For Northwest Asian Weekly Ron Chew, executive director of the International Community Health Services Foundation, said his recently completed book on Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, two young cannery union officials murdered in 1981, is the most difficult piece of writing he’s ever done. “It took me 30 years to arrive in an emotional space [...]
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Author Ron Chew tells often forgotten story of murdered Filipino cannery workers
Posted on 02 February 2012.
Posted in Features, Features 06, On the Shelf, Profiles, Vol 31 No 6 | 2/4-2/100 Comments
Stories about artists — NWAW’s monthly must-reads
Posted on 06 January 2012.
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Drawing from Memory” By Allen Say Scholastic Press, 2011 From the time he was a young boy growing up in Japan, Allen Say knew he wanted to be a cartoonist. Inspired by comic books, he drew what he saw, what he imagined, and what he copied from his beloved [...]
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 31 No 2 | 1/7-1/131 Comment
Old ways meet new, perserving culture — NWAW’s November must-reads
Posted on 23 November 2011.
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “How to Be an American Housewife” By Margaret Dilloway Berkley Books, 2010 Growing up, Shoko was very close with her brother Taro. But when she got older and decided to marry an American GI and leave Japan after the end of World War II, Taro was not happy about [...]
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 48 | 11/26-12/20 Comments
Stories about Asians who are gay — NWAW’s October must-reads
Posted on 28 October 2011.
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Leche” By R. Zamora Linmark Coffee House Press, 2011 After 13 years of living in the United States, Vicente De Los Reyes is returning home. Born in the Philippines, Vicente, or Vince, came to Hawaii when he was only 10 years old. He returns after winning a contest and [...]
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 44 | 10/29-11/40 Comments
SHELF: NWAW’s September must-reads
Posted on 30 September 2011.
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Hot, Hot Roti for Dadda-ji” Written by F. Zia, Illustrated by Ken Min Lee & Low Books, 2011 Whenever Aneel’s grandparents visit, they tell him stories about their lives growing up in an Indian village. During one particular visit, Aneel’s grandfather, Dadda-ji, tells him that when he was a [...]
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 40 | 10/1-10/70 Comments
SHELF: NWAW’s August must-reads, strangers brought together by unusual circumstances
Posted on 29 August 2011.
On a weekday afternoon, a major earthquake hits an unnamed American city, trapping nine individuals in the Indian consulate’s visa office located in the basement of the building …
Posted in On the Shelf, Reviews, Vol 30 No 35 | 8/27-9/20 Comments
Fantasy and sci-fi, oh my! — NWAW’s July book recommendations
Posted on 22 July 2011.
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Tiger’s Quest” By Colleen Houck Splinter, 2011 In this second installment of Houck’s “Tiger Saga,” Kelsey Hayes has returned to Oregon after her extraordinary adventures in India. As she tries to adjust to a normal life free of the dangers of immortal sea monkeys and 300-year-old curses, Kelsey also [...]
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 30 | 7/23-7/291 Comment
NWAW’s June must-reads — This month’s theme: arranged marriages
Posted on 24 June 2011.
By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Bone Worship” By Elizabeth Eslami Pegasus Books LLC, 2010 After four years of hard work and no play, Jasmine Fahroodhi has failed out of college. Her classmates are getting ready to begin the rest of their lives, but Jasmine has moved from Chicago back to Arrowhead, Ga. And to [...]
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 26 | 6/25-7/10 Comments
NWAW’S must-reads: stories about heritage and culture
Posted on 13 May 2011.
Her sister Regina is going away to college, leaving Lucy with a room to herself. After practicing all summer, she’s ready to show her coach her skills on the basketball court.
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 20 | 5/14-5/200 Comments
NWAW’s April must-reads: laughs in honor of moms
Posted on 21 April 2011.
For Asian Americans, the term “fob” is not new. If anything, it’s commonly used to refer to those moments we have that lean more toward
Posted in On the Shelf, Vol 30 No 17 | 4/23-4/290 Comments
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