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The Asian American Experience: A Selected List of Books and Videos

Multicultural Anthologies and Resources | Chinese American | Filipino American | Japanese American | Korean American | South Asian American | Southeast Asian American | Videos

Multicultural Anthologies and Resources

Nonfiction

• THE BIG AIIIEEEEE!: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CHINESE AMERICAN AND JAPANESE AMERICAN LITERATURE. Edited by Jeffrey Paul Chan et al. Meridan, 1991.
• BUT STILL LIKE AIR, I'LL RISE: NEW ASIAN AMERICAN PLAYS. Edited by Velina Hasu Houston. Temple University Press, 1997.
• GROWING UP ASIAN AMERICAN: AN ANTHOLOGY. Edited by Maria Hong. Morrow, 1993.
• AN INTERETHNIC COMPANION TO ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE. Edited by King-kok Cheung. Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997.
• OPEN BOAT: POEMS FROM ASIAN AMERICA. Edited by Garrett Hongo. Doubleday, 1993.
• OUR FEET WALK THE SKY: WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA. Edited by the Women of South Asian Descent Collective. Aunt Lute Books, 1993.
• Takaki, Ronald T. STRANGERS FROM A DIFFERENT SHORE: A HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICANS. Penguin Books, 1989.
• Tenhula, John. VOICES FROM SOUTHEAST ASIA: THE REFUGEE EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES. Holmes & Meier, 1991.
• UNBROKEN THREAD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PLAYS BY ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN. University of Massachusetts Press, 1993.
• Zia, Helen. ASIAN AMERICAN DREAMS; THE EMERGENCE OF AN AMERICAN PEOPLE. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2000.

Fiction

• CHARLIE CHAN IS DEAD: AN ANTHOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY ASIAN AMERICAN FICTION. Edited by Jessica Hagedorn. Penguin, 1993.
• HOME TO STAY: ASIAN AMERICAN WOMEN'S FICTION. Edited by Sylvia Watanabe and Carol Bruchac. Greenfield Review Press, 1990.
• Lee, Don. YELLOW: STORIES. Norton, 2001.

 

Chinese American

Nonfiction

• Chai, May Lee and Winberg Chai. GIRL FROM PURPLE MOUNTAIN; LOVE, HONOR, WAR AND ONE FAMILY'S JOURNEY FROM CHINA TO AMERICA. St. Martin's Press, 2001.
• Chang, Pang-Mei Natasha. BOUND FEET & WESTERN DRESS. Doubleday, 1996.
• Chin, Marilyn. RHAPSODY IN PLAIN YELLOW. Norton, 2002.
• Eng, Phoebe. WARRIOR LESSONS: AN ASIAN AMERICAN WOMAN’S JOURNEY INTO POWER. Pocket Books, 1999.
• Fong-Torres, Ben. THE RICE ROOM: GROWING UP CHINESE-AMERICAN: FROM NUMBER TWO SON TO ROCK-N-ROLL. Hyperion, 1994.
• Hwang, David Henry. BROKEN PROMISES: FOUR PLAYS. Avon Books, 1983.
• Kingston, Maxine Hong. CHINA MEN. Knopf, 1980.
• Kingston, Maxine Hong. THE WOMAN WARRIOR: MEMOIRS OF A GIRLHOOD AMONG GHOSTS. Knopf, 1976.
• Liu, Eric. THE ACCIDENTAL ASIAN: NOTES OF A NATIVE SPEAKER. Random, 1998.
• See, Lisa. ON GOLD MOUNTAIN. St. Martin's Press, 1995.

Fiction

• Chang, Lan Samantha. HUNGER: A NOVELLA AND STORIES. Norton, 1998.
• Chin, Frank. DONALD DUK. Coffee House Press, 1991.
• Jen, Gish. MONA IN THE PROMISED LAND. Knopf, 1996.
• Jen, Gish. TYPICAL AMERICAN. Houghton Mifflin, 1991.
• Lee, Gus. HONOR & DUTY. Knopf, 1994.
• Liu, Aimee. FACE. Warner, 1994.
• Liu, Aimee. CLOUD MOUNTAIN. Warner, 1997.
• Louie, David Wong. THE PANGS OF LOVE: STORIES. Knopf, 1991.
• Ng, Fae Myenne. BONE. Hyperion, 1993.
• Tan, Amy. THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER. G. P. Putnam's, 2001.
• Wong, Shawn. AMERICAN KNEES. Scribner, 1995.

