Comics (Listed by artists too):

• Sean Chen - Artist for Marvel: Iron Man.
• Alvin Lee - Artist for Marvel.
• Jae Lee - Artist for Marvel: Inhumans, Sentry.
• Jim Lee - Artist for Image and Wildstorm Comics.
• Pat Lee - Artist for Marvel, Image, Dark Minds.
• Whilce Portacio - Artist/Founder for Avalon - Stone the Comic Book about Philipino Myth.
• Sanctuary. By writer Sho Fumimura and artist Ryochi Ikegami's. ADULTS ONLY. Two childhood friends who were orphaned Cambodian refugees plan to make a difference in Japan by making it big there. Although Japanese based, I wanted to include this because of the lack literature on Cambodian refugees.

Novels (A):

• Aliens in America by Sandra Tsing Loh. Paperback - 94 pages 1 Ed edition (September 1997). Book Description: Born to a Chinese father and German mother, Sandra Tsing Loh tells dark comic tales of the improbable blending of her parents' cultures in their middle-class Southern California home. The first sketch recounts the saga of two successive stepmothers who come to reorganize her childhood home. In the second, the family travels to Ethiopia for an affordable vacation complete with new friends (German tourists) and economical transportation (a bus). Finally, Loh provides a glimpse into her teenage love life with its trials and tribulations. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition. From Amazon.com.
• The Big Aiiieeeee!: An Anthology of Chinese-American and Japanese-American Literature. By Jeffery Paul Chan, Frank Chin, Shawn Wong, Lawson F. Inada (Editor), Jeffrey P. Chan (Editor). Review from Publishers Weekly: "``Aiiieeeee!'' is the angry cry of Asian Americans, ``long ignored and forcibly excluded from creative participation in American culture.'' In their incendiary introduction, the editors of this absorbing collection condemn the ``white racist imagination'' that has permeated such popular Asian American works as Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. "Paperback - 619 pages (July 1991). From Amazon.com.
• Bone by Fae Myenne Ng. Paperback - 208 pages. (January 1994). Editorial Review from 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister: "I believe that the secrets we hold in our hearts are our anchors, that even the unspoken between us is a measure of our every promise to the living and the dead. And all our promises, like all our hopes, move us through life with the power of an ocean liner pushing us through the sea." So speaks Leila, oldest of three Chinese-American daughters. Bone follows Leila's search as she looks back on her life in an attempt to understand her family and her sister Ona's suicide. From Amazon.com.
• The Bonesetter's Daughter. by Amy Tan. Review from Publishers Weekly: "Tan's empathetic insight into the complex relationship of Chinese mothers and their American-born daughters is again displayed in her latest extraordinary, multi-layered tale. Now suffering from Alzheimer's, Lu Ling's references to the past are confusing and contradictory particularly her desperate attempts to communicate with her deceased Precious Auntie, who was her nursemaid and Ruth worries about her mother's health. But when Ruth translates Lu Ling's lengthy journal, she learns that her..." HHardcover - 353 pages (February 19, 2001). From Amazon.com.

Novels (C):

• Charlie Chan Is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction. By Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn (Editor), Klaine Kim (Designer). From Kirkus Reviews: "A generous and varied sampling: 48 authors writing in a variety of styles, 22 selections previously unpublished and many others published only overseas or by journals or small presses--a substantial, often engrossing volume at a bargain price. Hagedorn has included traditionally structured fiction that directly addresses cultural experience: in ``Immigration Blues,'' by Bienvenido Santos, an ailing widower is approached by a Filipina who needs an American husband; the excerpt from Shawn Wong's..." Paperback - 569 pages (December 1993). From Amazon.com.
• China Boy: A Novel. By Gus Lee. Paperback Reprint edition (January 1994). Review from Ingram: "Warm, funny, and deeply moving, Gus Lee's semi-autobiographical account of growing up in a conflict-ridden family, unable to fully embrace either American or Chinese culture, is an enthralling story of family relationships, the perils of boyhood, and the difficulty of being Chinese in 1950's San Francisco." From Amazon.com.
• China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston. (April 1989). Book Description: The author chronicles the lives of three generations of Chinese men in America, woven from memory, myth and fact. Here's a storyteller's tale of what they endured in a strange new land. From Amazon.com.
• Clay Walls by Kim Ronyoung, Ronyoung Kim. Paperback - 304 pages 3 edition (May 1996). Editorial Review from 500 Great Books by Women; review by Erica Bauermeister: At one point in Clay Walls, Faye, a second generation Korean-American, comments that reading is "just a way for me to see how other people live. I haven't found a book yet written about the people I know." Clay Walls begins to fill that gap, giving a clear-eyed view of two generations of Korean-Americans in pre- and post-World War II Los Angeles. From Amazon.com.
• Donald Duk: A Novel. By Frank Chin. Review from Independent Publisher: "From Chinese-American playwright Frank Chin comes this wackily delightful first novel. The protagonist is twelve-year-old Donald Duk, who (understandably) hates his own name and doesn't like being Chinese too much either." Paperback - 176 pages (February 1991). From Amazon.com.
• Farewell to Manzanar: A True Story of Japanese American Experience During and After the World War II Internment by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston, James D. Houston. No image available. Reading level: Young Adult. Paperback - 203 pages (March 1983). Popular in: Garden City, NY (#4) , Northborough, MA (#5). Editorial Review from the Publisher: Jeanne Wakatsuki was seven years old in 1942 when her family was uprooted from their home and sent to live at Manzanar internment camp--with 10,000 other Japanese Americans. Along with searchlight towers and armed guards, Manzanar ludicrously featured cheerleaders, Boy Scouts, sock hops, baton twirling lessons and a dance band called The Jive Bombers who would play any popular song except the nation's #1 hit: "Don't Fence Me In." Farewell To Manzanar is the true story of one spirited Japanese American family's attempt to survive the indignities of forced detention . . . and of a native-born American child who discovered what it was like to grow up behind barbed wire in the United States. From Amazon.com.
• Fifth Chinese Daughter. By Jade Snow Wong, Kathryn Uhl (Illustrator). Paperback - 246 pages (June 1989). Review from 500 Great Books by Women by Erica Bauermeister: "...On one level a universal story of a child learning to assert her own identity, Fifth Chinese Daughter is also a marvelous resource on Chinese cooking, festivals, and child-rearing techniques, as well as a picture of Chinatown before and during World War II. Straightforward, honest, full of love, Jade Snow Wong's book is a wonderful and educational reading experience..." From Amazon.com.
• Five Wong Brothers.

