#182 – June 2022 Book News

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