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Smithsonian Bookdragon

Smithsonian Book Dragon
BookDragon is a new media initiative of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center (APAC), and serves as a forum for those interested in learning more about the Asian Pacific American experience through literature.

OCA APAHM Reading List - pdf

Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM) Reading List

Banana Writers - Where Asian Writers Get Unpeeled

Banana Writers, website for Asian writers
Banana Writers is a non-profit global platform for East Asian and South East Asian writers to share their work with the world, including fiction, articles, interviews, poems, photos and songs. Follow this link to read interviews with many amazing Asian authors including Amy Tan, Hyeonseo Lee, Celeste Ng, Kevin Kwan and so many more!
Banana Writers Editor-in-Chief is PP Wong.

Nonfiction Books in the Gateway Libraries

Fictional Titles in the Gateway Libraries

Printable Fiction Booklist -- Printable Nonfiction Booklist

eBooks & Audiobooks Available Through Overdrive

Poetry Foundation

Wang Ping Poetry

Fatimah Asghar

The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.

Asian American Voices in Poetry

A collection of poets and articles exploring Asian American culture