Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - Asian & Asian American
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The White Mosque: A Memoir
$17.95 Add to cartLonglisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
A historical tapestry of border-crossing travelers, of students, wanderers, martyrs and invaders, The White Mosque is a memoiristic, prismatic record of a- Author: Samatar, Sofia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1646222032
- Language: English
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Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court
$26.99 Add to cart“Racist. Hero. Stubborn. Fighter. Chink.
I’ve been called many things on the way to this moment, but ironically, I’ve never been called ‘a slant.’“When Simon Tam started an Asian American dance rock b
- Author: Tam, Simon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 242
- Publish Date: April 30 2019
- ISBN10: 1733629106
- Language: English
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Put It on Record: A Memoir-Archive
$21.00 Add to cartCambodian Author and Opera Librettist Releases Memoir.
Groundbreaking memoir by Cambodian author Sokunthary Svay. An unconventional collection of essays and photographs, PUT IT ON RECORD: A MEMOIR-ARCH
- Author: Svay, Sokunthary
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 30 2023
- ISBN10: 9798988165545
- Language: English
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The Loneliest Americans
$20.00 Add to cartA “provocative and sweeping” (Time) blend of family history and original reportage that explores–and reimagines–Asian American identity in a Black and white world
“[Kang’s] exploration of class and- Author: Kang, Jay Caspian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: October 11 2022
- ISBN10: 0525576231
- Language: English
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End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood
$27.99 Add to cartWhat happens when you land your dream job and everything you’ve been working toward becomes a complete nightmare? This is Patty Lin’s story. She climbed the ladder as an award-winning television write
- Author: Lin, Patty
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 9798985282887
- Language: English
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Slanted: How an Asian American Troublemaker Took on the Supreme Court
$16.99 Add to cart“Racist. Hero. Stubborn. Fighter. Chink.
I’ve been called many things on the way to this moment, but ironically, I’ve never been called ‘a slant.’“When Simon Tam started an Asian American dance rock b
- Author: Tam, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1733629114
- Language: English
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A Stone Is Most Precious Where It Belongs: A Memoir of Uyghur Exile, Hope, and Survival
$29.00 Read moreNAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 BY THE NEW YORKER
WOMEN’S NATIONAL BOOK ASSOCIATION 2023 Great Group Read This extraordinary memoir shares an insight into the lives of the Uyghurs, a people and cu- Author: Hoja, Gulchehra
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 21 2023
- ISBN10: 306828847
- Language: English
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Jerome and Rohwer: Memories of Japanese American Internment in World War II Arkansas
$24.95 Add to cartNot long after the attack on Pearl Harbor that drew the United States into World War II, the federal government rounded up more than a hundred thousand people of Japanese descent-both immigrants and n… [more below]
- Author: Imahara, Walter M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 1, 2023
- ISBN10: 1682262413
- Language: English
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End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood
$16.99 Read moreWhat happens when you land your dream job and everything you’ve been working toward becomes a complete nightmare? This is Patty Lin’s story. She climbed the ladder as an award-winning television write
- Author: Lin, Patty
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: August 29 2023
- ISBN10: 1958506060
- Language: English
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Oh My Mother!: A Memoir in Nine Adventures
$28.00 Add to cart“Humorous, endearing, and intimate.” –TIME
“Mother and daughter relationships are always tricky but this peripatetic pair has outdone all of us with this most excellent adventure written by my namesa- Author: Wang, Connie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 0593490924
- Language: English
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Unearthing: A Story of Tangled Love and Family Secrets
$29.00 Read moreA searing and unforgettable memoir about a family secret revealed by a DNA test, the lessons learned in its aftermath, and the indelible power of love.
“A moving account…[and] a reminder of the abun- Author: Maclear, Kyo
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 166801260X
- Language: English
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We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story
$19.99 Add to cart- Author: Liu, Simu
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: 2-May-23
- ISBN10: 0063046504
- Language: English
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Slow Noodles: A Cambodian Memoir of Love, Loss, and Family Recipes
$29.00 Add to cartA haunting and beautiful memoir from a Cambodian refugee who lost her country and her family during Pol Pot’s genocide in the 1970s but who finds hope by reclaiming the recipes she tasted in her mothe… [more below]
- Author: Nguon, Chantha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: 20-Feb-24
- ISBN10: 1643753495
- Language: English
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Tastes Like War: A Memoir
$17.95 Add to cartA powerful account of a Korean American daughter’s exploration of food and family history to understand her mother’s schizophrenia.
- Author: Cho, Grace M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: January 01, 1970
- ISBN10: 1952177944
- Language: English
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Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City
$27.95 Add to cartIn the late 1980s on the Jersey shore, Jane Wong watches her mother shake ants from an MSG bin behind the family’s Chinese restaurant. She is a hungry daughter frying crab rangoon for lunch, a child s… [more below]
- Author: Wong, Jane
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 16 2023
- ISBN10: 1953534678
- Language: English
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The Manicurist’s Daughter: A Memoir
$30.00 Read moreAn 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- Author: Lieu, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: March 12 2024
- ISBN10: 1250835046
- Language: English
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Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place
$19.99 Add to cart“Commands your attention from the first page to the last word.” –Morgan Jerkins
- Author: Avashia, Neema
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: March 01, 2022
- ISBN10: 1952271428
- Language: English
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Owner of a Lonely Heart: A Memoir
$27.00 Read moreNamed a Best Memoir of 2023 by Oprah Daily – Selected by Time, NPR, and BookPage as a Best Book of 2023
“This book…is what memoir writing in the hands of a caring, curious wunderkind can be.” –Kies- Author: Nguyen, Beth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1982196343
- Language: English
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Rental Person Who Does Nothing: A Memoir
$21.99 Add to cart***Now an International Bestseller!***
“Distinctively Japanese musings on meaning and connection.”–Observer
I’m starting a service… available for any situation in which all you want is a person to be
- Author: Morimoto, Shoji
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: January 09, 2024
- ISBN10: 1335017534
- Language: English
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Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
$28.00 Add to cart#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – From the indie rock sensation known as Japanese Breakfast, an unforgettable memoir about family, food, grief, love, and growing up Korean American–“in losing her mother… [more below]
- Author: Zauner, Michelle
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 0525657746
- Language: English
