Episode 182

#182 - June 2022 Book News

On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our June 2022 mid-month check-in, and maybe get a little heated about what a certain white dude said on the internet.

New books and authors mentioned in our publishing news:

  • Aisha Saeed - Forty Words for Love
  • Axie Oh - The Floating World
  • Maia & Alex Shibutani - Amazing: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Inspire Us All
  • Charlotte Cheng - Icy Fruit
  • Hope Lim (writer) & Shahrzad Maydani (illustrator) – Sourgrass
  • Colleen Kong-Savage - Piano Wants to Play
  • Veera Hiranandani (writer) & Vesper Stamper (illustrator) - The Greatest
  • Raakhee Mirchandani (writer) & Laurie Wallmark (illustrator) - An Extraordinary Life: Kalpana Chawla
  • Vanessa Le - The Last Bloodcarver
  • Vicky Fang (writer) & Luisa Leal (illustrator) - Sniff and Scratch (series)
  • Jocelyn Chung (writer) & Julia Kuo (illustrator) - When Love Is More Than Words
  • Miles Burks - Encore!
  • Han Kang (translated by Emily Won) - Greek Lessons & Human Acts
  • Rajani LaRocca (writer) & Nadia Alam (illustrator) - Mauntie
  • Marie Lu - Stars and Smoke
  • Kealani Netane (writer) & Dung Ho (illustrator) - Tala Learns to Siva
  • Faith Kazmi (writer) & Christine Almeda (illustrator) - Box of Dreams
  • Yangsook Choi - A Letter to Olivo
  • Aaron Chan (writer) & Josiane Vlitos (illustrator) - The Broken Heart
  • Ritu Hemnani - Three Colors of Hope
  • Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson - The Mochi Makers
  • Linda Sue Park (writer) & Lenny Wen (illustrator) - Smiling Eyes
  • Emily Satoko Seo (writer) & Mique Moriuchi (illustrator) - The Perfect Sushi
  • Hanh Bui (writer) & Minnie Phan (illustrator) - The Yellow Áo Dài
  • Hanh Bui (writer) & Bao Luu (illustrator) - Ánh's New Word

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Books and Boba
A book club podcast for books by Asian Diaspora authors