Originally published on May 14, 2021 7:00 am
In the past year, and throughout history, narratives surrounding Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been rife with violence, hardship and grief. Yet they are so much more than their experiences of suffering beyond tales of war and isolation, there is joy, confusion, anger, and relief.
In celebration of Heritage Month, we ve compiled a list of lesser known works from Asian American writers. Through a wide range of fiction, poetry, graphic novels, and nonfiction, these writers explore everything from motherhood, to displacement to sexuality.
While the dimensions of race are tied up in many of these stories, we offer a list that celebrates excellent work by Asian American authors that also ventures outside of diaspora narratives. These books delve into weightier questions of race, identity, and societal pressure, yes, but are also alive in their illustrations of the ordinary the habits, nuances and expressions of love that mak
In the past year, and throughout history, narratives surrounding Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been rife with violence, hardship and grief. Yet they are so much more than their experiences of suffering beyond tales of war and isolation, there is joy, confusion, anger and relief.
In celebration of Heritage Month, we ve compiled a reading list of works from Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander writers. Through a wide range of fiction, poetry, graphic novels and nonfiction, they explore everything from motherhood and displacement to sexuality.
While the dimensions of race are tied up in many of these works, we offer a list that celebrates stories that venture outside of diaspora narratives. These books delve into weightier questions of race, identity and societal pressure, yes, but are also alive in their illustrations of the ordinary the habits, nuances and expressions of love that make us who we are.
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Sanjena Sathian s debut novel,
Gold Diggers, is full of voice. Neil Neeraj when his parents are mad Narayan s voice to be exact, telling the defining stories of his life from a hazy point in the future that is, at first, only hinted at. His rollicking, at times painful, and ultimately intensely satisfying tale begins when he s a teenager living in Hammond Creek, Ga. with his parents and older sister. He considers his existence to have been shaped by his parents ambitions for him, but now that he s in high school, he s got a few ambitions of his own. Mostly, these involve girls, fitting in, and growing taller the usual teenage boy stuff.
Virtual Little Grassy Literary Festival 2021 features readings, discussions
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by Pete Rosenbery
CARBONDALE, Ill. The venerable Little Grassy Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University Carbondale will take on a different twist this year while still featuring a variety of renowned literary authors.
This year’s event, which begins Monday, April 5, and runs through April 9, will feature six authors and six poets who will read their work during 5 p.m. readings every night. There will also be three 11 a.m. panels where the audience can ask authors how they created their work or how they became successful writers. An open mic is set for 7 to 9 p.m. April 9 for anyone interested in sharing their work.