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Asian American Heritage Month May 2022 |
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Homeland Elegies: A Novel
by Ayad Akhtar
F AKH
A deeply personal work about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams, Homeland Elegies blends fact and fiction to tell an epic story of longing and dispossession in the world that 9/11 made. Part family drama, part social essay, part picaresque novel, at its heart it is the story of a father, a son, and the country they both call home.
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In the country : stories
by Mia Alvar
F ALV
A collection of short stories depicts the Filipino experience, including a man who smuggles pharmaceuticals from New York to Manila for his sick father, and a struggling writer and college student who is jealous of her brother's exciting life.
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Useful Phrases for Immigrants: Stories
by May-Lee Chai
F CHA
Eight innovative, timely stories illuminate the hopes and fears of Chinese immigrants and their descendants. Publishers Weekly says "Chai thoughtfully depicts the loneliness of displacement, combining empathy and nuance to craft stories that are compassionate, illuminating, and sometimes brilliant."
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The school for good mothers : a novel
by Jessamine Chan
F CHA
After one moment of poor judgment involving her daughter Harriet, Frida Liu falls victim to a host of government officials who will determine if she is a candidate for a Big Brother-like institution that measures the success or failure of a mother’s devotion.
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We are not free
by Traci Chee
YA F CHE
Growing up together in the community of Japantown, San Francisco, four second-generation Japanese American teens find their bond tested by widespread discrimination and the mass incarcerations of people of Japanese ancestry during World War II.
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Incense and sensibility : a novel
by Sonali Dev
ROM DEV
After his friend is injured in a hate-fueled incident at a campaign rally, California’s first Indian gubernatorial candidate turns to a stress management coach/yogi in the new novel from the author of Recipe for Persuasion.
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Clark and Division
by Naomi Hirahara
M HIR
Released from a Japanese internment camp in 1944, Aki Ito moves to Chicago to be with her sister, Rose, only to lose her in subway train accident on the event of their reunion and vows to learn what really happened.
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The heart principle
by Helen Hoang
F HOA
When she suddenly loses her ability to play the violin, Anna Sun must learn to listen to her heart and falls in love with a man her parents disapprove of, forcing her to choose between meeting expectations and finding happiness in who she really is.
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Pachinko
by Min Jin Lee
F LEE
In early 1900s Korea, prized daughter Sunja finds herself pregnant and alone, bringing shame on her family until a young tubercular minister offers to marry her and bring her to Japan, in the saga of one family bound together as their faith and identity are called into question.
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The thousand crimes of Ming Tsu : a novel
by Tom Lin
F LIN
Fighting his way across the West to rescue his wife and exact revenge on the men who destroyed him, while settling old scores along the way, Ming Tsu is aided by a blind clairvoyant and a troupe of magic-show performers, some with supernatural powers.
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Homicide and halo-halo
by Mia P. Manansala
M MAN
Upon opening her new café, Lila Macapagal stumbles into unpleasantness when the head judge of a local beauty pageant is murdered and her cousin becomes the main suspect, in the second novel of the series following Arsenic and Adobo. .
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The Bombay prince
by Sujata Massey
M MAS
As the streets erupt in riots to protest British colonial rule,India’s only female lawyer in 1920s Bombay, India, Perveen Mistry, investigates the murder of Parsi student at the behest of their suffering family while trying to save her own.
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The book of form and emptiness
by Ruth Ozeki
F OZE
When he begins hearing voices one year after his father’s death, 13-year-old Benny Oh, seeking refuge in the library, meets a colorful cast of characters, including his very own Book, a talking thing, who narrates Benny’s life and teaches him to listen to the things that truly matter.
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The verifiers
by Jane Pek
F PEK
Stealth-recruited by Veracity, a referral-only online-dating detective agency, Claudia, when a client disappears, breaks protocol to investigate and uncovers a maelstrom of personal and corporate deceit.
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Super fake love song
by David Yoon
YA F YOO
Misrepresenting himself to a crush who mistakes him for his cool older brother, a self-proclaimed nerd convinces his best friend to organize a fake rock band and gains unexpected popularity before his lies spiral out of control. By the award-winning author of Frankly in Love.
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You can't be serious
by Kal Penn
B PENN
In this series of funny, consequential, awkward and ridiculous stories from the actor and White House aide’s idiosyncratic life, he reflects on the most exasperating and rewarding moments of his journey so far, showing that everyone can have more than one life story.
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House of sticks : a memoir
by Ly Tran
B TRAN
This memoir of a young Vietnamese woman follows her journey from war-torn Vietnam to New York City and struggles to reconcile her family’s Buddhist faith and meager lifestyle with her desire to assimilate.
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See no stranger : a memoir and manifesto of revolutionary love
by Valarie Kaur
177.7 KAU
A leading Sikh activist blends the approaches of historical civil rights leaders to outline the practice of Revolutionary Love as an effective response to violence and division, explaining how its moral applications can facilitate transformative political and social change.
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The loneliest Americans
by Jay Caspian Kang
305.895 KAN
Sharing his own family’s story as it unfolds against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Asian America, writer-at-large for The New York Times Magazine, in this riveting blend of history and original reportage, explores—and reimagines—Asian American identity in a black and white world.
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The truths we hold : an American journey
by Kamala Harris
328.73092 HAR
The vice-president, civil rights leader, and former senator and attorney general of Californi, draws on the lessons of her activist immigrant family to make recommendations for the universal issues of today, including economic inequality, health care, and national security.
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All you can ever know : a memoir
by Nicole Chung
362.734 CHU
A Korean adoptee who grew up with a white family in Oregon discusses her journey to find her identity as an Asian American woman and a writer, after becoming curious about her true origins
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Crying in H Mart : a memoir
by Michelle Zauner
782.42166 ZAU
The Japanese Breakfast indie pop star presents a full-length account of her viral New Yorker essay to share poignant reflections on her experiences of growing up Korean-American, becoming a professional musician, and caring for her terminally ill mother. With illustrations.
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Growing up Asian American
by Maria Hong
810.8 GRO
Stories and essays by Asian American authors, including Amy Tan, Maxine Hong Kingstone, Gus Lee, and Frank Chin, focus on issues of identity, assimilation, and heritage.
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Time Is a Mother
by Ocean Vuong
811.6 VUO
The highly anticipated collection of poems from an award-winning writer.
From Booklist: In this second collection of poetry by breakout star Vuong, following his first novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (2019), he focuses on the complicated relationship with his mother in quiet, astonishing lyrics.
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In other words
by Jhumpa Lahiri
813.54 LAH
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Unaccustomed Earth traces her enduring love affair with the Italian language that prompted her family's move to Rome, where her efforts to master the language as a writer shaped her feelings of belonging and exile.
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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
by Mira Jacob
GN JAC
Like many six-year-olds, Mira Jacob's half-Jewish, half-Indian son, Z, has questions about everything. At first they are innocuous enough, but as tensions from the 2016 election spread from the media into his own family, they become much, much more complicated. Trying to answer him honestly, Mira has to think back to where she's gotten her own answers: her most formative conversations about race, color, sexuality, and, of course, love. Written with humor and vulnerability, this deeply relatable graphic memoir is a love letter to the art of conversation--and to the hope that hovers in our most difficult questions.
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My Life : Growing Up Asian in America
by Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment
COMING SOON
From Publishers Weekly: In this heartfelt anthology, Asian American writers, executives, and artists reflect on their encounters with the "model minority myth," their experiences "being seen as less than American," the "wisdom and shortcomings of elders," and other aspects of growing up in the U.S.
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