Asian American & Pacific Islander Literature

Fiction

A Cup of Comfort and Connection in Michiko Aoyama’s “Matcha on Monday”

Michiko Aoyama is best known for her charming ode to the pleasures of reading, with What You Are Looking For is in the Library and The Healing Hippo of Hinode. The latter refers to a small, sturdy, sculptured seat in a children’s playground that brings good fortune to all who…

Linda HitchcockOctober 14, 2026

Fiction

Debut “When Sleeping Women Wake” Is a Love Letter to the Forgotten Women of War

It’s no secret that MANY millennials view historical fiction as their favorite genre, and I can confirm this theory. The older I get, the more I want to expand my horizons from World War II-occupied Europe stories (though those are still fabulous, don’t get me wrong) to new periods, different…

Lydia LefevreJuly 1, 2025

Fiction

Latest from Ocean Vuong Is a Heartfelt Story of Chosen Family and Friendship

An adolescent, sometimes-addict, sometimes-liar by the name of Hai grapples with the weight of what life is and what it should be in small town East Gladness, Connecticut, in Ocean Vuong’s latest novel: The Emperor of Gladness. Vuong’s sophomore novel is a nod to the lives and experiences the writer…

Olivia WielandMay 26, 2025

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