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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The cofounder of the Asian American Writers' Workshop tells his story of growing up as a gay Chinese kid in 1980s Detroit and how he found refuge in a welcoming Chinese restaurant.
"Nineteen eighties Detroit was a volatile place to live, but above the fray stood a safe haven: Chung’s Cantonese Cuisine, where anyone—from the city’s first Black mayor to the local drag queens, from a big-time Hollywood star to elderly Jewish couples—could...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"The daughter of Cambodian refugees, Ai grew up in the small Australian town of Whitlam populated by Asian immigrants who once fled war-torn countries to rebuild their shattered lives. It is now the late 90's and despite their parent's harrowing past, Aiand her tightknit group of school friends: charismatic Brigitte, sweet, endearing Bowie, shy, inscrutable Tin, and politically minded Sying, lead seemingly ordinary lives, far removed from the unimaginable...
Publisher
New City
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
In Chicago, Zaynab is a thirty-something American-Pakistani lawyer who lives with and cares for her recently widowed, TV-obsessed mother. Alma is a free-spirited Mexican-American bookshop owner. After meeting in a bar, the two quickly fall into bed with each other and embark on a romance, but problems aren't far behind. Zaynab's traditional mother still expects her daughter to marry a man, while Alma finds herself reluctant to get involved with the...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"An emotionally raw memoir about the crumbling of the American Dream and a daughter of refugees who searches for answers after her mother dies during plastic surgery. Susan Lieu has long been searching for answers. About her family's past and about her own future. Refugees from the Vietnam War, Susan's family escaped to California in the 1980s after five failed attempts. Upon arrival, Susan's mother was their savvy, charismatic North Star, setting...
Author
Publisher
Temple University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"In this memoir, pioneering journalist William Gee Wong chronicles a two-generation father-son story beginning from his father's experiences as an immigrant during the Chinese Exclusion Era through Wong's own journey from his beginnings in Oakland's Chinatown to acclaim on the national print stage"--
"William Gee Wong was born in Oakland, California's Chinatown in 1941, the only son of his father, known as Pop. Pop was born in Guangdong Province,...
Author
Publisher
Vintage Español
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Español
Description
"Entre los mejores libros del 2023, de acuerdo a más de una decena de medios de prensa e instituciones de Estados Unidos. Mexikid es uno de los mejores títulos del año según Booklist, Kirkus, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly,NPR.org, New York Public Library, Chicago Public Library, The New York Times, entre otros Pedro/Peter Martín es un Mexikid, o un niño que nació en Estados Unidos de padres mexicanos: un niño que no pertenece...
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