Title:
My life : growing up Asian in America / edited by CAPE, the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment ; with an introduction by SuChin Pak.
ISBN:
9781982195359
Edition:
First MTV Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publication Information:
New York : MTV Entertainment Books, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
vi, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
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 -- Ring / by Amna Nawaz -- A bad day / by Catzie 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 -- Untitled / by Trung Le Nguyen -- Things better left unsaid / by Dương Nguyê̆n Ca Dao -- How do I begin to speak of your perfection? / by Sokunthary 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 -- 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 -- Next draft / by Aneesh Raman -- Museum in her head / by Marie Lu -- Afterword / by Michelle K. Sugihara.
Summary:
A collection of thirty heartfelt, witty, and hopeful thought pieces on the experience of growing up Asian American, for fans of Minor Feelings. There are twenty-two million Asian American people in the US, representing more than twenty countries, each with unique languages, history and cultures, yet they are all combined 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 Amazon and book jacket.
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OCLC Number:
on1282596104
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