Novels (G):

• Growing Up Asian American. By Maria Hong (Editor). Paperback (January 1995). Review from Ingram: "...Stories and essays from 32 Asian American writers, including Amy Tan, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Gus Lee illuminate the experience..." From Amazon.com.
• The Hundred Secret Senses. By Amy Tan. Review from Booklist: "Tan, a critical and commercial favorite, returns to the fiction scene after a four-year absence with a risky, ambitious novel that tackles themes of loyalty, connectedness, and what it means to be a family. When Olivia Yee's half-sister, Kwan, arrives from China, Olivia's life is irrevocably changed. For one thing, Kwan has yin eyes--she can see ghosts. Every night as they were growing up, Kwan told Olivia bedtime stories about the same group of yin people: a woman named Banner, a man named..." 406 pages Reprint edition (December 1996). From Amazon.com.
• The Joy Luck Club. By Amy Tan. Amazon.com Review: Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. 337 pages (October 1994). From Amazon.com.
• The Kitchen God's Wife. By Amy Tan. From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Holly Smith: "Winnie is a powerhouse who has fought, laughed at, and struggled with life; Pearl is the daughter who grew up in Winnie's shadow. Pearl has a secret she doesn't want her mother to know because Winnie will blame herself, worry, be mad she wasn't told right away. Winnie has secrets she doesn't want to tell Pearl: she's afraid she won't understand, that she'll be hurt. Auntie Helen knows their secrets and thinks it is time for each of them to tell." 532 pages Reprint edition (June 1992). From Amazon.com.
• Mona in the Promised Land. By Gish Jen. Paperback - 304 pages Reprint edition (April 1997). From Los Angeles Times: "A shining example of a multicultural message delivered with the wit and bit of art.... Gish Jen creates a particular world where dim sum is as American as apple pie." From Amazon.com.
• No-No Boy by John Okada, Lawson F. Inada (Designer), Frank Chin (Designer). Paperback - 260 pages (December 1980). Reviewer: A reader from Santa Barbara, CA: ... have always been interested in the dark side of America's role in World War II - the Japanese internment camps. This book is a vivid portrayal of one young man's suffering due to his decision not to swear loyalty to a country that had foresaken his rights as a citizen, and the consequences that result from this decision. From Amazon.com.
• No Physical Evidence. By Gus Lee. Paperback - 372 pages (February 29, 2000). Review from Amazon.com: "Joshua Jin is one of the more interesting protagonists to come along in mystery fiction for quite a while. The Sacramento Chinese American D.A.'s professional life has fallen apart following the death of his daughter and the departure of his wife." From Amazon.com.

Novels (P):

• Paper Bullets: A Fictional Autobiography (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies) by Kip Fulbeck. Paperback - 282 pages (May 2001). Editorial Review by Teresa K. Williams-Leon, California State University, Northridge "Ever-transforming Asian American cultural styles in which East and West intertwine are delightfully and disturbingly illuminated in Paper Bullets." From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Phoenix Eyes and Other Stories (The Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies) by Russell Charles Leong. Paperback - 172 pages (September 2000). Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly: Leong comments ironically on the Asian-American experience in this impressionistic, uneven collection of 14 stories. In a first section, "Leaving," the effects of hybrid culture are foregrounded in five stories about new immigrants. "Bodhi Leaves," the first of the group, tells of a Vietnamese monk relocated to a temple in Orange County, N.J., whose search for an artist capable of painting a traditional many-leaved Bodhi tree distracts him from the difficulties of adjusting to a new country. The second section, "Samsara," consists of stories with sexual themes. Notable here is "Hemispheres," which is set in the academic/avant-garde interface with which Leong, the editor of Amerasia Journal and a filmmaker himself, must be familiar. The narrator, Bryan, works for the Los Angeles Film Institute. The week that he decides he is sexually out of service--which, for him, means no more boyfriends--he gets messages from three different women, all of whom are looking for sperm donations. The last section, "Paradise," contains the title story, which is a long account of life in the hung kung syan, a trans-Pacific call boy service. Terence, who has "phoenix eyes"--eyes of "longing and lust"--goes to Taiwan after college with his lover. When he and his lover fall out, Terence is picked up by P., a handsome jet-setter with gigolo connections, and given an education in seduction. Circular in form, the story starts and ends with P.'s funeral. Some of Leong's stories are slight, but the best of them exploit the stresses of sexual desire and family relationships, and probe the cultural forces shaping the immigrant experience. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Seventeen Syllables and Other Stories by Hisaye Yamamato, Hisaye Yamamoto, King-Kok Cheung (Introduction). Paperback - 150 pages (December 1998). Editorial Review from 500 Great Books by Women; review by Holly Smith: Written between 1948 and 1987, Hisaye Yamamoto's stories cover many issues, from sexual harassment and the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II to a simple, magical tale of growing up. A recurrent theme is the experience of Japanese-American women: women often living in isolation, women caught between the traditional world of their husbands and their children's western values and identities. From Amazon.com.
• Talking in the Dark : Stories by Laura Glen Louis. Hardcover - 224 pages (April 16, 2001). Editorial Review from Library Journal: Louis, winner of the Katherine Anne Porter Prize for her first short story in 1990, here presents a stunning new collection. Like their author, who emigrated from Hong Kong at the age of six, many of the characters are Chinese American. But the tales she spins are universal ones of love and loss. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Tiger's Tail. By Gus Lee. Paperback - 370 pages Reprint edition (March 1997). From Kirkus Review: "A suspense-free crack at a first thriller from Lee (Honor and Duty, 1993, etc.), in which a US Army captain--dispatched in 1974 to Korea's DMZ in search of a missing comrade--stumbles on crimes greater than kidnapping. Jackson Hu-chin Kan, a Chinese-born graduate of West Point assigned to San Francisco's Presidio as a prosecuting attorney, is detached to check on the fate of a colleague who disappeared while on a fact-finding mission to the land of morning calm. Although reluctant to leave Cara..." From Amazon.com.
• Tripmaster Monkey: His Fake Book by Maxine Hong Kingston. Paperback Reprint edition (July 1990). Driven by his dream to write and stage an epic stage production of interwoven Chinese novelsWittman Ah Sing, a Chinese-American hippie in the late '60s. From Amazon.com.
• Troublemaker and Other Saints by Christina Chiu. Hardcover - 278 pages (March 1, 2001). Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly: Tragedy and epiphany strike with equal force in this collection of 11 related short stories featuring the Chinese-American members of an extended network of family, friends, lovers and neighbors combating their private and public shames and struggling to find a place to call home. In "Troublemaker," Eric Tsui, a teenager growing up in a squalid corner of New York's Chinatown, suffers physical abuse at the hands of his brother and rediscovers both his national identity and his humanity when he's forced to reconcile with an elderly neighbor he injured in a prank. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Typical American (Plume Contemporary Fiction). By Gish Jen. Paperback - 296 pages Reprint edition (March 1992). From Ingram: "A trio of young Chinese immigrants slowly transform into everything they once despised in the ""typical American"" as they set out after their dreams and create their own suburban paradise. Reprint. 25,000 first printing. Tour. NYT." From Amazon.com.

Novels (W):

• Who's Irish? By Gish Jen. Hardcover - 224 pages (June 1999) .Review from Amazon.com: "Nobody writes about the immigrant experience like Gish Jen. What sets her apart from other ethnic writers is the wide-angle lens she turns not only on her own Chinese American ethnic group, but on Jewish Americans, African Americans, Irish Americans, and just about any other hyphenate you'd care to name. Though her tales are filtered through an Asian experience, they are, at heart, the quintessential American story of immigration, assimilation, and occasional tensions with other ethnic communities." From Amazon.com.
• The Woman Warrior : Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston. Paperback - 209 pages Reissue edition (May 1989). Editorial Review from Amazon.com: The Woman Warrior is a pungent, bitter, but beautifully written memoir of growing up Chinese American in Stockton, California. Maxine Hong Kingston (China Men) distills the dire lessons of her mother's mesmerizing "talk-story" tales of a China where girls are worthless, tradition is exalted and only a strong, wily woman can scratch her way upward. The author's America is a landscape of confounding white "ghosts"--the policeman ghost, the social worker ghost--with equally rigid, but very different rules. Like the woman warrior of the title, Kingston carries the crimes against her family carved into her back by her parents in testimony to and defiance of the pain. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Amazon.com.
• Yell-Oh Girls!: Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American by Vickie Nam (Editor). Paperback - 256 pages (August 2001). Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly: Coming of age as an Asian-American girl in the largely white reaches of upstate New York, editor Nam writes that she began to "make sense of the contradictions of being Asian, American, and a girl" through writing, as did many of the young women whose stories, essays, poems and letters she's compiled in this vibrant, much-needed anthology. Though Nam received hundreds of contributions, the collection includes only 80 brief selections (most are under three pages) by budding writers between 15 and 22 years of age, from all over the country. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Yellow: Stories by Don Lee. Hardcover - 244 pages (April 2001). Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly: Set mostly in Rosarita Bay, a fictional coastal town near San Francisco, this debut collection from the editor of the literary journal Ploughshares traces the lives (usually the romantic lives) of a motley assortment of male protagonists. Lee examines the circumstances of Asians living in white society, as well as the differences and occasional tensions, mostly unnoticed by Anglos between persons of various Asian descents. From Amazon.com.

