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
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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
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
