By Suniti Srinivasan Today we're pleased to welcome Laura Gao to the WNDB blog to discuss Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American, out March 8, 2022! After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where … [Read more...] about Q&A With Laura Gao, Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
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Q&A With Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
By Samantha Leong Today we’re pleased to welcome Lisa Yee to the WNDB blog to discuss her book, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance, out now. Welcome to the Golden Palace! Maizy has never been to Last Chance, Minnesota . . . until now. Her mom’s plan is just to stay for a couple weeks, until her … [Read more...] about Q&A With Lisa Yee, Maizy Chen’s Last Chance
Q&A With Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura, Love in the Library
By Edie Ching Today we're pleased to welcome Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura to the WNDB blog to discuss their historical picture book Love in the Library, out February 8, 2022! We previously revealed the cover here, with an author's note from Maggie. Set in an incarceration camp where the … [Read more...] about Q&A With Maggie Tokuda-Hall and Yas Imamura, Love in the Library
Q&A with Janet Wong, Good Luck Gold & More
By Lynn Lawrence-Brown Today we’re thrilled to welcome Janet Wong to the WNDB blog to discuss Good Luck Gold & More. Good Luck Gold & More is a collection of 42 poems accompanied with thought-provoking reflections of each poem’s “story behind the story” or the “story after the … [Read more...] about Q&A with Janet Wong, Good Luck Gold & More
Remembering Our Radical Asian and Asian American Elders
Force of Fire by Sayantani DasGupta is on sale on June 1, 2021. Order it here. By Sayantani DasGupta At what cost do we forget the stories of our radical elders? What price must we pay for these erased histories? The other day, I was participating in an Asian American writer’s panel … [Read more...] about Remembering Our Radical Asian and Asian American Elders
Cover Reveal for Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Illustrated by Yas Imamura
Today we are thrilled to reveal the cover for Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, illustrated by Yas Imamura. The cover was designed by Heather McGee and illustrated by Yas Imamura. The book will be released on January 11, 2022, by Candlewick Press. Read Maggie Tokuda-Hall's interview with … [Read more...] about Cover Reveal for Love in the Library by Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Illustrated by Yas Imamura
Unapologetically Asian American
Content warning: Anti-Asian racism and violence, anti-Black racism and violence, xenophobia, specific examples of violence against Asian Americans, historical context of racism and anti-Asian sentiment in the United States, COVID-19, wartime brutality By JoAnn Yao Eight people have been shot, … [Read more...] about Unapologetically Asian American