 

Filipino American

Nonfiction

• BABAYLAN; AN ANTHOLOGY OF FILIPINA AND FILIPINA AMERICAN WRITERS. Aunt Lute Books, 2000.
• Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata. DANGER AND BEAUTY. (poetry) Penguin, 1993.
• Villa, Jose Garcia. ANCHORED ANGEL; SELECTED WRITINGS. Kaya, 1999.

Fiction

• Bacho, Peter. DARK BLUE SUIT AND OTHER STORIES. University of Washington Press, 1997.
• Gonzalez, N. V. M. THE BREAD OF SALT AND OTHER STORIES. University of Washington Press, 1993.
• Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata. GANGSTER OF LOVE. Houghton, 1996.
• Ong, Han. FIXER CHAO. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001.
• Santos, Bienvenido N. SCENT OF APPLES: A COLLECTION OF STORIES. University of Washington Press, 1967.

 

Japanese American

Nonfiction

• Fumia, Molly. HONOR THY CHILDREN: ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY TO WHOLENESS. Conari Press, 1997.
• Hosokawa, Bill. OUT OF THE FRYING PAN: REFLECTIONS OF A JAPANESE AMERICAN. University Press of Colorado, 1998.
• Kessler, Lauren. STUBBORN TWIG: THREE GENERATIONS IN THE LIFE OF A JAPANESE-AMERICAN FAMILY. Random House, 1993.
• Masumoto, David Mas. EPITAPH FOR A PEACH: FOUR SEASONS ON MY FAMILY FARM. Harper, 1995.
• Masumoto, David Mas. HARVEST SON: PLANTING ROOTS IN AMERICAN SOIL. Norton, 1998.
• Mori, Kyoko. POLITE LIES: ON BEING A WOMAN CAUGHT BETWEEN CULTURES. Holt, 1997.
• Mura, David. WHERE THE BODY MEETS MEMORY. AN ODYSSEY OF RACE, SEXUALITY & IDENTITY. Anchor Books, 1996.
• Nakano, Mei T. JAPANESE AMERICAN WOMEN: THREE GENERATIONS, 1890-1990. Mina Press, 1990.
• Yamauchi, Wakako. SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME: STORIES, PLAYS AND MEMOIR. Feminist Press, 1994.

Fiction

• Ikeda, Stewart David. WHAT THE SCARECROW SAID. Regan Books, 1996.
• Lee, Chang Rae. A GESTURE LIFE. Riverhead Books, 1999.
• Mori, Kyoko. STONE FIELD, TRUE ARROW. Metropolitan Books, 2000.
• Shigekuni, Julie. A BRIDGE BETWEEN US. Doubleday, 1995.
• Uchida, Yoshiko. PICTURE BRIDE: A NOVEL. University of Washington Press, 1997.
• Watanabe, Sylvia. TALKING TO THE DEAD AND OTHER STORIES. Doubleday, 1992.

 

Korean American

Nonfiction

• EAST TO AMERICA: KOREAN AMERICAN LIFE STORIES. Edited by Elaine H. Kim and Kui-Young Yu. New Press,
• Lee, Helie. IN THE ABSENCE OF SUN; A KOREAN AMERICAN WOMAN'S PROMISE TO REUNITE THREE LOST GENERATIONS OF HER FAMILY. Harmony Books, 2002.
• Lee, Helie. STILL LIFE WITH RICE: A YOUNG AMERICAN WOMAN DISCOVERS THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF HER KOREAN GRANDMOTHER. Scribner, 1996.
• Kang, K. Connie. HOME WAS THE LAND OF MORNING CALM: A SAGA OF A KOREAN-AMERICAN FAMILY. Addison Wesley, 1995.

Fiction

• Kim, Patti. A CAB CALLED RELIABLE: A NOVEL. St. Martin’s Press, 1997.
• Kim, Nancy. CHINHOMINEY'S SECRET. Bridge Works, 1999.
• KORI: THE BEACON ANTHOLOGY OF KOREAN AMERICAN FICTION. Beacon Press, 2001.
• Lee, Chang-rae. NATIVE SPEAKER. Riverhead Books, 1995.

 

South Asian American

Nonfiction

• Alexander, Meena. FAULT LINES: A MEMOIR. Feminist Press, 1993.
• Kamdar, Mira. MOTIBA'S TATTOOS: A GRANDDAUGHTER'S JOURNEY INTO HER INDIAN FAMILY'S PAST. Public Affairs, 2000.
• OUR FEET WALK THE SKY: WOMEN OF THE SOUTH ASIAN DIASPORA. Aunt Lute Books, 1993.
• Prashad, Vijay. THE KARMA OF BROWN FOLK. University of Minnesota Press, 2002.
• Suleri, Sara. MEATLESS DAYS. University of Chicago Press, 1989.

