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By Angela Glover Blackwell, Steward Kwoh and Manuel Pastor (W.W. Norton) An ultimately readable volume about race in America, which has moved beyond the black and white paradigm, written by the three co-directors of the American Assembly on Racial Equality, the fourth book in the Uniting America series.
The Crazed By Ha Jin (Pantheon)
By Mineko Iwasaki with Rande Brown (Atria Books/Simon & Schuster) Get out of the way, Arthur Golden. Here’s the genuine voice who wants to set the story straight after Golden betrayed her confidence in Memoirs of a Geisha. Re/collecting Early Asian America: Essays in CulturalHistory
If you can look beyond the lit crit-ese (“acceptance of assimilation as a natural trajectory” or “to transcend hegemonic and racially prejudiced narratives of integration” blah blah blah), there is actually a wealth of fabulous information here about definitions, memory and history. Cloud of Sparrows: A Novel
It’s no surprise that Hollywood has apparently snapped up film rights to this sweeping historical saga, filled with all the exotica you ever tried to avoid — the geisha, the samurai, the ninja, the Zen master. Not to mention the zealous missionary who can barely keep those “urges” at bay. The fun will be trying to figure out what big names they’ll cast — Keanu Reeves as Lord Genji? Lucy Liu as the geisha Heiko? Drew Barrymore as Emily Gibson, the woman with a past? Ben Affleck as Matthew Stark the killer? Mark my words … Landscapes for Small Spaces: Japanese Courtyard Gardens
Edited by Linda Trinh Võ and Rick Bonus (Temple University Press) The Asian Pacific American community, post-1965 immigration laws, post-1960s Civil Rights and APA movements, is facing great changes. A questioning, provoking look at communities in transition, communities in transformation and communities of alternatives.
The Yoko Ono Project For the kiddies …
By Jean Davies Okimoto and Elaine M. Aoki, illustrated by Meilo So (Clarion Books) Adorable, fabulous story about four families who travel to China to meet and bring home their four waiting little girls. Moonbeams, Dumplings & Dragon Boats: A Treasury of Chinese Holiday Tales, Activities & Recipes
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