Poems/Memoirs:

• A Night Without Armor II: The Revenge by Beau Sia (Illustrator), Ill Badler (Photographer). Paperback - 128 pages 2 edition (September 1, 1998). Editorial Review from Calvin Reid, Publishers Weekly, September 21, 1998, "A funny spoof of pop sensation Jewel's bestselling poetry collection." From amazon.com.
• Talking to Monks in High Snow : An Asian-American Odyssey by Lydia Yuri Minatoya. Paperback - 288 pages Reprint edition (February 1993). Editorial Review from Kirkus Reviews: A finely worded memoir of coming to terms with a Japanese heritage, by a Japanese-American who's a community-college counselor in Seattle. ``Feudal Japan floats around my mother,'' Minatoya writes. ``It followed her into our American home and governed my girlhood life....In that feudal code, all females were silent and yielding.'' But Minatoya is an American brought up on ``iconoclastic choice and irrepressible hope,'' uncomfortable with ``being in-between.'' Here, her spiritual journey begins with memories of growing up in Albany in the 1950's and of the tragic figure of a grandmother she knew only from one photograph. Her mother's mother had been divorced, ``banished'' from her samurai- descended family, and separated permanently from her children--the price of having a love affair. From Boston, where the author had a ``tenure track contract'' at -- Copyright ©1991, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Amazon.com.
• Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose by Barbara Tran (Editor), Monique T.D. Truong (Editor), Luu tr Khoi (Editor), Luu Truong Khoi (Editor). Paperback - 225 pages (June 1998). Editorial Review from the publisher, Andrea Louie, Asian American Writers' Workshop , September 26, 1998: This book is a breakthrough for voices never before heard. We are proud of this important book, which gives voice to Vietnamese American writers who never before have had the chance to speak out. For so many, Vietnam was never a war but a place and a home and an identity. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Amazon.com.

Biographies:

• To The Stars: The Autobiography of George Takei, Star Trek's Mr. Sulu by George Takei. "Format: Paperback, 406pp. Pub. Date: November  1995. ABOUT THIS ITEM: Takei begins his story in a World War II Japanese-American relocation camp--an odyssey that propelled him to become an actor, writer, businessman, and politically active individual. He then provides fascinating insights into the Star Trek phenomenon and offers unique perspectives on the rest of the show's ensemble." From www.barnesandnoble.com.

Children's & Young Adult (A):

• American Dragons : Twenty-Five Asian American Voices by Laurence Yep (Editor). Reading level: Young Adult. Paperback (September 1995). Editorial Review from Kirkus Reviews: A much-needed (if uneven) collection of stories and poems plus an excerpt from a one-man show, developed while Yep taught in Asian-American studies at the University of California. Most of the authors will be unknown to young people; notable are Maxine Hong Kingston and Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston. The pieces are grouped by theme: the dilemma of identity; parents; WW II and Japanese-American experiences; attitudes toward love; relationships with grandparents. While the focus is generally on young Asian-Americans living in two cultures, the point of view is most often adult and retrospective. From Amazon.com.
• The Beggar's Magic: A Chinese Tale. By Margaret Chang, Raymond Chang, David Johnson (Illustrator), Raymond Change (Contributor). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Review from Kirkus Reviews: "The Changs (The Cricket Warrior, 1994, etc.) retell an ancient Chinese tale about selfishness and sharing, set to luminous illustrations by Johnson. A holy beggar-priest comes to young Fu Nan's village. The boy and his friends are fascinated by the old man, whose cheer and care for all creatures impress them as much as the magic he works: drawing a sparrow that escapes from the page as a real sparrow escapes from a boy's cage; filling an old widow's dry well with water. When the August Moon..." (September 1997). From Amazon.com.
• The Butterfly Boy by Laurence Yep, Jeanne M. Lee (Illustrator). Editorial Review from Booklist: Ages 4-7. "There once was a boy who dreamed he was a butterfly, and, as a butterfly, he always dreamed he was a boy." The rhythmic text has a poetic simplicity in this delicate transformation story, which draws on the writings of an ancient Chinese philosopher. It's a story of an outsider who sees beyond the everyday. The boy plays the traditional role of the visionary fool: Everyone laughs at him because he tries to suck nectar from flowers or because he stares and stares at scum; they don't know that he sees rainbows. When people mock him, he imagines he's flying toward the sun. From Amazon.com.

Children's & Young Adult (C):

• Child of the Owl by Laurence Yep. Reading level: Young Adult. Paperback - 288 pages Reprint edition (October 1990). Book Description: Twelve-year-old Casey is waiting for the day that Barney, her father, hits it big -- 'cause when that horse comes in, he tells her, it's the penthouse suite. But then hr ends up in the hospital, and Casey is sent to Chinatown to live with her grandmother, Paw-Paw. Now the waiting seems longer than ever. Casey feels lost in Chinatown. She's not prepared for the Chinese school, the noisy crowds, missing her father. But Paw-Paw tells her about the mother Casey never knew, and about her family's owl... From Amazon.com.
• The Chinese Siamese Cat. By Amy Tan, Gretchen Schields (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Review from Booklist: Ages 6-9. Ming Miao tells her kittens the story of their ancestor, Sagwa of China, to explain the dark markings on their faces and tails. Sagwa lives in the house of the Foolish Magistrate, his foolishness taking the form of impossible rules. When he declares that no one can sing until the sun goes down, Sagwa changes the rule by falling into an ink pot and getting paws, ears, nose, tail, and selected parts of the Scroll of Rules covered in ink. The Foolish Magistrate has a change of heart after... "(September 1994). From Amazon.com.
• Cleversticks by Bernard Ashley, Derek Brazell (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Paperback (July 1995. Editorial Review from Kirkus Reviews: Ling Sung doesn't like his new school: everyone else seems to be getting praise for their accomplishments, whether it's Manjit writing her name, Terry tying his shoes, or Sharon buttoning her coat. Ling Sung can't do any of those things; but after the teacher notices him picking up his broken cookie pieces with paintbrushes in lieu of the chopsticks he uses at home, she asks him to help everyone else learn his skill--and they share theirs with him. A pleasant, realistic getting-adjusted story, with a cheery multicultural class appealingly characterized in Brazell's colorful, unusually perceptive art. (Picture book. 3-7) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. From Amazon.com.
• Coolies by Yin, Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. (February 2001). Editorial Review from Booklist: Ages 5-9. The term coolies is a racist insult for Asians in many parts of the world and was used by nineteenth-century Americans to demean the early Chinese immigrants. Yin says she is transforming the term by showing the courage and integrity of those Chinese American workers. She tells the history through the personal experience of Shek and his younger brother, who encounter harsh racism when they come to the U.S. desperate for work and get low-paying jobs building the transcontinental railroad. Hazel Rochman Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved. From Amazon.com.
• The Cricket Warrior: A Chinese Tale by Margaret Chang, Raymond Chang (Contributor), Warwick Hutton (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. School & Library Binding - 32 pages (September 1994). Editorial Reviews from Booklist: Ages 5-9. In ancient China, the emperor enjoys watching cricket fights so much that he imposes a cricket tax to be paid by all his people. A poor farmer at last catches a cricket for the tax, but his curious son peeks into its case and accidentally releases it. Magically transformed into a fighting cricket, the boy saves his family and their farm. From Amazon.com.

