Ep. 87 | Nonfiction Books for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

For May’s theme, Kendra, Sachi, and RuthAnn discuss nonfiction books for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Book Blind Date Sale: Get 15% off our hardback and paperback book blind dates!

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Things Mentioned

• Our special episode all about Cleveland!

• Shop for today’s book picks on Bookshop.org

• Virtual Indie Bookstore Day

  • The Prettiest Star by Carter Sickels

  • How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

  • Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevado

• Libro.fm Socks

• Y’all Stay At Home Book Festival

• Weekend of Words Virtual Book Festival

• Short Clip from 1990 Documentary Discussing MHK’s THE WOMAN WARRIOR

• Discussion with Celeste Ng and MHK in August 2019

Books Mentioned

• Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism edited by Nikki Khanna

• The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E.J. Koh

• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

• The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston

• The Making of Asian America: A History by Erica Lee

• Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America by Sharmila Shen

Currently Reading

• How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang

• The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel

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Music by Isaac Greene