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Since 1970 | Asian American Curriculum Project, Inc. - Books for All Ages | May 2002 |
May is Asian Pacific American Heritage MonthAACP has updated its Asian Pacific American Heritage Month web page. We've added new website links. Have a look. If you have any suggestions for materials or links to add to our APA Heritage Month web page, email us at aacpinc@asianamericanbooks.com. |
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Editor's NotesTo all the new subscribers and AACP mailing list members getting the newsletter for the first time, thank you for your support of AACP and for your interest in Asian American books and curriculum materials. We hope that you will find the newsletter to be of value. Your feedback will help to make it so.
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Leonard Chan SurveyKQED FM in San Francisco, about a month and a half ago, had on Professor David Harris of the University of Toledo College of Law. He wrote the book "Profiles in Injustice: Why Racial Profiling Cannot Work." You can hear the broadcast by going to KQED's Forum website - select the listen link for Wed. March 13th at 10am. |
Report From AAASAt the end of this past April the Association for Asian American Studies held its annual conference. This year it was held in Salt Lake City and AACP was there as an exhibitor. For those of you that visited our booth, thank you.Many of this year's exhibitors were publishers of Asian American books. You can find links to their websites on our links page and following here. Note that these websites often contain a mix of materials including non-Asian American relate items. Wherever possible, links were made to specific pages that may contain items seen at the AAAS conference.
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A Patchwork Shawl
A Patchwork Shawl is a collection of essays by and about South Asian women in America. All grapple with the dilemma of the clash between traditional and modern society, between patriarchal structures, transposed and resurrected in a new world, and women's emerging resistance to their constraints. |
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When the Circus Came to TownBased on actual events that occurred in the early twentieth century in Whistle, Montana, author Laurence Yep's novel captures both the overwhelming pain of being different and the simple comfort in finding the community to which you belong.
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Seven Card Stud with Seven Manangs Wild
Seven Card Stud with Seven Manangs Wild is an anthology of memoirs by Filipino Americans. These stories are culled from memories growing up in different regions of the United States: from the urban jungle of Manhattan to the dusty farmlands of California. |
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Japanese Names for BabiesJapanese Names for Babies has finally come back into print. This wonderful baby naming book has been missed for many years following the untimely death of it original author Aiko Uwate. It returns in a 76 page revised format which includes additional names and more information on the Japanese culture. It is edited by Koichi Takeuchi.
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