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Shawn Wong Book Fund in Asian American Studies
The Shawn Wong Book Fund supports the publication of books on Asian American history and culture.
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Uncle Rico's Encore
Mostly True Stories of Filipino Seattle
From the 1950s through the 1970s, blue-collar Filipino Americans, or Pinoys, lived a hardscrabble existence. Immigrant parents endured blatant racism, sporadic violence, and poverty while their US-born children faced more subtle forms of racism, such...
ISBN: 9780295749778
more detailsAwake in the River and Shedding Silence
Fierce, raw, and unapologetic, Janice Mirikitani’s poetry and prose are as vibrant and resonant today as when these two collections were first published in 1978 and 1987. Now back in print in one volume, Awake...
ISBN: 9780295749587
more detailsEat a Bowl of Tea
At the close of the Second World War, racist immigration laws trapped enclaves of old men in Chinatowns across the United States, preventing their wives or families from joining them. They took refuge from loneliness...
ISBN: 9780295747057
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