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.
As any writer will tell you, endings are difficult. Sticking the landing of an acclaimed trilogy that has garnered multiple nominations in its field? Yeah, that’s even more difficult, and R.F. Kuang does it beautifully in
The Burning God.
The Poppy War Trilogy is the story of Fang Runin’s rise from obscurity to power, and how she claws her way to the top using any means possible. Rin has been described as an antihero, and it’s no different in this final chapter. How power shapes her is important, but truthfully it is how her power and her thirst for it shapes the choices that she makes for everyone else that is the core of the story in this third installment.
But what if you’ve sworn to protect the one you were born to destroy?
Tarisai has always longed for the warmth of a family. She was raised in isolation by a mysterious, often absent mother known only as The Lady. The Lady sends her to the capital of the global empire of Aritsar to compete with other children to be chosen as one of the Crown Prince’s Council of 11. If she’s picked, she’ll be joined with the other Council members through the Ray, a bond deeper than blood. That closeness is irresistible to Tarisai, who has always wanted to belong somewhere. But The Lady has other ideas, including a magical wish that Tarisai is compelled to obey: Kill the Crown Prince once she gains his trust. Tarisai won’t stand by and become someone’s pawn but is she strong enough to choose a different path for herself?
Thor), and features many of Miller s
Fury Road collaborators, including Oscar-winning director of photography John Seale (
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone). Production is expected to wrap up early next year, with the film premiering sometime in September 2021.
Wonder Woman 1984 is set to come out on HBO Max as well as select theaters on Dec. 25. The decision to have the film streamed at the same time was a necessary concession to these pandemic times, but it’s clear that director Patty Jenkins, as well as theater chains, hope people will venture to theaters, specifically IMAX theaters, where they safely can.