Episode 172

#172 - March 2022 Book News

On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our March 2022 mid-month check-in! 

New books mentioned in our publishing news:

  • A Quitter’s Paradise by Elysha Chang
  • The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
  • The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
  • True Love and Other Impossible Odds by Christina Li
  • Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen
  • Cooking with Monsters: The Beginners Guide to Culinary Combat by Jordan Alsaqa and Vivian Truong
  • The Story Factory by Jam Dong
  • The House Before Falling into the Sea by Ann Suk Wang and illustrated by Hanna Cha
  • I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu
  • Ali the Great,by Saadia Faruqi and illustrated by Hatem Aly
  • The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi
  • Shine: A Story of Colonization, the Kohinoor Diamond, and Resistance by Supriya Kelkar
  • Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng
  • escendants of Dragons and Heirs of Power by Katie Zhao
  • No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada

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A book club podcast for books by Asian Diaspora authors