Highline College Library: Recommended Reading: May

Books in the Library

Birds of Paradise Lost: Stories by Andrew Lam
Call Number: 813.6 L213b 2013

ISBN: 1597092681

Main Collection--4th Floor
Miss New India by Bharati Mukherjee
Call Number: 813.54 M953mn 2011

ISBN: 0618646531

Main Collection--4th Floor
America Is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
Call Number: 813.6 C352a 2019

ISBN: 9780735222427

Main Collection--4th Floor
The Shadow Hero by Gene Luen Yang; Sonny Liew (illustrator)
Call Number: 813.6 Y22s 2014

ISBN: 9781596436978

Main Collection--4th Floor
Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok
Call Number: 813.6 K987g 2011

ISBN: 1594485151

Main Collection--4th Floor
The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka
Call Number: 813.6 O88b 2012

ISBN: 0307744426

Publication Date: 2012

Main Collection--4th Floor
The Song Poet: A Memoir of My Father by Kao Kalia Yang
Call Number: 305.895972 Y22s 2016

ISBN: 9781627794947

Main Collection--3rd Floor
Heroes by Ken Mochizuki; Dom Lee (illustrator)
Call Number: Fic Mochi

ISBN: 1880000164

Publication Date: 1995

Children's Literature Collection--3rd Floor
This Is Paradise: Stories by Kristiana Kahakauwila
Call Number: 813.6 K12t 2013

ISBN: 9780770436254

Main Collection--4th Floor
Bee-Bim Bop! by Linda Sue Park; Ho Baek Lee (illustrator)
Call Number: Fic Park

ISBN: 9780618265114

Publication Date: 2005

Children's Literature Collection--3rd Floor
Turning Japanese by MariNaomi
Call Number: 973.049592 M339t 2016

ISBN: 9781937541163

Main Collection--4th Floor
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel by Ocean Vuong
Call Number: 813.6 V994o 2019

ISBN: 0525562028

Main Collection--4th Floor
Rolling the R's by R. Zamora Linmark
Call Number: 813.54 L757r 2016

ISBN: 9781885030511

Main Collection--4th Floor
Quarantine: Stories by Rahul Mehta
Call Number: 813.6 M498q 2011

ISBN: 0062020455

Main Collection--4th Floor
The Face: A Time Code by Ruth Ozeki
Call Number: 813.54 O99f 2016

ISBN: 1632060523

Main Collection--4th Floor
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui
Call Number: 973.049592 B932b 2017

ISBN: 9781419718779

Main Collection--4th Floor
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The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Call Number: 813.6 N5768s 2015

ISBN: 0802123457

Main Collection--4th Floor
The Boy & the Bindi by Vivek Shraya; Rajni Perera (illustrator)
Call Number: Fic Shray

ISBN: 9781551526683

Publication Date: 2019

Children's Literature Collection--3rd Floor
The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi (illustrator)
Call Number: Fic Choi

ISBN: 0440417996

Publication Date: 2003

Children's Literature Collection--3rd Floor
ESL Collection--3rd Floor--Level-B 813.54 C545n 2003
Where Reasons End by Yiyun Li
Call Number: 813.6 L693w 2019

ISBN: 198481737X

Publication Date: 2019

Main Collection--4th Floor

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APIDA Population

Online Resources

How You can Celebrate: 10 Ways (Asian-Nation)
Scroll down the page to find 10 ways to celebrate APA Heritage month.
Le, C.N. 2021. "Celebrate APA History Month" Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America. (April 30, 2021).
14 Important Statistics About Asian Americans (Asian Nation)
Le, C.N. 2021. "14 Important Statistics About Asian Americans" Asian-Nation: The Landscape of Asian America. <14-statistics.shtml> (April 30, 2021).
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (National Parks Service)
Explore Asian American and Pacific Islander stories, nation’s parks, memorials, and historic sites, educational resources and more.
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America’s history and are instrumental in its future success
Twelve Women to Know for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Smithsonian)
Our Smithsonian collections include a variety of objects that represent notable Asian American and Pacific Islander women. Here are nine photos, songs, videos and other objects that highlight 12 women to know.
Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience
Support this community International District hub, community programs, and checkout their various virtual learning resources and tours
Asian Pacific American Heritage in the Collections (Smithsonian)
Bittersweet: A Pandemic Sketchbook
Online comic book by Nguyên Khôi Nguyễn. "After months of sheltering in place, a Baltimore couple hits the road to rescue mom in Florida and harvest the family mangos before returning north." (from description)
A reading guide on the Asian American experience from Viet Thanh Nguyen, Charles Yu and more (3/25/21, LA Times)
Movies: The Asian American canon; What are the 20 best films by and about this diverse population in the last 20 years? We asked experts (10/6/19, LA Times)
The Asian American Literature We've Constructed
Le-Chat, L & Hao, K. (4 April 21). Post45 x Journal of Cultural Analytics, Issue 8.

Streaming Media

Asian Americans series (PBS Documentary, 2020)
5 part documentary exploring “the history of identity, contributions, and challenges experienced by Asian Americans.”
Becoming Chinese American Series
"In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, this powerful eight-part Bill Moyers series explores these questions through dramatic encounters of the Chinese in America. Includes Gold Mountain Dreams, Between Two Worlds, and No Turning Back—plus “personal journey” extended interviews with author Gish Jen, Nobel prize-winning physicist Samuel Ting, AIDS researcher David Ho, business executive Shirley Young, and artist and architect Maya Lin, through which the larger themes of the Chinese experience are made movingly personal. 6 hours total."
Slanted Screen:Asian Men in Film and Television
"This award-winning documentary explores portrayals of Asian men in American cinema, chronicling the experience of actors who have struggled against Hollywood’s ethnic stereotyping and discriminatory practices..." (from description)
Project Yellow (Films on Demand)
"A documentary by an Asian guy about Asian guys and the stigma they often face. Yellow is a documentary about the Asian male phenomena perceived in the media and gay culture and how it reflects from their childhood." (from description)
Celeste Ng And Maxine Hong Kingston Answer Your Questions About "The Woman Warrior"
"Celeste Ng, author of Little Fires Everywhere, and Maxine Hong Kingston, author of The Woman Warrior, join Jeffrey Brown to answer reader questions about our August pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, Now Read This."
A Place in the Middle
"the true story of a young girl in Hawaiʻi who dreams of leading the boys-only hula group at her school, and a teacher who empowers her through traditional culture."

Ebooks

Hard Damage by Aria Aber
ISBN: 1496218973

Publication Date: 2019

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access
Inquisition by Kazim Ali
ISBN: 0819577715

Publication Date: 2018

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access
House of Many Gods by Kiana Davenport
Call Number: 813.6 D247h 2007

ISBN: 0345481518

Publication Date: 2007

Main Collection--4th Floor
Indivisible: An Anthology of Contemporary South Asian American Poetry by Neelanjana Banerjee; Summi Kaipa; Pireeni Sundaralingam
ISBN: 155728931X

Publication Date: 2010

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access
Babaylan: An Anthology of Filipina and Filipina American Writers by Nick Carbo; Eileen Tabios (editors)
Call Number: 820.809287 B112 2000

ISBN: 1879960591

Main Collection--4th Floor
Yokohama, California by Toshio Mori
ISBN: 0295806427

Publication Date: 2015

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access
Barbie Chang by Victoria Chang
ISBN: 1619321793

Publication Date: 2018

Available online through EBSCO eBook Collection--Click book title for access