Four Treasures of the Sky by Jenny Tinghui Zhang If you think you already are familiar with the Chinese Exclusion Act and its consequences, this novel will make you realize hat there is so much more to learn about its…
Summary Mamie Tape Fights to go to School, written by Traci Huahn and illustrated by Michelle Jing Chan, takes readers through the journey of how access to education became a right to children in the United States, including Chinese children.…
"The Making of Asian America: A History" by Erika Lee offers an exploration of the Asian American experience from the earliest migrations in the 16th century to contemporary times. Lee, a professor at Harvard University, examines themes of migration, exclusion,…
“And though my parents took us far away from the site of their grief… certain shadows stretched far. Casting a gray stillness over our childhood…hinting at a darkness we did not understand but could always feel” In this beautifully illustrated…
Trigger Warning: This graphic novel depicts and describes instances of sexual violence. Figure 1.1. Book Cover Grass, illustrated by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim and translated by Janet Hong, is a harrowing graphic novel that narrates the stories of comfort women during…
“Every adoption requires a family to be broken apart. Yet, you never hear about that grief” Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom in Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption illustrates the process of investigating her adoption documents to better understand her origin story.…