Asian American | Asian American
Jan.23.2011
In her singular voice—humble, elegiac, practical—Maxine Hong Kingston sets out to reflect on aging as she turns sixty-five.
Kingston's swift, effortlessly flowing verse lines feel instantly natural in this fresh approach to the art of memoir, as she circles from present to past and back, from...
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Mar.21.2010
Introducing a fresh, exciting Chinese-American voice,Girl in Translation is an inspiring debut about a young immigrant in America, a smart girl who, living a double life between school and sweatshop, understands that her family’s future is in her hands.
When Kimberly Chang and her mother emigrate...
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Oct.26.2009
From Booklist Lawyer or slacker? Caucasian or Chinese? Lesbian or heterosexual? Growing up the daughter of a half-Chinese woman who recently died and an American man who opens up to no one, in a household filled with secrets, silence, and obedience, Khatia struggles with identity questions....
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Jul.29.2009
In this debut Liu contemplates the interweavings of migration, love, memory and mourning in an autobiography of poems spanning four years. Beginning with the untimely death of his mother, this collection contemplates the difficult task of transforming one's relationship with the dead and and the...
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Mar.29.2009
The Heart's Traffic, Ching-In's debut collection of poems, is a novel-in-poems chronicling the life of Xiaomei, an immigrant girl haunted by the death of her best friend. Told through a kaleidoscopic braid of stories, letters, and riddles, this stunning debut collection follows Xiaomei's life as...
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Sep.18.2008
When two friends’ mothers meet, a Korean-American and Chinese-American, a young girl discovers the complexity of prejudices and loyalties.
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Sep.18.2008
A boy comes of age when he sees his parents in a new light that tests his loyalties.
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Sep.18.2008
While waiting for her grown children to make a traditional New Year's Day visit, a Korean American mother struggles with difficulties of immigrant life, including dealing with ghosts from her past.
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Jan.11.2008
In a time when memoirs are often less than they claim to be and essays do not say enough, Justin Chin breaks onto the scene with a collection that is a combination of confession, tirade, journalism, and practical joke.Mongrel is a cross-section of Chin's imagination and experiences that calls into...
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