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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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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
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#117 - October 2020 Book News
Books and Boba
10/20/20 • 26 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
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
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#210 - Author Chat w/ Gloria Chao
Books and Boba
02/25/23 • 52 min
For this author chat episode, we chat with author Gloria Chao about her latest novel, When You Wish Upon a Lantern, a YA rom-com about a girl who tries to save her family's lantern business by granting her Chinese American community's wishes, and has to rely on her ex-best friend for help. We chat with Gloria about her long journey to becoming a prolific author of Asian American YA romances, as well as her inspirations for her new book.
Follow Gloria on instagram at @gloriacchao and check out her novel When You Wish Upon a Lantern on sale now!
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The Books & Boba February 2023 pick is The Charmed List by Julie Abe
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
Introducing Dear Alana, a new show from Tenderfoot TV
Books and Boba
08/29/23 • 35 min
While we await our book club discussion episode later this week, we wanted to share something special with you. Please enjoy the first episode of the new hit podcast, Dear Alana, from our partners at Tenderfoot TV.
Dear Alana, is a show exploring the life of Alana Chen, a 24-year-old woman who disappeared from Boulder, Colorado in 2019. Alana left behind two dozen journals chronicling a deep faith, love of fashion, and dream of becoming a nun. She also harbored a secret. At 14, she confessed to her priest that she was attracted to women and was instructed not to tell her parents. Over the next seven years, Alana covertly received conversion therapy which her family believes played a role in her fate.
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Part 1: Mom
Simon travels to Boulder to meet Alana’s mother, Joyce, and becomes determined to help her understand what happened to Alana.
This episode contains references to suicide. If you or someone you know is in need of help, please contact the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988. Listener discretion is advised.
Go deeper at https://dearalana.com/
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
#242 - Author Chat w/ Jean Kwok
Books and Boba
10/13/23 • 59 min
On this author chat episode, we sit down with bestselling author Jean Kwok to discuss her latest novel THE LEFTOVER WOMEN, a suspenseful story about 2 women, one recent immigrant from China searching for the daughter that was taken from her at birth, and an affluent publishing executive trying to balance the needs of her career with her beloved adopted daughter. We chat with Jean about her personal journey as an author, and what inspired her to write her latest novel.
Follow Jean on instagram at @jeankwokauthor and check out her novel, The Leftover Women available now on the Books & Boba bookshop!
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The Books & Boba October 2023 pick is Natural Beauty by Ling Ling Huang
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
#250 - Author Chat w/ K-Ming Chang
Books and Boba
12/08/23 • 56 min
On this episode, we chat with author K-Ming Chang about her latest novel, Organ Meats, a story about two childhood friends, Anita and Rainie, who realize that they're descended from dogs and connected by a red string of fate. Years after moving away, Rainie returns to her hometown to find her friend lost in a dream and sets out to rescue her. We chat with K-Ming about how she became a novelist, as well as the inspirations behind her writing style that steeped in Chinese folklore and metaphor.
Check out K-Ming's latest novel, Organ Meats, available now on the Books & Boba bookshop!
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The Books & Boba December 2023 pick is Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
#300 - Author Chat w/ Clare Osongco
Books and Boba
12/13/24 • 55 min
On this episode, we chat with author Clare Osongco about her debut novel Midnights with You, a YA coming-of-age story about a teenage girl living with her strict Filipino mother, and her secret late night driving lessons with the new boy next door.
Follow Clare on Instagram at @clareosongcoand check out her debut novel Midnights with You available now on the Books & Boba bookshop!
Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authors
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The Books & Boba December 2024 Book Club Pick is Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 by Cho Nam-Joo and translated by Jamie Chang
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
#248 - Author Chat w/ Kate Chenli
Books and Boba
11/24/23 • 39 min
On this episode, we chat with author Kate Chenli about her debut novel, A Bright Heart, a Chinese-inspired imperial court fantasy about a girl who wakes up in the past after being betrayed by the prince she loved, and armed with knowledge of the future, has the opportunity to take revenge on those who wronged her. Kate shares with us her own personal journey to becoming a published author, as well as the challenges of bringing tropes that are popular in Asian fiction to the west.
Follow Kate on Instagram at @katechenli.author and check out her debut novel, A Bright Heart, available now on the Books & Boba bookshop!
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The Books & Boba February 2023 pick is The Charmed List by Julie Abe
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The Books & Boba November 2023 pick is Squire by Nadia Shammas & Sara Alfageeh
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
#287 - September 2024 Book News
Books and Boba
09/14/24 • 35 min
On our mid-month check in for September 2024, we highlight some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, get some updates on which authors of Asian descent who made it to the National Book Awards long-lists, and touch a little on the latest controversy with NaNoWriMo!
Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:
- Flashlight by Susan Choi
- Let It Be a Tale: Palestinian Journalists on Survival and Resistance edited by Zahra Hankir
- The Singular Life of Aria Patel by Samira Ahmed
- Stars, Stripes, and Summer Nights by Celeste Dador
- How to Free a Jinn by Raidah Shah Idil
- Okchundang Candy by Jung-soon Go, translated by Aerin Park
- Nest of Tongues by Randy Ribay
- Every Single Splendor by Mae Respicio
- A Zombie Day by An Na; illust by August Zhang
- A Space for Nina by Karen Koh
- When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee
- Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
- Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
- The First State of Being by Erin Entrada
- The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom by Nasser Abu Srour, translated by Luke Leafgren
- The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa; translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain
- Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ; translated by Lin King
- Where the Wind Calls Home by Samar Yazbek; translated by Leri Price
Books & Boba is a podcast dedicated to reading and featuring books by Asian and Asian American authors
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The Books & Boba September 2024 pick is A Burning by Megha Majumdar
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Listen to Inheriting from LAist & NPR
"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
#216 - Author Chat w/ Maurene Goo
Books and Boba
04/14/23 • 68 min
Author Maurene Goo returns to Books & Boba to chat with us about her new novel, Throwback, a YA coming-of-age story. After getting into a fight with her mother, a Korean American girl who finds herself sent back to the year 1995 and meets her mother as a teen. We chat with Maurene about her inspirations for the book, as well as our own 90's nostalgia.
Follow Maurene on IG at @maurenegoo and check out her latest novel Throwback availaible now at the Books & Boba bookshop!
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The Books & Boba April 2023 pick is Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers by Jesse Q Sutanto
This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
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"Inheriting" is a show about Asian American and Pacific Islander families, which explores how one event in history can ripple through generations. In doing so, the show seeks to break apart the AAPI monolith and tell a fuller story of these communities. In each episode, NPR’s Emily Kwong sits down with one family and facilitates deeply emotional conversations between their loved ones, exploring how their most personal, private moments are an integral part of history. Through these stories, we show how the past is personal and how to live with the legacies we’re constantly inheriting. New episodes premiere every Thursday. Subscribe to “Inheriting” on your app of choice
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