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Real Karaoke People: Poems and Prose by Ed Bok Lee [in AsianWeek]

03 Nov, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Korean American, Poetry, Repost

Real Karaoke PeopleOh my gawd: “the secret to life in america” will rip through your soul. A first collection from Korean American poetry slam artist, writer, and playwright infuses new energy into the APA...

We Are All Suspects Now: Untold Stories from Immigrant Communities after 9/11 by Tram Nguyen, foreword by Edwidge Danticat [in AsianWeek]

29 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Haitian, Haitian American, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Repost, Vietnamese American

We Are All Suspects NowAward-winning Haitian American writer Danticat opens this sobering title with the death of her 81-year-old uncle who fled his native land when his life was threatened,...

The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, and Our Fantasies of the Exotic Orient by Sheridan Prasso [in AsianWeek]

08 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Nonethnic-specific, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian, Repost

Asian MystiqueHere’s the everyperson – or should that be every non-Asian person’s? – guide to debunking the Asian mystique, written by a non-APA with 15-plus years experience of writing about Asia. While the aware APA...

The China Mystique: Pearl S. Buck, Anna May Wong, Mayling Soong, and the Transformation of American Orientalism by Karen J. Leong [in AsianWeek]

08 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Chinese American, Nonfiction, Repost

China MystiqueLeong examines the lives of this trio – author of The Good Earth, the APA actress of all time, and the Wellesley-educated wife of Chiang Kai-shek – as the most prominent women associated with...

Q&A by Vikas Swarup [in AsianWeek]

08 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Absolute Favorites, Adult Readers, Fiction, Indian, Repost, South Asian

Q&AIn spite of its devastating moments, this is one fabulous novel about a billion-rupee quiz show winner, a lá Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, who is unjustly arrested for cheating. Rescued from being further tortured,...

Entrys by Peter Bacho [in AsianWeek]

08 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Filipina/o American, Hapa/Mixed-race, Native American/First Nations/Indigenous Peoples, Repost, Southeast Asian American

EntrysA must-read novel about a Filipino Native American hapa Vietnam War veteran whose disturbing journal “entrys” are juxtaposed with more reliable, objective narration. How the story plays out keeps you on the edge of your seat,...

Kannani and Document of Flames: Two Japanese Colonial Novels by Yuasa Katsuei, translated with an introduction and critical afterword by Mark Driscoll [in AsianWeek]

08 Sep, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Japanese, Korean, Repost, Translation

KannaniThe first available translation of important fiction highlighting the Japanese colonization of Korea: Kannani exposes the brutality endured by Koreans at the hands of their Japanese oppressors – even among the children – while Document follows...

White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise [in AsianWeek]

30 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Memoir, Nonfiction, Repost, Young Adult Readers

White Like MeWOW. Here’s a white man’s exploration of race in America and his humble, blunt, sometimes even unknowingly racist attempts to be anti-racist even as he is part of the privileged majority. Review: <a...

Mr. Muo’s Travelling Couch by Dai Sijie, translated by Ina Rilke [in AsianWeek]

30 Jun, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Chinese, Fiction, Repost, Translation

Mr Muo's Travelling CouchThe long-awaited follow-up to the provocative Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress introduces readers to the hapless Muo, a newbie Freud devotee, who returns to his native China...

Mixing It Up: Multiracial Subjects edited by SanSan Kwan and Kenneth Speirs, foreword by Naomi Zack [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Hapa/Mixed-race, Nonfiction, Repost

Mixing It UpThis recently married interracial academic couple (thinking ahead to the experiences of their future children) present 10 thoughtful, resonating, autobiographical essays from diverse multiracial voices. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek,...

Heartbeat of a Struggle: The Revolutionary Life of Yuri Kochiyama by Diane C. Fujino [in AsianWeek]

26 May, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Biography, Japanese American, Nonfiction, Repost

Heartbeat of StruggleA long-overdue first biography of the life of extraordinary activist Yuri Kochiyama. Major plus: It’s extensively researched by a fellow activist. Review: "New and Notable Books," AsianWeek, May 26, 2005 Readers: Adult Published:...

Sixteen Years in Sixteen Seconds: The Sammy Lee Story by Paula Yoo + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

12 May, by SIBookDragon in Author Interview/Profile, Biography, Children/Picture Books, Korean American, Nonfiction, Repost

Sixteen Years in Sixteen SecondsThe Patiently Tenacious Paula Yoo When Paula Yoo got her first official rejection from a publisher, she ripped up the letter and threw a bona fide temper tantrum. She...

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata + Author Interview [in Bloomsbury Review]

01 May, by SIBookDragon in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

kira-kiraThe Best Wake-Up Call of All: Cynthia Kadohata's Kira-Kira Wins 2005 Newbery Calls coming in at 4:26 a.m. don’t usually make people jump up and down and scream for joy. But Cynthia Kadohata, still half-asleep in her...

Mayor of the Roses: Stories by Marianne Villanueva [in AsianWeek]

07 Apr, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Fiction, Filipina/o, Filipina/o American, Repost, Short Stories, Southeast Asian American

Mayor of the RosesA masterful collection of loosely intertwined short stories from the author of the critically-acclaimed Ginseng and Other Tales from Manila which captures the immigrant life lived in between – not...

Hank Aaron: Brave in Every Way by Peter Goldenbock, illustrated by Paul Lee [in AsianWeek]

31 Mar, by SIBookDragon in Biography, Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Nonfiction, Repost

Hank AaronPaperback reissue of the inspirational story of legendary Hank Aaron, who first had to break through color barriers in the world of professional major league baseball before he could break the Babe’s record for...

Kira-Kira by Cynthia Kadohata + Author Interview [in AsianWeek]

18 Feb, by SIBookDragon in Author Interview/Profile, Fiction, Japanese American, Middle Grade Readers, Repost, Young Adult Readers

kira-kiraThe Best Wake-up Call of All Calls coming in at 4:26 a.m. don’t usually make most people just jump up and down and scream for joy. But Cynthia Kadohata, still half-asleep in her Los Angeles home, had...

Let’s Talk about Race by Julius Lester, illustrated by Karen Barbour [in AsianWeek]

27 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Black/African American, Children/Picture Books, Middle Grade Readers, Nonfiction, Repost

Let's Talk about RaceAn award-winning writer, activist, musician, and professor, Julian Lester uses his own personal story as an African American to engage young readers in exploring what makes each of us unique...

Asian American Children: A Historical Handbook and Guide by Benson Tong [in AsianWeek]

27 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost, Young Adult Readers

Asian American ChildrenA lively sourcebook filled with compelling essays that look at the Asian Pacific American experience through the experiences of APA youth – a group marked more by diversity than easy-to-define labels. Review: <a...

Envisioning Taiwan: Fiction, Cinema, and the Nation in the Cultural Imaginary by June Yip [in AsianWeek]

06 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Nonfiction, Repost, Taiwanese

Envisioning TaiwanThrough close readings of “nativist” Taiwanese literature of the 1960s and 1970s and of the Taiwanese New Cinema of the 1980s and 1990s, Yip offers a distinct national Taiwanese identity independent of historical Chinese...

Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organize for Reproductive Justice edited by Jael Silliman, Marlene Gerber Fried, Loretta Ross, and Elena R. Gutiérrez [in AsianWeek]

06 Jan, by SIBookDragon in Adult Readers, Black/African American, Latina/o/x, Nonfiction, Pan-Asian Pacific American, Repost

Undivided RightsFor women of color, the fight for civil rights includes equitable reproductive rights. Both coercive sterilization and invasive long-term birth-control technologies have historically undermined the reproductive rights of women of color. Such practices continue...

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