s mother,...

The Legend of Fire Horse Woman by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston [in AsianWeek]

28 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Legend of Fire Horse WomanFinally, the first (and much awaited!) novel from the co-author of Farewell to Manzanar, the classic memoir of the internment experience (written with hubby James Houston). Legend captures...

The Language of Blood: A Memoir by Jane Jeong Trenka [in AsianWeek]

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

Language of BloodWith a name taken from each part of her life – Jane from her adoptive family, Jeong from her birthname, Trenka from her marriage – Trenka writes what just might be the...

Chronicle of a Blood Merchant by Yu Hua, translated by Andrew F. Jones [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Chronicle of a Blood MerchantIn spite of the comical nature of many scenes, Chronicle of a Blood Merchant is ultimately a heartbreaking story of a Chinese man and his family caught in...

The Storyteller’s Daughter by Saira Shah [in AsianWeek]

07 Nov, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Afghan, British Asian, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Storyteller's DaughterAs the British-born daughter of a writer of Sufi fables, Shah heard endless mystical tales of the family's ancestral homeland of Afghanistan. At 21, Shah goes in search of those roots, eventually becoming a...

When the Emperor Was Divine by Julie Otsuka + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

24 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

when-the-emperor-was-divineLooking Back at a Family's Internment: Julie Otsuka's novel debuts in paperback OK, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Julie Otsuka's When the Emperor Was Divine, just out in paperback...

My Name is Yoon by Helen Recorvits, illustrated by Gabi Swiatkowska [in AsianWeek]

17 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Korean American, Repost

My Name Is YoonA playfully clever, subversive story with fabulously whimsical pictures about a little Korean girl who doesn’t like her name spelled out in English letters: “Lines. Circles. Each standing alone,” she...

First Person Fiction: Finding My Hat by John Son [in AsianWeek]

17 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Fiction, Korean American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Finding My HatThe third installment in the First Person Fiction series from Scholastic by authors from various backgrounds who write about their coming-to-America immigrant experiences. Finding My Hat follows Jin-Han Park and...

Half and Half by Lensey Namioka [in AsianWeek]

17 Oct, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Chinese American, Fiction, Hapa/Mixed-race, Middle Grade Readers, Repost

Half and HalfIn order to sign up for the dancing class at the local recreation center – so it can get government funding – Fiona Cheng has to indicate her race. Being Scottish from...

Strangers by Taichi Yamada, translated by Wayne Lammers [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Repost, Translation

StrangersAn entertaining ghost story with a twist about a recently divorced television script writer who takes to visiting his parents … except they died tragically in an accident decades ago, leaving him an orphan from childhood. The...

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian American, Repost, South Asian American, Young Adult Readers

NamesakeThe long-awaited debut novel by the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning short story collection, Interpreter of Maladies, begins in 1968 with newlyweds-by-arrangement Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli living in Cambridge, Mass. They name their first child Gogol,...

The Rice Mother by Rani Manicka [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Malaysian, Repost, South Asian, Southeast Asian, Sri Lankan

Rice MotherIn another British import of a debut novel, Manicka draws from her own history to create a family saga of four generations and 70 years. At the family’s core is its matriarch, Lakshmi, who...

Brick Lane by Monica Ali [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Bangladeshi, British, British Asian, Fiction, Repost

Brick LaneA runaway bestseller in its native Britain and quickly climbing the charts on this side of the pond, Ali’s assured debut novel follows the life of Bangladeshi-born Nazneen, who arrives at age 18 in...

Coming to America: A Muslim Family’s Story by Bernard Wolf [in AsianWeek]

26 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Children/Picture Books, Egyptian American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost

Coming to AmericaA touching story about an immigrant Muslim family of five from Egypt, which shows details from their everyday lives. The book is especially relevant now, in order to expose young readers to...

Invisible Gardens by Julie Shigekuni [in AsianWeek]

29 Aug, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese American, Repost

Invisible GardensThe follow-up to the award-winning A Bridge Between Us, Shigekuni's newest novel tells the haunting story of Lily Soto, a young Japanese American woman who appears to have the perfect life with her adoring...

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