Children's & Young Adult (D):

• Dim Sum for Everyone by Grace Lin. Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 32 pages (July 10, 2001). From Amazon.com.
• The Dragon Prince: A Chinese Beauty & the Beast Tale. By Laurence Yep, Kam Mak (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Review from Kirkus Reviews: "The subtitle says all: A dragon ambushes a poor farmer and promises to eat the unfortunate man unless one of the farmer's seven daughters marries him. Six daughters run away in fear, but Seven can't bear to see her father suffer and consents to marry the dragon. Seven is not afraid of the dragon; she finds him beautiful and tells him so. At that the dragon transforms into a handsome prince and the two are very happy together until Seven begins to grow homesick. During a visit to her family, her..." Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (February 1999). From Amazon.com.
• Dragon's Gate (Trophy Newbery) by Laurence Yep, Wayne McLaughlin (Illustrator). Reading level: Young Adult. Paperback - 336 pages (May 1995). Editorial Review from Kirkus Reviews: Yep illuminates the Chinese immigrant experience here and abroad in a follow-up to The Serpent's Children (1984) and Mountain Light (1985). After accidentally killing one of the hated Manchu soldiers, Otter (14) flees Kwangtung for the ``Golden Mountain''; he finds his adoptive father Squeaky and Uncle Foxfire in the Sierra Nevada, where thousands of ``Guests'' are laboriously carving a path for the railroad. Brutal cold, dangerous work, and a harsh overseer take their toll as Squeaky is blinded in a tunnel accident, Foxfire is lost in a storm, and other workers are frozen or half-starved. By the end, toughened in body and spirit, Otter resolves never to forget them or their sacrifices. (Fiction. 11-14) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Amazon.com.
• Dragonwings : Golden Mountain Chronicles, 1903 by Laurence Yep. Reading level: Ages 9-12. Paperback - 248 pages 25th Ann edition (September 1989). Editorial Reviews: --The New York Times "A triumph.", --BL "A fine, sensitive novel . . . that conveys the Chinese American's cultural heritage." From Amazon.com.
• Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover (October 1988). Editorial Review from Ingram: The classic story about five clever brothers, each with a different extraordinary ability is "a dramatic retelling of an old Chinese tale". (The New York Public Library)". . . . when Bishop makes the tall brother stretch, the sea-swallower work, or the robust one hold his breath, young children will laugh and laugh".--New York Herald Tribune Books. From Amazon.com.

Children's & Young Adult (H):

• Happy New Year! Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'Ai: Kung-Hsi Fa-Ts'Ai by Demi (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Paperback - 40 pages (December 1999). Editorial Review from Amazon.com: "Happy Chinese New Year!" this lovely book exuberantly proclaims. Full of extraordinary, richly colorful illustrations resembling lacquered boxes, this book is as visually delicious as Demi's previous books The Stonecutter and The Empty Pot. Children will love closely examining the flurry of activity associated with this important holiday. They will also appreciate the accompanying minimal, straightforward descriptions of everything from heavenly beings to candied coconut. From Amazon.com.
• The Journal of Wong Ming-Chung : A Chinese Miner (My Name Is America) by Laurence Yep. Reading level: Ages 9-12. Hardcover - 219 pages (April 2000). Editorial Review from Amazon.com: It is 1852, and 10-year-old Wong Ming-Chung, or Bright Intelligence--or Runt, as he is most commonly called--has arrived at the gold mines of California after a dangerous journey from China. Exchanging the famine and war of his native country for the brutal bullies and grueling labor in America, Runt joins his uncle and countless others in the effort to strike it rich on the great "Golden Mountain." Unfortunately, he, and most of the rest of the dreamers, soon discover that there's no such thing as a Golden Mountain, only dirt, mud, and tiny, occasional flecks of gold dust--flecks that are to be turned over to the owners of the mines, in return for barely livable wages. However, someone as clever and resourceful as Runt can still find true opportunity in this land. He and his uncle team up to find ingenious new ways of making money, and to defend themselves against the bitter, racist white Americans. Along the way, Runt develops lasting friendships with many people from all over the world, learning ways to communicate with them in spite of cultural and language differences. From Amazon.com.
• Kites: Magic Wishes That Fly Up to the Sky by Demi, Demi Hitz. Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 40 pages (March 1999). Editorial Review from Amazon.com: Have you ever flown a kite high in the sky and wondered if something or someone up there might see it? Long ago in China, kites were used to send messages--and special wishes--to the gods. In Kites: Magic Wishes That Fly Up to the Sky, well-loved artist Demi tells a story of a mother who orders such a kite from a painter of holy pictures to help her son be strong and wise. From Amazon.com.

Children's & Young Adult (L):

• Lady of Ch'iao Kuo: Warrior of the South, Southern China, A.D. 531 (The Royal Diaries) by Laurence Yep. Reading level: Ages 9-12. Hardcover - 300 pages (August 2001). Editorial Review from Book Description: The Royal Diaries proudly presents two-time Newbery Honor author Laurence Yep, whose stunning diary of sixteen-year-old Lady of Ch1iao Kuo takes readers on a remarkable adventure to Southern China in the sixth century A.D., where Ch1iao Kuo, a born leader called Red Bird, is courageous and keenly intelligent. From Amazon.com.
• The Last Dragon by Chris K. Soentpiet (Illustrator), Susan Miho Nunes. Reading level: Ages 4-8. Editorial Review from Booklist: Ages 4^-8. Although this story features a little boy, its main character is really a Chinese American community. Peter is not happy about spending his summer in Chinatown with his great-aunt. But his feelings begin to change when he spots an old, 10-man dragon in a shop window. With the help of his great-aunt, he acquires the dragon and sets out to repair it. From Amazon.com.
• Liang and the Magic Paintbrush by Demi, Hitz Demi. Reading level: Ages 4-8. Paperback - 32 pages Reprint edition (June 1988). Editorial Review from Ingram: When a poor boy in China receives a magical paintbrush, everything he paints turns to life. But the wicked emperor wants to capture the boy when he hears the news. The story will excite readers as the ruler gets his just reward when the boy creates a masterpiece that spells his doom. Full-color illustrations. A Reading Rainbow Selection. From Amazon.com.
• Lon Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story from China (Paperstar) by Ed Young. Reading level: Ages 4-8. Paperback Reprint edition (April 1996). Editorial Review from: Amazon.com: Three little girls spare no mercy to Lon Po Po, the granny wolf, in this version of Little Red Riding Hood where they tempt her up a tree and over a limb, to her death. The girls' frightened eyes are juxtaposed against Lon Po Po's menacing squint and whirling blue costume in one of the books numerous three-picture sequences, which resemble the decorative panels of Chinese tradition. Through mixing abstract and realistic images with complex use of color and shadow, artist and translator Young has transformed a simple fairy tail into a remarkable work of art and earned the 1990 Caldecott Medal in doing so. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Amazon.com.
• The Magic Paintbrush by Laurence Yep, Su-Ling Wang (Illustrator), Suling Wang (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 9-12. Hardcover - 96 pages (April 2000). Editorial Reviews from Kirkus Reviews: PLB 0-06-028200-2 A flawed but interesting tale of magic from Yep (The Amah, p. 807, etc.), who makes philosophical points along the way about the problems attendant to wishing, hoping, and dreaming. Steve is an orphan who lives with his stern grandfather and his grandfather's best friend, Uncle Fong, in a one-room flat in a deteriorating building in Chinatown. When Steve's school paintbrush wears out, his grandfather finds an old handmade one; it makes painted objects real, and painted scenes become windows to other places. Their mean landlord discovers the secret of the brush and uses it to create a palace for himself; the brush uses his wish to punish him. Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved. From Amazon.com.
• Mama & Papa Have a Store by Amelia Lau Carling, Amelia Lau. Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 32 pages (June 1998). Editorial Reviews from Booklist: Ages 4^-7. A young Chinese girl describes in wonderful detail a typical day in her parents' general store in colorful Guatemala City. When her siblings go off to school, she sits on her stoop and watches the candy woman selling sweets from her big wooden box. Inside the store, "Mama knits without looking down and talks with the customers in Spanish" and "Papa at his desk adds and subtracts with his abacus." A young family comes by bus from its Indian village to buy thread for weaving, and the Chinese bean curd seller who lived in Mama and Papa's hometown in China stops by and reminisces over a cup of tea. The nicely rendered watercolors depict each scene with authentic details that surely spring from Carling's childhood memories of growing up in Guatemala. Use this to complement a study of the Chinese, Spanish, or Mayan culture or as an introduction to the concept of immigration. Lauren Peterson. From Amazon.com.
• Moon Lady (Aladdin Picture Books). By Amy Tan, Gretchen Schields (Illustrator) Reading level: Ages 4-8. Review from Horn Book: "Three sisters listen to their grandmother recount a mesmerizing childhood memory on a rainy afternoon. The long, complex story, filled with danger and excitement, relates what happened when Ying-ying was seven and celebrating the Moon Festival in China. Although the bold, dramatic illustrations are in keeping with the powerful images evoked by the text, the story is meant for a much older audience than the picture-book format attracts." Paperback Reprint edition (November 1995). From Amazon.com.

