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Asian And Pacific American Heritage

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian/Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands of Melanesia

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Audio CDs

Which Side Are You On by Ryan Lee Wong; Scott Takeda (Read by)
Call Number: CD FICTION WONG

ISBN: 9798212273244

Publication Date: 2022-10-04
Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng (Read by); Lucy Liu (Read by)
Call Number: CD FICTION NG

ISBN: 9780593629611

Publication Date: 2022-10-04

Most Current

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American History, Art, and Culture in 101 objects by Theodore S. Gonzalves (Editor)
Call Number: 973.0495 SMITHSONIAN 2023

ISBN: 9781588347510

Publication Date: 2023-11-07
Dining with the Sultan: the Fine Art of Feasting by Linda Komaroff (Editor)
Call Number: ART 704.949 DINING 2023

ISBN: 9781636810881

Publication Date: 2023-12-12
India in Fashion by Hamish Bowles
Call Number: 746.92095 BOWLES 2023

ISBN: 9780847871100

Publication Date: 2023-03-21

Welcome

This May, SAPL invites the community to join us in celebrating the vibrant and diverse cultures of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

APAHM events

Books

Asian American Histories of the United States by Catherine Ceniza Choy
Call Number: 973.0495 CHOY 2022

ISBN: 9780807050798

Publication Date: 2022-08-02
My Life: Growing up Asian in America by Cape (Coalition CAPE (Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment) (Editor); SuChin Pak (Introduction by)
Call Number: 305.89507 MY 2022

Publication Date: 2022-05-17

A heartfelt and thought-provoking anthology of comics, essays, and poetry that come to terms with the Asian-American experience in all its diversity.
The Good Asian, Volume 1 by Pornsak Pichetshote; Alexandre Tefenkgi (Artist); Lee Loughridge (Artist); Dave Johnson (Artist)
Call Number: GRAPHIC NOVEL PICHETSHOTE

ISBN: 9781534320949

Publication Date: 2021-10-05

In writer Pornsak Pichetshote's graphic novel, Edison Harki,a Chinese-American detective shadows a killer in 1936 Chinatown.
Peach Blossom Spring by Melissa Fu
Call Number: FICTION FU

ISBN: 9780316286732

Publication Date: 2022-03-15

This sweeping multi-generational novel chronicles young Chinese-American Lily's encounter with the ghosts of her father's tormented past.
Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li
Call Number: FICTION LI

ISBN: 9780593184738

Publication Date: 2022-04-05

Will and his friends, a newly formed gang of novice Chinese-American art thieves, team up to steal back plundered Chinese art from the world's most prestigious museums.

Biographies

I Can't Save You by Anthony Chin-Quee
Call Number: 617.51092 CHIN-QUEE BIOGRAPHY 2023

ISBN: 9780593418888

Publication Date: 2023-04-04
Making a Scene by Constance Wu
Call Number: 791.43028 WU BIOGRAPHY 2022

ISBN: 9781982188542

Publication Date: 2022-10-04
Fatty Fatty Boom Boom by Rabia Chaudry
Call Number: 305.89141 CHAUDRY BIOGRAPHY 2022

ISBN: 9781643750385

Publication Date: 2022-11-08

Last Updated: May 6, 2025 2:59 PM
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