Resources
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Asians in the Arts
AAPI HISTORY, IDENTITY, AND CURRENT DAY ISSUES
BOOKS
- The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee
- Asian American Studies Now: A Critical Reader eds Jean Y Wu and Thomas C Chen
- The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America by Beth Lew-Williams
- War, Gender and Justice: Cambodian American Memory Work by Cathy Schlund Vials
- The Karma of Brown Folk by Vijay Prashad
- Forever Struggle: Activism, Identity, and Survival in Boston’s Chinatown, 1880-2018 by Michael Liu
- Minor Feelings by Cathy Hong Park
- The Third Reconstruction by Reverend Dr. William Barber
ARTICLES
- Dismantle White Supremacy, Protect Asian Lives (Infographic by ARISE, PrYSM, Students for Education Equity at Brown)
- Black/Asian Solidarity by The Cross Cultural Solidarity History Project
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice Resources for Asian American Community on Anti-Blackness
- New York Times: There Are Two Asian-Americas, and One is Invisible
- New York Times: What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About America
- Learning for Justice: After Atlanta: Teaching About Asian American Identity and History
- Rethinking Schools: Dear Educators, It Is Time to Fight for Asian America
- CNN: Black-Asian Solidarity Has a Long and Storied History in America
POETRY & MUSIC
- Last Days by Tamiko Beyer
- Night Sky with Exit Wounds by Ocean Vuong
- If They Come For Us by Fatimah Asghar
- Split by Cathy Linh Che
- A list of publications from Kundiman Fellows
VIDEOS, FILMS, PODCASTS
- Asian Americans (PBS Series)
- Ancestors in the Americas by Loni Ding
- The Chinese Exclusion Act (PBS)
- Who Killed Vincent Chin? by Renee Tajima and Christine Choy
- We Are Not A Stereotype (Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center video series)
- Race in America: Race Matters. Conversation with Professor Erika Lee & Helen Zia (Washington Post)
- Sentenced Home (PBS) – on Cambodian deportation
- Keep Saray Home by Brian Redondo, AARW & GBLS-AOU – on Southeast Asian deportation in Massachusetts
- How Are The Atlanta Shootings Reverberating Among AAPIs in the Commonwealth? (WBUR)
- What the Georgia Shootings Reveal About Anti-Asian Racism in the US (WBUR)
BY AGE
CHILDREN, YOUNG LEARNERS
Collections
- Asian/Asian-American Children’s Books (Lee & Low Books)
- Recommended Asian American Children’s Literature by Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodriguez, Iowa State University
- “APA Authors and Illustrators” by Mia Wenjen, the Pragmatic Mom
- Don’t Yuck My Yum by Ashia Ray, Books for Littles
- GoodReads lists of AAPI titles
Titles
- The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi
- Eyes that Kiss at the Corners by Joanna Ho
- My Footprints by Bao Phi
- Drawn Together by Minh Le
- Grandpa Grumps by Katrina Moore
- Fish for Jimmy by Katie Yamasaki
- Coolies by Yin
- Paper Son: The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong, Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung
- Half Spoon of Rice: A Survival Story of the Cambodian Genocide by Icy Smith
- Grandfather’s Story Cloth by Linda Gerdner & Sarah Langford. (Text in English & Hmong)
- It Began with a Page: How Gyo Fujikawa Drew the Way by Kyo Maclear, Julie Morstad
What does racism have to do with me? Asian American kids get talking… (read aloud video/book and accompanying workbook) Adapted by Katie Yue-Sum Li
YOUNG ADULTS
- Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhhà Lai
- Year of the Rat by Grace Lin
- Journey for Justice: the Life of Larry Itliong by Dawn Bohulano Mabalon and Gayle Romasanta
- Escape to Gold Mountain Graphic Novel by David H.T. Wong
- They Called Us Enemy Graphic Novel by George Takei
- A Place to Belong by Cynthia Kadohata
- We Are Not Free by Traci Chee
- Vietnamerica by G.B. Tran
- We Should Never Meet by Aimee Phan
- The Boat Interactive Graphic Novel based on the story by Nam Le, Adaptation by Matt Huynh, Produced by SBS
- Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island, 1910-1940 by Him Mark Lai, Lim, Yung
- The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui
- A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America (For Young People Series) by Ronald Takaki