Category Archives: Books

“The Namesake” by Jhumpa Lahiri

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Guest Writer

The Namesake ($24.00) is a compelling and powerful novel about a Bengali son who struggles with his identity as both an Asian American and a Bangladeshi. The novel takes you through his life from childhood to end, and shares the … Continue reading →

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Asian American Whiz Kid About to Graduate from UCLA at Age 14

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Mary

“People need to know you don’t really need to be a genius. You just have to work hard and you can accomplish anything,” says the fourteen year old college graduate, Moshe Kai Cavalin. Words of inspiration from a little guy? It … Continue reading →

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Naruto & Dragonball Now Available On Barnes & Noble Nook

Posted on February 10, 2012 by tinabot

It’s happened. I’m totally hooked on eBooks. I’m one of those book lovers that loves to sniff a new book before I read it, sighs at the sound of a page turning, and adores the solid and personal feel of … Continue reading →

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Color Ink Book, Volume Fourteen

Posted on February 8, 2012 by sachi

Admit it: you still wish you could pull out a coloring book, and make everyone have green tongues and purple hair again. With the fourteenth volume of the Color Ink Book ($10), you have a grown-up chance to do it … Continue reading →

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Bonnie Tsui & “The Changing Face of America’s Chinatowns”

Posted on January 20, 2012 by tinabot

Bonnie Tsui’s book The Changing Face of America’s Chinatowns is an analysis of the dynamics of Chinatown’s shifting population of immigrants of various Asian heritage origins, including the ones who are economically enticed to go back to their heritage countries. … Continue reading →

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“The Brady’s and the Dumb Chinaman” Dime Novel Review

Posted on January 12, 2012 by tinabot

In my research on Chinese Americans in the American Old West for a book series I’m writing, I came across a wonderful resource at Stanford University — digital collection of popular dime novels available online. [Editors Note: The book is … Continue reading →

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“When I was a kid” Short Story Collection

Posted on January 11, 2012 by sachi

Now that the holidays are over, we can be sure that our parents will put away the embarrassing stories for another year (we were only three and it wasn’t that bad…) But that doesn’t mean that we can’t enjoy the … Continue reading →

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How To Be A Bad Asian: I Love Kung Fu

Posted on January 4, 2012 by tinabot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sA4YXXI2J7M Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want … Continue reading →

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Missing Chapters in Iris Chang’s “The Chinese in America”

Posted on December 20, 2011 by tinabot

Iris Chang’s book The Chinese in America is one of the very few books that chronicles a major Asian American community, the Chinese Americans. Of course, no one book could fully capture the incredible diversity of the Chinese American category … Continue reading →

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8Days Giveaway: ‘How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe’ by Charles Yu

Posted on December 19, 2011 by jozjozjoz

UPDATE: Congrats to our winners: Stiricide, Danyal Kim, and Keis! This is part of 8Asians’ 2011 “8Days of Giveaways” Celebration. From a “5 Under 35” winner, comes a razor-sharp, hilarious, and touching story of a son searching for his father … Continue reading →

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Marie Lu On Her New Young Adult Novel, Legend

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Lily

CBS films already bought the movie rights to 27-year-old author Marie Lu’s new young adult novel Legend. That’s gotta mean something good about the book right? (Okay, except that the Twilight producers are attached to the plans which makes me a … Continue reading →

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