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All Woman and Springtime by Brandon W. Jones [in Christian Science Monitor]

04 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Nonethnic-specific, North Korean, Repost

Just as North Korea’s presence in news headlines has proliferated of late – thanks to the installation of the third-generation round-faced despot; nuclear tests; failed missiles; blatant threats – book shelves, too, have seen an increase in North Korea-themed titles, predominantly written by non-Korean authors. In...

A Wedding in Haiti by Julia Alvarez [in Christian Science Monitor]

26 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Caribbean, Caribbean American, Haitian, Latina/o/x, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost

Neither Julia Alvarez nor her husband Bill can remember exactly when she fell in love with a Haitian boy named Piti. But both distinctly recall the first meeting, which happened in 2001 on one of their many trips to Alvarez’s native Dominican Republic. “[S]hort and...

Children of Manzanar edited by Heather C. Lindquist

24 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

The PR materials that arrived with this remarkable title contains one of the most effective descriptions of the Japanese American imprisonment during World War II I've ever read: " ...

River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey by Candice Millard

18 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, South American

Being always a dozen or so titles behind, a confluence of certain events seem to need to happen for some posts to finally get from my brain to the ...

Princess Knight (vols. 1-2) by Osamu Tezuka, translated by Maya Rosewood

10 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Japanese, Translation, Young Adult Readers

With all that swashbuckling fun, Princess Knight – recently available in full, in English translation, in two volumes – is seemingly one of the godfather of manga's more goofy stories. Up in heaven, God's in the process of deciding gender for each about-to-be-born baby, assigning a girl heart...

Sông I Sing: Poems by Bao Phi

09 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Poetry, Southeast Asian American, Vietnamese American, Young Adult Readers

April is National Poetry Month. Every once in a long while, even a poetry-dullard like me has a poetic WOW!-moment. Certainly I'm not alone ...

Escape from Camp 14: One Man’s Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West by Blaine Harden [in Christian Science Monitor]

02 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Korean, Nonfiction, North Korean, Repost

Escape from Camp 14 is the most devastating book I have ever read. Perhaps the resilience of youth got me through the aftermath of learning about slavery, the Holocaust, even Iris Chang’s now-classic The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust, the title I previously held...

Vote for Me! by Ben Clanton

28 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Children/Picture Books, Fiction, Middle Grade Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Young Adult Readers

Given this is a presidential election year, I know you've been searching for the perfect (non-partisan!) political primer. Look no further ...

The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson

20 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Audio, Fiction, Korean, Nonethnic-specific, North Korean

This is a book I bought twice: first to stick in my ears on long runs (chillingly read by a Korean American triumvirate of Tim Kang, Josiah D. Lee, and James Kyson Lee), and when I couldn't soak in the story quickly enough, I ordered...

Sharon and My Mother-In-Law: Ramallah Diaries by Suad Amiry

18 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Palestinian

For most of us in the west, our filtered news of the Middle East is, more often than not, rife with contention, violence, and tragedy. Laughter would certainly be a rare reaction to the decades-long Palestinian/Israeli conflict, and yet Palestinian author Suad Amiry manages to...

The Flowers of War by Geling Yan, translated by Nicky Harman

08 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Translation

First things first: Don't let the book cover lead you too far astray. What you see here is actually the movie poster for legendary Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s latest international endeavor. While the film, The Flowers of War, is based on Geling Yan’s novel, originally titled...

Zahra’s Paradise by Amir & Khalid

05 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Arab, Fiction, Graphic Title/Manga/Manwha, Iranian, Iranian American, Persian, Persian American, Young Adult Readers

"The authors have chosen anonymity for obvious political reasons." When you know something like that about a book – that lives were willing to be risked to get a story out – how could you possibly not read it? In the case of Zahra's Paradise, I...

Little Rock Girl 1957: How a Photograph Changed the Fight for Integration by Shelley Tougas

06 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Young Adult Readers

Take a careful look at this book cover ...

Words from a Granary: An Anthology of Short Stories by Ugandan Women Writers edited by Violet Barungi

28 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Fiction, Short Stories

Considered together, this collection of 15 stories is a welcome statement of women's literary empowerment. The second anthology published by FEMRITE, the Uganda Women Writers' Association founded by novelist/short story writer/playwright-turned Ugandan Cabinet member Mary Karoro Okurut and officially launched in 1996, is testimony that "Ugandan women...

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo [in Christian Science Monitor]

27 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Indian, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost

Remember the title of Katherine Boo’s new book Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, because you will see it on upcoming nominee lists for the next round of Very Important Literary Prizes. That Boo won the Pulitzer in 2000,...

River of Smoke [Ibis Trilogy, Book 2] by Amitav Ghosh

26 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Audio, Chinese, Fiction, Indian, South Asian

Allow me to start with two immediate thoughts about content and delivery. Content: Today's Mexican narcos, the Colombian cartels, the Afghan/Pakistani smuggling rings utterly pale in comparison to the British and American opium runners demanding access to 19th-century China. You might have studied the distant...

Which Side Are You On? The Story of a Song by George Ella Lyon, artwork by Christopher Cardinale

20 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Children/Picture Books, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction

If you're an American of a certain age, and went to public school when music class was still considered relevant and mandatory, you'll most likely recognize this historical song. Here's the link to legendary folk singer Pete Seeger's rendition. "What's going on here?" the front book...

A Thousand Sisters: My Journey into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman by Lisa J. Shannon, foreword by Zainab Salbi

18 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Memoir, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction

Can anyone really understand such a number: 5,400,000. The death of a single loved one can leave you staggering and lost ...

The End of the World by Sushma Joshi

15 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Nepali, Short Stories

Few Nepali writers have thus far landed on western bookshelves, with only two exceptions who come immediately to mind – elegant Samrat Upadhyay (Arresting God in Kathmandu, The Royal Ghosts) and activist Manjushree Thapa (The Tutor of History, Seasons of Flight). So to find another Nepali author writing in English is a...

Beneath the Lion’s Gaze by Maaza Mengiste + Author Interview

09 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, African, Author Interview/Profile, Black/African American, Fiction

Maaza Mengiste's voice, delivered by telephone many thousands of miles away, sounds impossibly young and happy. She’s easy to talk to, easy to laugh with. She’s in Rome for another few months, enjoying the spring sun, sipping another cup of tea in a nearby café,...

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