Children's & Young Adult (N):

• The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi. Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 32 pages (July 10, 2001). Book Description: The new kid in school needs a new name! Or does she? Being the new kid in school is hard enough, but what about when nobody can pronounce your name? Having just moved from Korea, Unhei is anxious that American kids will like her. So instead of introducing herself on the first day of school, she tells the class that she will choose a name by the following week. Her new classmates are fascinated by this no-name girl and decide to help out by filling a glass jar with names for her to pick from. But while Unhei practices being a Suzy, Laura, or Amanda, one of her classmates comes to her neighborhood and discovers her real name and its special meaning. On the day of her name choosing, the name jar has mysteriously disappeared, but encouraged by her new friends, Unhei chooses her own Korean name and helps everyone pronounce it–Yoon-Hey. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Red Is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong, Grace Lin (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 40 pages (October 2001). From Amazon.com.
• The Remarkable Journey of Prince Jen by Lloyd Alexander, Roseanne Thong. Reading level: Ages 9-12. (December 1993). From Kirkus Reviews: Recounting the adventures of the son of an imaginary Chinese emperor, a master storyteller once again weaves a compelling tale. Prince Jen and his sharp-tongued servant, Mafoo, volunteer to journey to the kingdom of T'ien-ku to discover the secrets of governing from the king of that unusually happy and prosperous land. They set out bearing six gifts, but lose them all along the way; they also encounter a rich array of characters, including an evil bandit, a thief with a rigid code of conduct, a... From Amazon.com.
• Round Is a Mooncake : A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong, Grace Lin (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 40 pages (July 2000). Editorial Review from Booklist: Ages 2-6. This enchanting book provides a gentle lesson in shapes (circle, square, and rectangular) as well as culture. In simple rhyme, Thong follows an Asian American girl who muses about the shapes she sees in her urban neighborhood. Connie Fletcher Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved. From Amazon.com.

Children's & Young Adult (S):

• Sam and the Lucky Money by Karen Chinn, Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator), Ying-Hwa Hu (Illustrator), Cornelius Van Wright (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 32 pages (September 1995). Editorial Review from Amazon.com: It's Chinese New Year in Chinatown, and young Sam has four dollars of New Year money burning a hole in his pocket. As he and his mother are milling through the crowded streets--alive with firecrackers, lion dances, and shoppers--Sam accidentally steps on the foot of a homeless man who is buried in a pile of red paper. Flustered, Sam hurries back to his mother, and is soon distracted by the char siu bao and other sweets he might buy with his gift money. From Amazon.com.
• A Step from Heaven by An Na. Reading level: Young Adult. Hardcover - 156 pages (April 30, 2001). Editorial Review from Publishers Weekly: In her mesmerizing first novel, Na traces the life of Korean-born Young Ju from the age of four through her teenage years, wrapping up her story just a few weeks before she leaves for college. The journey Na chronicles, in Young's graceful and resonant voice, is an acculturation process that is at times wrenching, at times triumphant and consistently absorbing. Told almost like a memoir, the narrative unfolds through jewel-like moments carefully strung together.As the book opens, Young's parents are preparing to move from Korea to "Mi Gook," America, where the residents all "live in big houses." Soaring through the sky on her first airplane ride, the child believes she is on her way to heaven, where she hopes to meet up with her deceased grandfather and eventually be reunited with her beloved grandmother, who has stayed behind. After the family's arrival, Young's American uncle dispels the notion that the United States is heaven, yet adds, "Let us say it is a step from heaven." It doesn't take the girl or her parents very long to realize how steep this step is. From amazon.com.
• The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack, Kurt Wiese (Illustrator). Reading level: Baby-Preschool. School & Library Binding (March 1983). Editorial Review from Amazon.com: The tale of a little duck alone on the Yangtze River, The Story About Ping is a sweet and funny book with wonderfully rich and colorful illustrations. On a day like any other, Ping sets off from the boat he calls home with his comically large family in search of "pleasant things to eat." On this particular day, he is accidentally left behind when the boat leaves. Undaunted, the little duck heads out onto the Yangtze in search of his family, only to find new friends and adventures--and a bit of peril--around every bend. From Amazon.com.
• The Trip Back Home by Janet S. Wong, Bo Jia (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Reviews from Booklist: Ages 3-7. Recalling her childhood trip to rural Korea with her mother to visit her grandparents and aunt, Wong measures her words to reflect the simple pleasures of the reunion. The pages reveal the farmers' way of life: Grandfather makes the charcoal that heats the house through tunnels under the floor; Grandmother markets in outdoor stalls and cooks in a stove lit with pine branches. The foods and their preparation, including persimmons stored on the roof, are described, as are the leisure- time activities--telling stories, playing cards, reading." Ellen Mandel. Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved. From amazon.com.
• The Ugly Vegetables by Grace Lin (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 32 pages (July 1, 1999). Editorial Review from Booklist; While the neighbors' gardens burgeon with bloom, a troubled child sees nothing but wrinkled leaves and dark vines growing in hers. She doubts her mother's claim that what she is growing is actually better than flowers--until the harvested sheau hwang gua, torng hau, and other Chinese vegetables have been chopped into the soup pot, and neighbors, drawn by the delicious smell, appear at the door with armloads of flowers and big appetites. From Amazon.com.

