Folklore, myth, family traditions, fantastic realism combine in this powerful story about three generations of Taiwanese American women. There are hidden secrets about queer desires, violence and motivations. A finalist for Lambda's 2021 award.
A perceptive talking cat enlists the help of an aimless high school student in order to help save books that "... have been imprisoned." A coming-of-age adventure that is also an homage to all kinds of books and to the joy of reading.
Keiko Furukura marches to the beat of her own drummer. Or rather, to the music of her own convenience store. She may not have any idea how to function in the outside world, but she is completely in her element at the conbini where she has worked for 18 years. Her friends and family, however, all think there’s something wrong with her, so she resolves to find her own cure.
Chef Angela Dimayuga shares 100 special recipes that speak of and to the Filipino diaspora. Glorious color photographs accompany the recipes and personal anecdotes.
Yu plays with literary form in new and interesting ways as he tells a story about a Chinese American bit part actor while simultaneously investigating concepts of assimilation, the history of Asian immigration, and how the self fits into society.
A unique dessert book and memoir by Abi Balingit, whose food blog, The Dusky Kitchen, started it all.
The irreverent and hilarious memoirs of comedian Jo Koy, who grew up as a half-Filipino and half-white kid, and became a successful performer.
This is a tale of life set in Malaysia nearly a century ago. The author masterfully weaves folk lore and the supernatural into this mysterious story that will enthrall readers and keep them guessing until the end.
Three immigrants are struggling to survive in America amidst trauma, abuse, racism, homophobia, addiction, and yet the dark core alternates with light and humorous moments. Absolutely stunning prose from a wildly talented (and absurdly young) poet.
Curry powders, pastes and recipes are found all over the globe, as evidenced in four of the book’s chapters (Asia; Africa & The Middle East; Europe & Oceania; The Americas), and the author explains all the complexities about curry and curried foods.
A heartbreaking, compact memoir from a New Yorker staff writer, tracing his emotional and political education from childhood to university. His professional first-generation parents provide guidance and support, while the cultural and activist climate of Berkeley shapes his aesthetic and ideological formation. It is his unlikely, tragically short friendship with the popular and confident Ken, whose ambition and grappling with his Asian-American identity, all of which complements and complicates Hsu’s own, making a most dramatic impact. Searing, precise and lucid, his story moves at the speed of youth.
