Country Living
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, and to celebrate, we partnered with our friends at Goodreads to round up a collection of new 2021 books to add to your bedside table s reading stack ASAP. Whether you devoured the sequel to Jenny Lee s
Anna K like we did, can t put down Elizabeth Miki Brina s searing memoir of her childhood and search for self-acceptance, or are already squealing with excitement over Stacey Lee s historical fiction novel
Luck of the Titanic, we ve got you covered. There are even a few lighthearted reads (rom-coms? Check! A lyrical memoir that will make you smile? Check!).
Between the Pages of Contemporary Asian American Literature
There’s an evolution in contemporary Asian American literature from the usual immigrant story to something more nuanced and varied, something that’s more reflective of the varieties of “Asian Americaness”.
Sex and Vanity, the half-Chinese, half-old money WASP Lucie Tang Churchill is confronted with (yet another) request to explain her identity. Lucie is in Capri alongside her equally WASPy (but not Chinese) cousin Charlotte when a tour guide mistakes Lucie for a friend rather than a relation.
“Oh? Your cousin?” Paolo glanced reflexively at Lucie in surprise, but Lucie simply smiled. She knew that within the next few seconds, Charlotte would automatically launch into the explanation she had always given since Lucie was a little girl.