AAPI Heritage Month 2021 for Adults | San Francisco Public Library

Stories

by Thammavongsa, Souvankham

Book - 2020

Hopes, disappointments, love affairs and the day-to-day lives of immigrants and refugees are written about in this collection of stories, written with joy, humor and wonder. Hopes, disappointments, love affairs and the day-to-day lives of immigrants and refugees are written about in this collection of stories, written with joy, humor and wonder. Show less

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A Burning

by Majumdar, Megha

Book - 2020

After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled and Jivan, a woman looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack. After a fiery attack on a train leaves 104 people dead, the fates of three people become inextricably entangled and Jivan, a woman looking for a way out of poverty, is wrongly accused of planning the attack. Show less

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Minor Feelings

An Asian American Reckoning

by Hong, Cathy Park

Book - 2020

Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly confronts the thorny subject of the “Asian American condition”–if such a thing exists–blending memoir, cultural criticism and history to expose the truth of racialized consciousness in America. Poet and essayist Cathy Park Hong fearlessly confronts the thorny subject of the “Asian American condition”–if such a thing exists–blending memoir, cultural criticism and history to expose the truth of racialized consciousness in America. Show less

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Mister Jiu's in Chinatown

Recipes and Stories From the Birthplace of Chinese American Food

by Jew, Brandon

Book - 2020

Along with 90 recipes, this cookbook by the chef of SF’s Mister Jiu’s shares some of the culinary history of SF’s Chinatown and its iconic dishes, restaurants and chefs. Along with 90 recipes, this cookbook by the chef of SF’s Mister Jiu’s shares some of the culinary history of SF’s Chinatown and its iconic dishes, restaurants and chefs. Show less

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Amboy

Recipes From the Filipino-American Dream

by Cailan, Alvin

Book - 2020

Chef Cailan includes recipes, interviews and essays that tell his story of being a first-generation Filipino immigrant growing up in California. Chef Cailan includes recipes, interviews and essays that tell his story of being a first-generation Filipino immigrant growing up in California. Show less

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Exhalation

by Chiang, Ted

Book - 2019

This thought provoking and exhilarating story collection tackles humanity’s oldest questions. This thought provoking and exhilarating story collection tackles humanity’s oldest questions. Show less

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Homeland Elegies

A Novel

by Akhtar, Ayad

Book - 2020

Ayad Akhtar forges a new narrative voice to capture a country in which debt has ruined countless lives and the gods of finance rule, where immigrants live in fear and where the nation's unhealed wounds wreak havoc around the world. Ayad Akhtar forges a new narrative voice to capture a country in which debt has ruined countless lives and the gods of finance rule, where immigrants live in fear and where the nation's unhealed wounds wreak havoc around the world. Show less

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