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A Memoir

by Zauner, Michelle

Book - 2021

An unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. An unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. Show less

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Speak, Okinawa

A Memoir

by Brina, Elizabeth Miki

Book - 2021

A young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents—her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father a Vietnam veteran—and her own, fraught cultural heritage. A young woman's journey to understanding her complicated parents—her mother an Okinawan war bride, her father a Vietnam veteran—and her own, fraught cultural heritage. Show less

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Sigh, Gone

A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In

by Tran, Phuc

eBook - 2020

For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature. For anyone who has ever felt like they don't belong, Sigh, Gone shares an irreverent, funny, and moving tale of displacement and assimilation woven together with poignant themes from beloved works of classic literature. Show less

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The Best We Could Do

An Illustrated Memoir

by Bui, Thi

Graphic Novel - 2017

An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. Show less

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All You Can Ever Know

A Memoir

by Chung, Nicole

Book - 2018

In her stunning memoir, freelance writer Chung tracks the story of her own adoption by a white family, from when she was born premature and spent months o...Show more In her stunning memoir, freelance writer Chung tracks the story of her own adoption by a white family, from when she was born premature and spent months on life support to the decision, while pregnant with her first child, to search for her Korean birth family. Show less

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Beautiful Country

A Memoir

by Wang, Qian Julie

Book - 2021

In this extraordinary debut, civil rights lawyer Wang recounts her years growing up as an undocumented immigrant living in “the furtive shadows” of America. In this extraordinary debut, civil rights lawyer Wang recounts her years growing up as an undocumented immigrant living in “the furtive shadows” of America. Show less

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Minor Feelings

An Asian American Reckoning

by Hong, Cathy Park

Book - 2020

Poet and essayist Hong's family history beautifully details how her life and art have been shaped by her Korean American identity. Poet and essayist Hong's family history beautifully details how her life and art have been shaped by her Korean American identity. Show less

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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls

A Memoir

by Madden, T Kira

eBook - 2019

A raw and redemptive debut memoir about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Rat...Show more A raw and redemptive debut memoir about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where she found cult-like privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight. Show less

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House of Sticks

A Memoir

by Tran, Ly

Book - 2021

Tran recalls leaving Vietnam as a toddler in 1993 and growing up in Queens, helping her mom as a manicurist and eventually graduating from Columbia. Tran recalls leaving Vietnam as a toddler in 1993 and growing up in Queens, helping her mom as a manicurist and eventually graduating from Columbia. Show less

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Hijab Butch Blues

A Memoir

by H, Lamya

Book - 2023

A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this daring, provocative, and radically hopeful memoir. A queer hijabi Muslim immigrant survives her coming-of-age by drawing strength and hope from stories in the Quran in this daring, provocative, and radically hopeful memoir. Show less

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American Seoul

A Memoir

by Rho, Helena

Book - 2022

In her powerful and moving memoir, Helena Rho reveals the courage it took to break away from the model minority path that was laid out for her, to assert her presence, and to discover the freedom and joy of finally being herself. In her powerful and moving memoir, Helena Rho reveals the courage it took to break away from the model minority path that was laid out for her, to assert her presence, and to discover the freedom and joy of finally being herself. Show less

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Eat A Peach

A Memoir

by Chang, David

Book - 2020

From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix’s Ugly Delicious—an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world t...Show more From the chef behind Momofuku and star of Netflix’s Ugly Delicious—an intimate account of the making of a chef, the story of the modern restaurant world that he helped shape, and how he discovered that success can be much harder to understand than failure. Show less

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Ma and Me

A Memoir

by Reang, Putsata

Book - 2022

Piercing memoir of a mother-daughter relationship and their experiences coming to America as refugees from the Cambodian civil war in the 1970s. Piercing memoir of a mother-daughter relationship and their experiences coming to America as refugees from the Cambodian civil war in the 1970s. Show less

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