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#169 - February 2022 Book News
Books and Boba
02/20/22 • 43 min
On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our February 2022 mid-month check-in!
New books mentioned in our publishing news:
- My Nemisis by Charmaine Craig
- Our issing Hearts by Celeste Ng
- Made in Asian America: A History for Young People by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
- When I Gave Dad a Sign by Jack Wong
- We are Earthlings by Rachel Qiuqi
- Walter Takes a While by Ann Kim Ha
- When an Elephant Hears NO by Dazzle Ng
- Hana's Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta
- If I Have to be Haunted by Miranda Sun
- Lion Dancers by Cai Tse
- Alterations by Raymond Xu
- Ava Lin by Vicky Fang
- Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons
- The Goblin Twins by Frances Cha
- You Can Move Mountains by Richard Ho
- My Saree by Gita Vara-dara-jan
- Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and Le Uyen Pham
- Deathlings by Coco Ma
- First Night of Howlergarten by Benson Shum
- The Space Between Here and Now by Sarah Suk
- Ramadan Kareem by M.O. Yuksei
- Hidden Tails by Van Hoang
- Taki's Belt by Fumio Obata
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The Books & Boba February 2022 pick is Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
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#117 - October 2020 Book News
Books and Boba
10/20/20 • 25 min
It's time for our mid-month check-in for Spooky Month 2020 as we go over the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature.
Now you can support Books & Boba and Asian American authors by buying books on our bookshop page - https://bookshop.org/shop/booksandboba
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This episode is brought to you by HBO. The three finalists for the 2020 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition have been announced! HBO Visionaries is celebrating its 4th class of emerging Asian and Pacific Islander American filmmakers and all three Visionary 2020 shorts will be available to air live on Tuesday, September 29 on HBO andavailable to stream on HBO MAX.
Find more information about the program and official rules on www.hbovisionaries.com and keep an eye out for the opening of submissions for the 2021 competition and the opportunity to have your short film considered for HBO and HBO Max.
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The Books & Boba September 2020 pick is Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
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#121 - November 2020 Book News
Books and Boba
12/01/20 • 44 min
A little delayed, but it's time for our mid-month check-in for November 2020. Join us as we go over the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature.
Now you can support Books & Boba and Asian American authors by buying books on our bookshop page - https://bookshop.org/shop/booksandboba
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The Books & Boba November 2020 pick is Ignite the Stars by Maura Milan
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
#125 - When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
Books and Boba
01/08/21 • 64 min
On this episode, we discuss our December 2020 book club pick, When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon. A YA Rom Com about Dimple Shah and Rishi Patel, who meet at an intensive summer program for aspiring app developers. Dimple is there to chase her dreams, and Rishi is there to chase... Dimple!
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The Books & Boba January 2021 pick is The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E. J. Koh
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
#126 - January 2021 Book News
Books and Boba
01/22/21 • 36 min
It's time for the first mid-month book news check-in of the year! On this episode, we go over the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for January 2021, as well as look towards some of our most anticipated releases for the new year.
Now you can support Books & Boba and Asian American authors by buying books on our bookshop page - https://bookshop.org/shop/booksandboba
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The Books & Boba December 2020 pick is When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
#127 - The Magical Language of Others by E.J. Koh
Books and Boba
02/02/21 • 56 min
On this episode, we discuss our Books & Boba January 2021 pick The Magical Language of Others: A Memoir by E. J. Koh. A beautifully written memoir about the relationship between he author and her mother that made us reflect hard on our own relationships with our parents.
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The Books & Boba February 2021 pick is She of the Mountains by Vivek Shraya w/ the Colored Pages Podcast
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
#114 - The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
Books and Boba
09/09/20 • 54 min
On this episode, we discuss our August 2020 pick is The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo . An Asian-inspired fantasy novella about an exiled empress and the handmaiden who supports her struggle to regain her power that packs an impressive amount of story despite it's short length.
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The Books & Boba September 2020 pick is Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
#115 - September 2020 Book News
Books and Boba
09/22/20 • 32 min
On our September 2020 mid-month check-in, we go over the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature, including going over the Asian American writers shortlisted for the National Book Awards, and react to the latest controversy on Asian Lit Twitter.
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This episode is brought to you by HBO
The finalists for the 2020 HBO APA Visionaries Short Film Competition have been announced! HBO Visionaries will be celebrating its 4th class of emerging Asian and Pacific Islander American filmmakers on Friday, September 25 during the virtual Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
Tune in at 5pm PT/8pm ET, Friday, September 25 via www.hbovisionaries.com to meet this year’s Visionaries, watch the films, and see some familiar faces! All three Visionary 2020 shorts will also be available to stream on HBO Max on Tuesday, September 29.
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The Books & Boba September 2020 pick is Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
#112 - Author Chat w/ Supriya Kelkar
Books and Boba
08/22/20 • 53 min
On this episode, we chat with author Supriya Kelkar about her new book American as Paneer Pie! We chat with Supriya about Desi representation in her story and she also shares with us her journey on becoming an author by way of Bollywood!
Follow Supriya at @supriyakelkar_ and pick up American as Paneer Pie at your favorite bookseller!
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The Books & Boba August 2020 pick is The Empress of Salt and Fortune by Nghi Vo
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
#124 - December 2020 Book News
Books and Boba
12/22/20 • 39 min
Join us for our final mid-month check-in of the year! On this episode, we go over the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for December 2020.
Now you can support Books & Boba and Asian American authors by buying books on our bookshop page - https://bookshop.org/shop/booksandboba
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- Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)
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The Books & Boba December 2020 pick is When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
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Books and Boba currently has 316 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Society & Culture, Podcasts, Books and Arts.
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The average episode length on Books and Boba is 53 minutes.
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The first episode of Books and Boba was released on Sep 28, 2016.
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