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• The Midnight Taxi

  Gunasekera, Yosha,

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  When one of her fares turns up dead in her backseat, a Sri Lankan American taxi driver works off the clock to clear her name

• We the Gathered Heat

  Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry, Performance, and Spoken Word

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  Drawn from a range of schools and movements, We the Gathered Heat highlights the vitality of oral traditions in contemporary AAPI literature. Intergenerational and fiercely loving, this path breaking anthology honors our literary ancestors and makes…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Survival Takes a Wild Imagination

  Poems

  Róisín, Fariha,

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  This collection of poetry asks a kaleidoscope of questions: Who is my family? My father? How do I love a mother no longer here? Can I see myself? What does it mean to be Bangladeshi? What is a border?

• Shattered Lands

  Five Partitions and the Making of Modern Asia

  Dalrymple, Sam,

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  A history of ambition and betrayal, of forgotten wars and unlikely alliances, of borders carved with ink and fire. And, above all, it is the story of how the map of modern Asia was made.

• The South

  a Novel

  Aw, Tash,

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  A radiant, intimate novel of the longing that blooms between two boys over the course of one summer-about family, desire, and what we inherit,

• Daddy Issues

  Stories

  Wat, Eric C., 1970-

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  Daddy Issues is a collection of moving and complex--yet simply and directly told--stories of queer Asian American experiences in Los Angeles.

• The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam

  Lin, Lana,

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  Situated between memoir, social criticism, and conceptual art, The Autobiography of H. Lan Thao Lam is an incisive response to a modernist classic and an affecting exploration of the poetics and politics of our times.

• Darkmotherland

  Upadhyay, Samrat,

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  An epic tale of love and political violence set in earthquake-ravaged Darkmotherland, a dystopian reimagining of Nepal.

• Hula

  a Novel

  Hakes, Jasmin 'Iolani,

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  The tragic history of Hawai‘i is told through the lives of several generations of Indigenous women.

• The Emperor of Gladness

  a Novel

  Vuong, Ocean, 1988-

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  In the struggling town of East Gladness, Connecticut, nineteen-year-old Hai is saved from despair by Grazina, an elderly widow with dementia, forging an unexpected bond that reshapes their lives and reveals dynamics of love, memory, and resilience…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• River East, River West

  a Novel

  Lescure, Aube Rey,

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  This coming-of-age story set against the backdrop of modern China follows follows two generations searching for belonging and opportunity in a rapidly changing world.

• Land of Milk and Honey

  Zhang, C Pam,

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  Amid a global event affecting international food production a down on her luck chef lands a job at a commune on an Italian mountaintop where the elite dine on rare ingredients and her enigmatic boss and his enticing daughter have a vision for the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Great Country

  a Novel

  Gowda, Shilpi Somaya,

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  A novel that explores the ties and fractures of a close-knit Indian-American family in the aftermath of a violent encounter with the police.

• Happy Stories, Mostly

  Pasaribu, Norman Erikson, 1990-

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  This short story collection by queer Indonesian author Pasaribu blends speculative fiction and absurdism, asking what it means to be almost happy-to nearly find joy, to sort-of be accepted, but to never fully grasp one's desire.

• The Understory

  Saneh Sangsuk,

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  A novel of man's relationship with nature, power, and the vitality of storytelling, from beloved Thai author Saneh Sangsuk.

• Where We Once Belonged

  Figiel, Sia, 1967-

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  Thirteen-year-old Alofa Filiga struggles to come to terms with womanhood, her search for identity, and the restrictions of life in her Samoan village.

• The Bird Catcher and Other Stories

  Hasanat, Fayeza S.,

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  "Set in Bangladesh and the United States, the eight stories in The Bird Catcher address gender expectations, familial love, and questions of identity and belonging." (publisher)

• The Descendants

  a Novel

  Hemmings, Kaui Hart

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  A descendant of royalty and one of the largest landowners in Hawaii, Matthew King struggles to deal with his out-of-control daughters as well as his comatose wife, whom they are about to remove from life support.

• The Kiss Quotient

  Hoang, Helen,

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  A 30-year-old math whiz with Asperger's tries to make her love life as rich as her career by hiring an escort to help her with her lack of sexual experience.

• A Song Everlasting

  Jin, Ha, 1956-

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  Yao Tan, a popular singer, is placed on a government blacklist and can never return to China after performing at a private gig sponsored by a supporter of Taiwan’s secession.