Join us this week and take a moment to read, listen, and explore these stories featuring writers, characters, and poets from the Asian American and Pacific Islander Community as we celebrate AAPI Heritage Month.
Stay safe and have a great week!
READ: Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
It isn't easy being Japanese American in a small, mostly white, northern California town, being raised by a single mother. When Izumi Tanaka discover her father is the Crown Prince of Japan, it means irreverent Izzy is literally a princess. She travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew-- and discovers being a princess isn't all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling bodyguard, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight. Back home she was never 'American' enough, here she must prove she is 'Japanese' enough.
LISTEN: A Thousand Beginnings And Endings by Ellen Oh
Fifteen authors of Asian descent reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia, in short stories ranging from fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge.
EXPLORE: Kanopy: Between the Lines
Asian American Female Poets
This documentary offers rare interviews with over 15 major Asian-Pacific American women poets. Organized in interwoven sections such as Immigration, Language, Family, Memory, and Spirituality, it is a sophisticated merging of Asian-American history and identity with the questions of performance, voice, and image.
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