Children's & Young Adult (W):

• Where on Earth is My Bagel? by Frances Park, Ginger Park, Grace Lin (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. 32 pages. (September 9, 2001). Editorial Review from School Library Journal: K-Gr 4-Where on earth did Yum Yung get the urge to have a bagel? He has no idea, but desperate for one, he sends a message from his Korean village via pigeon to New York City for someone to send him one. From Amazon.com.
• Who Belongs Here?: An American Story. By Margy Burns Knight, Anne Sibley O'Brien (Illustrator), Margy Burns Knight. Reading level: Ages 9-12. Review from Booklist: "Gr. 4-7. After escaping the killing fields of Cambodia and living in a refugee camp in Thailand, 10-year-old Nary (a composite character drawn from students that Knight has known as an ESL teacher) is now adjusting to his new home in the U.S." Paperback - 40 pages (April 1996). From Amazon.com.
• Yoshi's Feast by Kimiko Kajikawa, Yumi Heo (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 4-8. Hardcover - 32 pages 1st edition (March 1, 2000). Editorial Review by Amazon.com: Fan maker Yoshi loves the delectable smell of the eels broiled by his fishmonger neighbor, Sabu. But he also loves the sound of the coins jingling in his money box, and so he never actually buys the eels, content just to smell them for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Struggling to make a living selling his eels, Sabu is furious with Yoshi for his stubbornness, and demands payment for all the eels Yoshi has sniffed. Yoshi retaliates by performing a wild coin-rattling dance in the street: "chin chin jara jara... chin jara jara...." When he finishes, he tells Sabu, "You have charged me for the smell of your eels, and I have paid you with the sound of my money." Is there any hope of reconciliation for these feuding neighbors? From amazon.com.

Magazines:

• A Magazine.
• Giant Robot. "From movie stars, musicians, and skateboarders to toys, technology, and history, Giant Robot magazine covers cool aspects of Asian and Asian-American pop culture. Paving the way for less knowledgabe media outlets, Giant Robot put the spotlight on Chow Yun Fat, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li years before they were in mainstream America's vocabulary." From http://www.giantrobot.com.
• Trans Pacific.
• Yolk Magazine. "YOLK is the DEFINITIVE Asian-American entertainment, pop culture, fashion, and lifestyle magazine!" From http://www.yolk.com

Historical>Cambodian:

• Beyond the Killing Fields. By Kari Rene Hall, Josh Getlin (Contributor), Marshall Lumsden (Editor), Dith Pran. Paperback (July 1992). Black and white picture of refugges camps. From Amazon.com.
• Beyond the Killing Fields : Voices of Nine Cambodian Survivors in America (Asian America). By Usha Welaratna. Hardcover - 285 pages (July 1993). No Picture. From Amazon.com.
• Braving a New World. By Marycarol Hopkins. Reviews from Book News, Inc.: "An ethnographic account of a small community of Cambodian refugees in a medium-sized Midwestern city, examining the changing patterns of technology, kinship, community organization, and religion in the refugees' lives within the contexts of family, community, ritual, and institutions. Research was conducted between 1987 and 1995 using classic ethnographic methods, especially participant observation and extended informal interviews." Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Hardcover - 192 pages (November 1996). From Amazon.com.
• Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors. By Dith Pran, Pran Dith, Ben Kiernan (Introduction), Kim DePaul. Hardcover - 224 pages (May 1997). Review from Amazon.com: "Dith Pran, the Cambodian photojournalist portrayed by Haing S. Ngor in The Killing Fields, compiled this collection of eyewitness accounts to the genocide perpetrated by Pol Pot's regime from 1975 to 1979." From Amazon.com.
• Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields : Memoirs by Survivors. By Dith Pran (Compiler), Ben Kiernan (Introduction), Kim Depaul (Editor). Paperback - 224 pages (April 1999). From Amazon.com.
• The Far East Comes Near : Autobiographical Accounts of Southeast Asian Students in America. By Joel Martin Halpern, Lucy Nguyen-Hong-Nhiem (Editor). Hardcover (August 1989). Review from Publishers Weekly: "Professors at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the editors here gather autobiographical essays written by 25 students who fled the upheavals in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, and settled in Massachusetts." From Amazon.com.
• First They Killed My Father : A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. By Loung Ung. Hardcover - 240 pages (February 2000). From Kirkus Reviews: "A rare, chilling eyewitness account of the bloody aftermath of the Khmer Rouge's merciless victory over the Cambodian government in April 1975, as seen through the eyes of a precocious child." From Amazon.com. 
• From Exiles to Immigrants : The Refugees from Southeast Asia (The Asian American Experience). By Ronald Takaki, Rebecca Stefoff, Carol Takaki. Review from Horn Book: "America is place where men and women to find a new beginning.Takaki's introduction identifies the factors that cause Asians to immigrate to the United States. Once here, they find assimilation and acceptance a trying experience. The text, based on oral histories of relocated Vietnamese, Laotians, and Cambodians, along with black-and-white photographs, compassionately offers insights into the experiences of these people." From Amazon.com.
• Khmer American : Identity and Moral Education in a Diasporic Community. By Nancy Joan Smith-Hefner. Paperback - 335 pages (January 1999). From Amazon.com.
• Portrayal of Southeast Asian Refugees in Recent American Children's Books (Studies in American Literature, 35). By Michael M. Levy. Hardcover (September 2000). From the author, Michael Levy , May 15, 2000: "Book aimed partly at teachers of SE Asian-American children. I'll leave it to readers to judge whether or not my book is well done. What I would like to emphasize is that it isn't exclusively designed to be a scholarly text. My purpose, in part, is to help teachers working with elementary school children of Southeast Asian background find appropriate books of high quality." From Amazon.com.
• Remaining Buddhist or Becoming Christian: Khmer Refugees' Religious Participation in Providence, Rhode Island. By Camulla Chun-Pai Hsieh. No Picture. Availability: This title is currently out of print. From Amazon.com.
• Teenage Refugees from Cambodia Speak Out (In Their Own Voices). By Stephanie St. Pierre. No picture. (January 1995). Rosen Publishing Group; ISBN: 0823918483. Gr 5-8-Following a brief description of each country's history and culture are six to eight interviews with native teenagers who are now living in the U.S. From Amazon.com.
• When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge. By Chanrithy Him. Hardcover - 288 pages (April 2000)
  Review from Amazon.com: "Chanrithy had to watch her mother, father, and five of her brothers and sisters die, murdered by the Khmer Rouge or fatally weakened by malnutrition, disease, and overwork. Now living in Oregon, where she studies posttraumatic stress disorder among Cambodian survivors, Chanrithy has written a first-person account of the killing fields that's remarkable for both its unflinching honesty and its refusal to despair." From Amazon.com.
• When the War Was over : Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution. By Elizabeth Becker. Paperback - 520 pages (November 1998). Review from Amazon.com: "Elizabeth Becker's When the War Was Over: Cambodia and the Khmer Rouge Revolution is a heart-rending history of modern Cambodia--a state whose people have, in the last 30 years, endured war, political upheaval, international betrayal, and genocide. Beginning with the Khmer Rouge overthrow of the U.S.-backed Lon Nol regime in 1975, Becker examines the historical patterns of violence and authority within Cambodian culture that made the Khmer Rouge's slaughter of close to 2 million people possible." From Amazon.com.

Historical>Chinese:

• Chinese Americans
  This book is $60, but well worth it! It has great pictures and the reading looks good (I told you I didn't have time to read em all). From Amazon.com.
  
