Asian American Lit
Books about the Asian American experience and by Asian American authors.
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Sodagreen’s “Little Universe” (the video above) plays in the background at the sushi restaurant where Ray meets some people who will help him settle into his “new” life. A translation of the lyrics is available at Asian Fanatics.net. It’s rare that I finish a book in less than three days. I’m the kind of reader
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A version of this list appears on k2twelve.com and ricedaddies.com. Mia Wenjen’s Jade Luck Club has the most extensive and current bibliography of Young Adult books about the Asian American experience and by Asian American authors that I have come across. I asked Mia if she would compile a summer reading list of Asian American
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Reading Thad Rutkowski is like reading the lab journal written by the rat running the maze. His observations are just as emotionally sparse as those of the scientist conducting the experiment. You are presented with a circumstance (the experiment and the hypothesis being tested) and then you are given a series of actions and reactions.
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What’s great about Lisa Yee’s book, Bobby vs. Girls (Accidentally), is not that includes a Stay At Home Dad (SAHD), an athletic football playing sister, or a possibly bi-racial family (as hinted at by the name “Ellis-Chan”). Though it is wonderful to read about a nuclear family that is more representative of what a family
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Tara’s Dog Star stories make me think of Morrissey crooning: I am human and I need to belong just like everyone else does – especially “Say Bridgitte Please.” It involves a high school girl misidentifying her natural need to connect as boredom. This takes her on a path she expects will remedy the situation
Vincent Young 