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My life : growing up Asian in America

Pak, SuChin (writer of introduction.). Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment, (editor.).

Summary: "There are twenty-two million people representing more than twenty countries, each with unique languages, history and cultures. Yet they are all clumped into one group: Asian American. Here, in essays, poems, and comics, prominent Asian American creators give voice to moments that defined them, and shed light on the immense diversity and complexity of the Asian American identity. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9781982195359
ISBN: 1982195355
Physical Description: vi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Edition: 4aFirst MTV Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : MTV Entertainment Books/Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238).

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction / by Suchin Pak -- Time / by Teresa Hsiao -- Listen asshole / by Yellow Rage -- Rishi's night : a one-act monologue play / by Moss Perricone -- I don't want to write today / Shing Yin Khor -- Destiny manifest / by H'rina Detroy -- Going country / by Nathan Ramos-Park -- Confessions of a banana / by Heather Jeng Bladt -- Bangla, in black and white / by Tanaïs -- The ring / by Amna Nawaz -- A bad day / by Katzie Vilayphonh -- Fourteen ways of being Asian in America over thirty-six years / by Melissa de la Cruz -- Why we don't always fight / by Edmund Lee -- A pair of shorts / by Kao Kalia Yang -- Slingshots of the ignorant / by Aisha Sultan -- Unititled / by Trung Le Nguyen -- Things better left unsaid / by Dương Nguyĕ̂n Ca Dao -- How do I begin to speak of your perfection? / by Sokuthary Svay -- On being Black and Asian in America / by Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence -- An incomplete silence / by Kim Tran -- Ten things you should know about being an Asian from the South / by G Yamazawa -- Unzipping / by Riss M. Neilson -- The question / by Mark Kramer -- Working while Asian / by Ellen K. Pao -- Facing myself / by David Kwong -- Places / by Gayle Gaviola -- My first rodeo / by Yoonj Kim -- The next draft / by Aneesh Raman -- Museum in her head / by Marie Lu -- Afterword / by Michelle K. Sugihara.