Fiction

• Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. SISTER OF MY HEART. Doubleday, 1999.
• Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee. VINE OF DESIRE. Doubleday, 2002.
• Lahiri, Jhumpa. INTERPRETER OF MALADIES: STORIES. Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
• Mukherjee, Bharati. DESIRABLE DAUGHTERS. Theia, 2002.
• Narayan, Kirin. LOVE, STARS, AND ALL THAT. Pocket Books, 1994.

 

Southeast Asian American

Nonfiction

• Faderman, Lillian. I BEGIN MY LIFE ALL OVER: THE HMONG AND THE AMERICAN IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE. Beacon Press, 1998.
• Fadiman, Anne. THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN: A HMONG CHILD, HER AMERICAN DOCTORS AND THE COLLISION OF TWO CULTURES. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1997.
• Fiffer, Sharon Sloan. IMAGINING AMERICA: PAUL THAI'S JOURNEY FROM THE KILLING FIELDS OF CAMBODIA TO FREEDOM IN THE U. S. A. Paragon House, 1991.
• Freeman, James M. HEARTS OF SORROW: VIETNAMESE-AMERICAN LIVES. Stanford University Press, 1989.
• Hayslip, Le Ly. CHILD OF WAR, WOMAN OF PEACE. Doubleday, 1993.
• Hayslip, Le Ly. WHEN HEAVEN AND EARTH CHANGED PLACES. Doubleday, 1989.
• Koltyk, JoAnn. NEW PIONEERS IN THE HEARTLAND: HMONG LIFE IN WISCONSIN. Allyn and Bacon, 1998.
• Larson, Wanwadee. CONFESSIONS OF A MAIL ORDER BRIDE: AMERICAN LIFE THROUGH THAI EYES. New Horizon Press, 1989
• Miyares, Ines M. THE HMONG REFUGEE EXPERIENCE IN THE UNITED STATES: CROSSING THE RIVER. Garland Pub., 1998.
• Nguyen, Kien. THE UNWANTED: A MEMOIR. Little Brown, 2001.
• TILTING THE CONTINENT: SOUTHEAST ASIAN AMERICAN WRITING. New Rivers Press, 2000.
• WATERMARK: VIETNAMESE AMERICAN POETRY & PROSE. Edited by Barbara Tran, Monique T. D. Truong and Luu Truong Khoi. Asian American Writer's Workshop, 1998.

Fiction

• Cao, Lan. MONKEY BRIDGE. Viking, 1997.
• Law-Yone, Wendy. IRRAWADDY TANGO: A NOVEL. Knopf, 1993.

 

Videos

Documentaries

• BEING HMONG MEANS BEING FREE. Producer, researcher Eileen Littig; writer, producer Larry Long. NEWIST/CESA7, 2000.
• A FAMILY GATHERING. Directed by Lisa Yasui and Ann Tegnell. PBS Video, 1990.
• FIRST PERSON SINGULAR. I. M. PEI. Peter Rosen Productions, 1997.
• FORBIDDEN CITY U. S. A. Arthur Dong, producer, director, writer. PBS Video, 1989.
• HMONG TAPESTRY: VOICES FROM THE CLOTH. Hmong American Partnership, 1991.
• I'M THE ONE THAT I WANT. Written by Margaret Cho; produced by Lorene Machado; directed by Lionel Coleman. Winstar TV & Video, 2000.
• MAYA LIN: A STRONG VISION. A film by Frieda Lee Mock. American Film Foundation, 1994.

Feature Films

• DIM SUM. Director, Wayne Wang. Pacific Arts Video, 1985.
• EAT DRINK MAN WOMAN. Director, Ang Lee. Hallmark Home Entertainment, 1994.
• THE JOY LUCK CLUB. Director, Wayne Wang. Hollywood Pictures, 1994.
• MISSISSIPPI MASALA. Director, Mira Nair. Columbia TriStar, 1992.
• SNOW FALLING ON CEDARS. Directed by Scott Hicks. Universal Studios, 1999.
• THE WEDDING BANQUET. Directed by Ang Lee. Fox Video, 1994.

 

This list provides just a sampling of what is available. There are also many materials for children and young adults not included in this list.

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