On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our June 2022 mid-month check-in, and maybe get a little heated about what a certain white dude said on the internet.
New books and authors mentioned in our publishing news:
- Aisha Saeed – Forty Words for Love
- Axie Oh – The Floating World
- Maia & Alex Shibutani – Amazing: Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders Who Inspire Us All
- Charlotte Cheng – Icy Fruit
- Hope Lim (writer) & Shahrzad Maydani (illustrator) – Sourgrass
- Colleen Kong-Savage – Piano Wants to Play
- Veera Hiranandani (writer) & Vesper Stamper (illustrator) – The Greatest
- Raakhee Mirchandani (writer) & Laurie Wallmark (illustrator) – An Extraordinary Life: Kalpana Chawla
- Vanessa Le – The Last Bloodcarver
- Vicky Fang (writer) & Luisa Leal (illustrator) – Sniff and Scratch (series)
- Jocelyn Chung (writer) & Julia Kuo (illustrator) – When Love Is More Than Words
- Miles Burks – Encore!
- Han Kang (translated by Emily Won) – Greek Lessons & Human Acts
- Rajani LaRocca (writer) & Nadia Alam (illustrator) – Mauntie
- Marie Lu – Stars and Smoke
- Kealani Netane (writer) & Dung Ho (illustrator) – Tala Learns to Siva
- Faith Kazmi (writer) & Christine Almeda (illustrator) – Box of Dreams
- Yangsook Choi – A Letter to Olivo
- Aaron Chan (writer) & Josiane Vlitos (illustrator) – The Broken Heart
- Ritu Hemnani – Three Colors of Hope
- Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson – The Mochi Makers
- Linda Sue Park (writer) & Lenny Wen (illustrator) – Smiling Eyes
- Emily Satoko Seo (writer) & Mique Moriuchi (illustrator) – The Perfect Sushi
- Hanh Bui (writer) & Minnie Phan (illustrator) – The Yellow Áo Dài
- Hanh Bui (writer) & Bao Luu (illustrator) – Ánh’s New Word
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