Category Archives: 8Series

8Books Review: Half Gods by Akil Kumarasamay

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Lily

Half Gods is a fascinating set of intertwined short stories spanning Sri Lanka and America, charting a story about family, survival, and home. Akil Kumarasamay’s debut collection is captivating and engaging. Two brothers, named after characters in the Mahabharata, lie … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “The Bird Catcher and Other Stories” by Fayeza Hasanat

Posted on November 27, 2018 by Lily

Fayeza Hasanat’s debut short story collection, The Bird Catcher and Other Stories, is set in the Bangladesh and the United States. It is filled with questions about identity and belonging, about those who are seeking answers under the weight of … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Pulutan! Filipino Bar Bites, Appetizers and Street Eats

Posted on November 20, 2018 by Lily

If you need some last minute inspiration for your Thanksgiving extravaganza, take a look through Marvin Gapultos brightly-colored book of finger foods, Pulutan! Filipino Bar Bites, Appetizers and Street Eats. Now given if you don’t cook a lot of Filipino food … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Discover’s ‘”Freak Out: Spread the News”

Posted on October 26, 2018 by John

https://youtu.be/rKpIikS2Oik This spot is called “Freak Out: Spread the News,” starring actress Stephanie Hsu. Discover Card has had Asian Americans in their commercials before. In fact, it looks like they have revisited the character from a previous Discover card ad … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Heroine’s Journey by Sarah Kuhn

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Lily

Heroine’s Journey brings an end to Sarah Kuhn’s delightful Asian American superheroine trilogy. In the first of the series, Heroine Complex, we meet Evie Tanaka, assistant to superheroine Aveda Jupiter. In the second, Heroine Worship, we explore Aveda Jupiter aka Annie … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “The Chinese Must Go” by Beth Lew-Williams

Posted on August 28, 2018 by Lily

Beth Lew-Williams’s new history, The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America, is a thorough examination of anti-Chinese violence in the West in the 1880s and its relation to U.S. immigration policy. If the history … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Bounty’s ‘Pirate’

Posted on July 13, 2018 by John

https://youtu.be/-a7P4t2cxf0 I was pleasantly surprised to see this Bounty commercial while watching NBC Nightly News over the weekend recently depicting a dad with his two daughters: “Spilled something? Quick! The Quicker Picker Upper! Bounty paper towels pick up spills quicker … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Emergency Contact” by Mary H.K. Choi

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Lily

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi is such a delightful YA novel, I can’t even tell you. Penny is starting college in Austin, TX hoping to be a writer. Sam works at a cafe and sleeps there too, stuck on … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Bury What We Cannot Take” by Kirstin Chen

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Lily

Bury What We Cannot Take, the latest novel from author Kirstin Chen set in Mao’s China, is a doozy. After 12-year-old Ah Liam reports his grandmother to the Communist Party, the family must flee their little island off the mainland. … Continue reading →

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The Fred Yamamoto Scholarship Fund

Posted on April 23, 2018 by John

A friend of mine, Steven Lee, who is a Palo Alto resident and involved in city government is helping to raise a scholarship fund in memory of Fred Yamamoto and provided a prepared statement: “As a 3rd generation Chinese-American and a … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Though I Get Home by YZ Chin

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Lily

Though I Get Home by YZ Chin is an intricate series of short intertwined vignettes following a small host of characters tied to Malaysia. Isabella Sin’s time in a notorious prison. Grandfather’s stories about working for a white man when … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch: Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans’s ‘Megan Is Confident’

Posted on April 6, 2018 by John

https://youtu.be/YtcYRdabEA0 Buying a house and applying for a mortgage can be a complicated and intimidating process, but Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans is supposed to make the mortgage part easy: “Megan may have confidence in the courtroom, but when it … Continue reading →

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