• The Chinese American Family Album (The American Family Albums). By Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler, Bette Bao Lord (Introduction). Reading level: Ages 9-12. Paperback - 128 pages (May 1998). From Amazon.com.
• Chinese Americans and Their Immigrant Parents: Conflict, Identity, and Values. By May Pao-May Tung, May Paomay, Phd Tung. Paperback - 112 pages (July 13, 2000). From Amazon.com.
• Claiming America : Constructing Chinese American Identities During the Exclusion Era (Asian American History and Culture) by Kevin Scott Wong (Editor), Sucheng Chan (Editor). Paperback - 217 pages (February 5, 1998). Book Description: Chinese immigrant and Chinese American scholars trace the formation of an ethnic identity among first and second generation Chinese Americans during the period when Chinese imigration was banned. Contributors include Gloria H. Chun, Sue Fawn chung, Henry Yu, Renqiu Yu, Qingsong Zhang, and the editors. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. From Amazon.com.
• Dreaming of Gold, Dreaming of Home : Transnationalism and Migration Between the United States and South China, 1882-1943 (Asian America) by Madeline Y. Hsu. Hardcover - 304 pages (December 2000). Book Description: This book is a highly original study of transnationalism among immigrants from Taishan, a populous coastal county in south China from which, until 1965, the majority of Chinese in the United States originated. Drawing creatively on Chinese-language sources such as gazetteers, newspapers, and magazines, supplemented by fieldwork and interviews as well as recent scholarship in Chinese social history, the author presents a much richer depiction than we have had heretofore of the continuing ties... From Amazon.com.
• On Gold Mountain : The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family. By Lisa See. Paperback - 394 pages (September 1996). From Amazon.com.
• Surviving on the Gold Mountain : A History of Chinese American Women and Their Lives. By Huping Ling. Paperback - 256 pages (September 1998). From Amazon.com.
• Tales from Gold Mountain : Stories of the Chinese in the New World. By Paul Yee, Simon Ng (Illustrator). Reading level: Ages 9-12. Hardcover - 64 pages (June 1999). From Amazon.com.

Historical>Japanese:

• Issei, Nisei, War Bride: Three Generations of Japanese American Women in Domestic Service. By Glenn, Evelyn Nakano. Philadelphia: Temple UP, 1986. From Amazon.com.

Historical>All Asians:

• The Americas of Asian American Literature by Rachel C. Lee. Paperback - 208 pages (October 4, 1999). Book Description: "The Americas of Asian American Literature is a critique of ideology and an interrogation of political power arrangements as they shift in different historical contexts. Rachel Lee looks at the ideological implications of various ways of reading literature that foreground some issues and suppress others. With its richly nuanced readings of how various kinds of racialized gendering shape both writing and reading across space and time, Rachel Lee's breakthrough book enriches both Asian American cultural critique and feminist inquiry, suggesting to us how much can be gained if we more clearly understand the inseparability of representations of race, gender, class, and sexuality."--Elaine H. Kim, University of California, author of Asian American Literature. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Asian/American: Historical Crossings of a Racial Frontier by David Palumbo-Liu. Paperback - 534 pages (April 1999). From the publisher, Stanford University Press , June 17, 1999: This book argues that the invention of Asian American identities serves as an index to the historical formation of modern America. By tracing constructions of "Asian America" to an interpenetrating dynamic between Asia and America, the author obtains a deeper understanding of key issues in American culture, history, and society. From Amazon.com.
• Asian Americans: An Interpretive History (Twayne's Immigrant Heritage of America Series) by Sucheng Chan. Paperback (January 1991). From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Asian Americans: Oral Histories of First to Fourth Generation Americans from China, the Philippines, Japan, India, the Pacific Islands, Vietnam and... by Joann Faung Jean Lee. Paperback - 235 pages Reprint edition (December 1992). Editorial Review by The Journal of Asian Studies: No reader...can go away from the book without a sense of the immense complexity of Asian America today. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• The Contemporary Asian American Experience: Beyond the Model Minority by Timothy P. Fong. Paperback (January 1998). Editorial Review from the Back Cover: This book examines the contemporary history, culture, and social relationships that form the fundamental issues confronted by Asians in America today. Comprehensive, yet concise, it focuses on a broad range of issues, and features a unique comparative approach that analyzes how race, class, and gender intersect throughout the contemporary Asian American experience. Chapter topics cover the history of Asians in America; emerging communities, changing realities; Asian Americans and educational opportunity; workplace issues; anti-Asian violence; Asian Americans and the media; Asian American families and identities; and political empowerment. For anyone interested in an understanding and awareness beyond the simplistic stereotype of the “model minority”—through the exposure to important concerns of Asian American groups and communities. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. From Amazon.com.
• Countervisions : Asian-American Film Criticism (Asian American History and Culture) by Darrell Y. Hamamoto (Editor), Sandra Liu (Editor). Paperback - 317 pages (September 28, 2000). Book Description: Spotlighting Asian Americans on both sides of the motion picture camera, Countervisions examines the aesthetics, material circumstances, and politics of a broad spectrum of films released in the last thirty years. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites?: The Asian Ethnic Experience Today by Mia Tuan. Paperback - 192 pages (June 1999). Editorial Review from: Herbert Gans, Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University: "A compelling account of the ongoing acculturation of West Coast Asian Americans and their continuing experience of racism. Mia Tuan uses her sociological skills to paint a disturbing portrait of the hidden and not-so-hidden injuries of race suffered by Californians who have not been here for many generations, as well as an early warning of what the future might hold for some of our newest immigrants." From Amazon.com.
• An Interethnic Companion to Asian American Literature by King-Kok Cheung (Editor). Paperback - 432 pages (December 1996). Book Description: This volume provides a survey of literature by North American writers of Asian descent, both by national origins (Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, South Asian, Vietnamese) and by shared concerns. It is the first of its kind in terms of breadth and depth of coverage. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Leaving Deep Water: Asian American Women at the Crossroads of Two Cultures by Claire S. Chow. Paperback - 302 pages (March 1999). Editorial Review by Book Description: Integrating ethnic identity with mainstream American culture is a complex task. In Leaving Deep Water, Claire S. Chow deftly explores the many ways that women of Asian descent have forged a place for themselves in modern society. Drawing from the personal narratives of dozens of women from China, Japan, Korea, and other Asian countries, Chow analyzes such common themes as coming of age, parental expectations, marriage and divorce, career experiences, family relationships, and aging. These intimate reflections are deeply moving, the voices unique, and the stories eye-opening, bringing new perspectives to the multicultural experience. Leaving Deep Water offers guidance, inspiration, and a shared sense of struggle while breaking down myths and celebrating the ability to build a new sense of identity in a foreign place. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Orientals: Asian Americans in Popular Culture (Asian American History and Culture Series) by Robert G. Lee. Paperback - 288 pages (February 2000). Editorial Review from Amazon.com: As Edward W. Said noted in his groundbreaking study, Orientalism, the Asian is the eternal "other." Asian Americans, whether immigrants or native born, are subject to a variety of overlapping stereotypes that label them as "not American." What is "American" and what is not is defined in part by popular culture. In Orientals, Robert G. Lee analyses a broad range of artifacts of American pop culture--from silent films to blockbuster movies, popular magazines to pulp fiction, and stage dramas to 19th-century songs--to reveal the history of these definitions. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.
• Racial Castration: Managing Masculinity in Asian America (Perverse Modernities) by David L. Eng. Paperback - 368 pages (April 2001). Book Description: Racial Castration, the first book to bring together the fields of Asian American studies and psychoanalytic theory, explores the role of sexuality in racial formation and the place of race in sexual identity. David L. Eng examines images—literary, visual, and filmic—that configure past as well as contemporary perceptions of Asian American men as emasculated, homosexualized, or queer. From Amazon.com.
• Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans by Ronald Takaki. Paperback - 640 pages Rev&Updtd edition (September 1998). Editorial Review by Ingram: In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans. Through richly detailed vignettes--by turns bitter, funny, and inspiring--he offers a stunning panorama of a neglected part of Americanhistory. 16 pages of photographs. From amazon.com. From Amazon.com.

Historical>To Be Sorted:

To Be Researched:

Higashi, Sumiko.
Virgins, Vamps and Flappers: The American Silent Movie Heroine. Montreal: Eden Press Women's Publications, 1978.

