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Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations by Jonny Sun
Biography & Memoir

Goodbye, Again: Essays, Reflections, and Illustrations by Jonny Sun

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

Jonny Sun is back with a collection of essays and other writings in his unique, funny, and heartfelt style. The pieces range from long meditations […]

Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir by Tammy Duckworth
Biography & Memoir

Every Day Is a Gift: A Memoir by Tammy Duckworth

March 30, 2021April 2, 2021

In Every Day Is a Gift, Tammy Duckworth takes readers through the amazing—and amazingly true—stories from her incomparable life. In November of 2004, an Iraqi […]

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo
Historical, Identity & Culture

From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo

March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

America in 1982: Japanese car companies are on the rise and believed to be putting U.S. autoworkers out of their jobs. Anti–Asian American sentiment simmers, […]

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina
Biography & Memoir, Identity & Culture

Speak, Okinawa: A Memoir by Elizabeth Miki Brina

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021

A searing, deeply candid memoir about a young woman’s journey to understanding her complicated parents–her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father a Vietnam veteran–and […]

Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir by Kat Chow
Biography & Memoir

Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir by Kat Chow

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021

Born two years after her parents’ only son died just hours after his birth, Kat Chow became unusually fixated with death. She worried constantly about […]

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh
Biography & Memoir, Historical

Finding Junie Kim by Ellen Oh

February 18, 2021February 19, 2021

A story of family, hope, and survival, inspired by the author’s mother’s real-life experiences during the Korean War. Faced with middle school racism, Junie Kim […]

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala
Biography & Memoir

Wave by Sonali Deraniyagala

February 18, 2021February 24, 2021

On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young […]

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri
Identity & Culture, Young Adult

Everything Sad Is Untrue by Daniel Nayeri

August 25, 2020February 27, 2021

At the front of a middle school classroom in Oklahoma, a boy named Khosrou (whom everyone calls “Daniel”) stands, trying to tell a story. His […]

Of Color by Jaswinder Bolina
Biography & Memoir, Poetry

Of Color by Jaswinder Bolina

June 30, 2020March 29, 2021

In his debut essay collection, award-winning poet Jaswinder Bolina meditates on “how race,” as he puts it, “becomes metaphysical” the cumulative toll of the microaggressions […]

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong
Biography & Memoir

Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, & Advice for Living Your Best Life by Ali Wong

June 28, 2020February 19, 2021

In her hit Netflix comedy special Baby Cobra, an eight-month pregnant Ali Wong resonated so heavily that she became a popular Halloween costume. Wong told […]

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