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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