Jones, Dorothy B.
The Portrayal of China and India on the American Screen, 1896-1955: The Evolution of Chinese and Indian Themes, Locales, and Characters as Portrayed on the American Screen. Cambridge: Center for International Studies MIT, 1955.

Langman, Larry, and Ed Borg.
Encyclopedia of American War Films. New York: Garland, 1989.

Marchetti, Gina.
Romance and the "Yellow Peril" :Race, Sex and Discursive Strategies in Hollywood Fiction. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.

Wu, Cheng-Tsu.
"CHINK!" Ethnic Prejudice in America. Ed. Michael Selzer. New York: Straight Arrow-World, 1972.

E-Zines/Publications from Celebrasions.com (http://store.yahoo.com/celebrasian/magazines.html):

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Asian 'zine.
* A. Magazine
A national magazine that speaks to, for, and about the new generation of Asian Americans. Issues, forums, reviews, links. (National)
* Akasian
E-zine focusing on asian matters, fiction, opinions, etc.
* All Asian Nation
Brand new "Asian oriented webpage" featuring clothes, movie and people reviews.
* Anagram
A literary journal of the Johns Hopkins University dedicated to issues, instances, and circumstances of Asian American culture.
* Asiam Online Magazine
A monthly publication geared for 18-30 year old Asian Americans. Community events, music, films, literature, politics, lifestyle, etc. (New York)
* Asia Online Magazine
A Singaporean monthly Web magazine dedicated to producing compelling original content.
* Asia 'Zine
Controversial 'zine featuring Asian stereotypes.
* Asian American Feminist Resources
Just as the title states.
* Asian American Observer
An on-line newsletter dedicated to advancing the Asian American minority into an equal-partner status in the American society.
* Asian American Policy Review
The first academic journal in the country dedicated soley to examining social issues and public policies affecting the Asian Pacific American community.
* Asian American Writers' Workshop
A not-for-profit literary arts organization dedicated to the development, creation, and dissemination of Asian American Literature.
* Asian Enterprise
Published monthly, founded to become the information source for the independent Asian Pacific American entrepreneurs in the United States.
* Asian Image
WebZine featuring Asian models, celebrities and intriguing Asian women.
* Asian Life
New e-zine about (guess what?) Asian Life!
* Asian Pages
The Leading Asian Resource Serving the Midwest (Minnesota, Newspaper)
* The Asian Reporter
Pacific Northwest based weekly newspaper features international and local northwest news and events with an Asian focus. (Oregon)
* Asian Scene
* Asian Scene Northwest
* Asian Xpress
* Asian Voices
* Asian Week
* AsianWired Online Magazine
FREE email, latest news, community events, issues, talent showcase, education, message board
* Asiaweek
* Blast@Explode.com
A Gen-X E-zine featuring such sections as Nigiri Nirvana (a sushi/restaurant review), arts & entertainment, poetry/stories, personal travel stories, humor, etc.
* Brown Sugar
For, by and about young Filipinos in North America. BrownSugar combines the latest trends, the most essential knowledge and the most current issues...all with an urban twist.
* Darpan
* Deadfish
E-Zine which "exists as a means and relies on Asians, who are floating in cyberspace, to participate and share what they think concerning Asian American culture." Nicely done.
* The Fil-Am Courier
Hawaii's longest running Filipino full-color publication aimed primarily to a vast, diverse, well-informed and influential ethnic group - the Filipino community of the state. Published in the English language, it addresses specific issues concerning Filipinos in Hawaii since 1987. (Hawaii)
* Filipinas Magazine
* The Filipino Express
For the past twelve years, The Filipino Express has provided the Filipino American community the best news, arts and entertainment coverage from around the United States and the Philippines.
* Filipino Today Newspaper
Filipino newspaper from Ontario (Ok, so it’s not American, but so what).
* Flipstylz E-zine
Filipino E-zine about the scene.
* GenerAsian
Asian American student publication at New York University
* Generation Rice
We're not just another "Asian e-zine"... we're generation R I C E, baby...
* Giant Robot
* Hardboiled
API Magazine of University of California, Berkeley
* Heritage Magazine
Quarterly magazine of Filipino culture, arts and letters, & the Filipino American experience.
* Hi-Yaa! (Hi, Young Asian Americans!)
Hi-Yaa! celebrates all things Asian American.
* Inkstone Magazine
Magazine by students of University of Virginia.
* Jade Dragon Online
Jade Dragon Online expands your knowledge of Asian culture through feature articles on martial arts, Asian philosophy, holistic health, doing business in Asia, the overseas-Asian experience, and much, much more!
* Jade Magazine
For Asian women by Asian women.
* Just Say No!
"Yellow journalism at its finest"
* Little India Magazine
* Minty
The purpose of Minty is to promote the online voice of Asian women worldwide.
* MoonRabbit Review
MoonRabbit Review is a literary journal of Asian Pacific American voices. MoonRabbit Review features short fiction, poetry, nonfiction, translation, book and film reviews, essays, photography and artwork in a variety of media..
* NikkeiWest
A community publication for Northern California's Japanese Americans—the Nisei, Sansei, and Yonsei generation. (California)
* North American Post
Local and national news, profiles on business and community leaders, features on art and cultural events, columns, editorials, etc. The only English language newspaper in the Pacific Northwest geared specifically to Japanese Americans. (Washington, English/Japanese)
* Northwest Asian Weekly
The sister publication of the Seattle Chinese Post, the Northwest Asian Weekly delivers news in English to citizens and other immigrants. The locally-owned paper has served the Asian community for over fifteen years.
* Oriental Whatever
Hardcopy 'zine that is hilarious and insightful. At this posting, the website wasn't up, but keep checking back, it'll be worth it, I'm sure.
* Outer Zone
* Pacific Ties
* Philippine News-Link
News and information on the Philippines.
* Rafu Shimpo Newspaper Online
* Seattle Chinese Post
International and local news in Chinese to immigrants. The locally-owned paper has served the Asian community for over fifteen years. (Washington, Chinese)
* South Asian American literature and issues
* Southern California Clubzine
* Sygmacyzine
E-Zine of Sigma Psi Zeta Sorority
* TMIWeb: Transpacific, Face, Tea, etc.
* V Magazine
* Weekend Balita
"The Largest Filipino Newspaper in the USA." Filipino-American News, Politics, Legal Matters, Business, Entertainment, Sports and More.
* Yell-Oh Girls
Emerging Voices of Asian American Girls
* Yolk Magazine

Collected from:

http://www.newsdirectory.com/news/magazine/society/asia/

Asian
Asian Week
Bibi
Filipinas
Filipino Express
Filipino Reporter
Heritage
Iranian
Orient
Pakistan Link
Pakistan Today
Philippine News
Philippine Post
South Asia Times
Yolk

(Arizona ) Asian American Times
(California ) Nichi Bei Times
(California ) NikkeiWest
(California ) Weekend Balita
(Hawaii ) Fil-Am Courier
(Minnesota ) Asian Pages
(Missouri ) St. Louis Chinese American News
(Oregon ) Asian Reporter
(Washington ) North American Post
(Washington ) Northwest Asian Weekly
(Ontario ) Philippine Reporter

( Australia ) Amida
( Australia ) Inside Indonesia
( Japan ) Being A Broad
( Japan ) Hiragana Times
( Japan ) Wonderful World Women
( United Arab Emirates ) Zameen
( United Kingdom ) Asian Art Newspaper
( United Kingdom ) Asian Voice

References:

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/Amydoc.html. good info on old movies and shows and to good research books.