AANHPI Perspectives

A Memoir

by Lieu, Susan

Book - 2024

The daughter of Vietnamese refugees reckons with the unexpected implosion of her parents' American Dream when she loses her mother during a routine surgery. The daughter of Vietnamese refugees reckons with the unexpected implosion of her parents' American Dream when she loses her mother during a routine surgery. Show less

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Owner of A Lonely Heart

A Memoir

by Nguyen, Bich Minh

Book - 2023

In this memoir about absence and the condition of being a refugee, the author tells a coming-of-age story spanning her Midwestern childhood, her first meeting with her mother, and becoming a parent herself. In this memoir about absence and the condition of being a refugee, the author tells a coming-of-age story spanning her Midwestern childhood, her first meeting with her mother, and becoming a parent herself. Show less

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Unreliable Narrator

Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome

by Nancherla, Aparna

Book - 2023

A humorous and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and out, by the self-proclaimed most successful fraud in comedy. A humorous and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and out, by the self-proclaimed most successful fraud in comedy. Show less

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Kung Food

Chinese American Recipes From A Third-culture Kitchen

by Kung, Jon

Book - 2023

An exploration of third-culture cooking through a Chinese American lens, Kung's book is clever, sharp, and filled with a list of recipes that throws constraints like 'authenticity' and 'tradition' out the window. An exploration of third-culture cooking through a Chinese American lens, Kung's book is clever, sharp, and filled with a list of recipes that throws constraints like 'authenticity' and 'tradition' out the window. Show less

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A Man of Two Faces

A Memoir, A History, A Memorial

by Nguyen, Viet Thanh

Book - 2023

Exploring the necessity of both forgetting and of memory, Nguyen expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colo...Show more Exploring the necessity of both forgetting and of memory, Nguyen expands the genre of personal memoir by acknowledging larger stories of refugeehood, colonization and ideas about Vietnam and America as well as a deep emotional openness about his life as a father and a son. Show less

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The Golden Screen

The Movies That Made Asian America

by Yang, Jeff

Book - 2023

Many films, like "The Joy Luck Club" in 1993, paved the way for Asian American-led films. "The Golden Screen" is an in-depth look at those films, and the factors that played into their success. Many films, like "The Joy Luck Club" in 1993, paved the way for Asian American-led films. "The Golden Screen" is an in-depth look at those films, and the factors that played into their success. Show less

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Everything I Learned, I Learned in A Chinese Restaurant

A Memoir

by Chin, Curtis

Book - 2023

Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone could sit down for ...Show more Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone could sit down for a warm, home-cooked meal. Here was where, surrounded by his multigenerational family, filmmaker and activist Curtis Chin came of age. Show less

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Horse Barbie

A Memoir

by Rocero, Geena

Book - 2023

The memoir of a trans pageant queen from the Philippines who went back into the closet to model in New York City and later found self-acceptance by embracing her true self. The memoir of a trans pageant queen from the Philippines who went back into the closet to model in New York City and later found self-acceptance by embracing her true self. Show less

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Biting the Hand

Growing up Asian in Black and White America

by Lee, Julia

Book - 2023

She was neither Black nor white. So who was she? This question would follow Julia for years to come, but it was only when she began a PhD in English that ...Show more She was neither Black nor white. So who was she? This question would follow Julia for years to come, but it was only when she began a PhD in English that she found answers in the prose of writers like James Baldwin and Toni Morrison. Their works gave Julia the vocabulary and, more important, the permission to critically examine her own tortured position as an Asian American, setting off a powerful journey of racial reckoning, atonement, and self-discover Show less

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