On this episode, we discuss our March 2022 Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki, a genre-spanning novel about a music teacher seeking souls to pay back a demonic pact, a trans girl runaway who might also be a violin prodigy, a family of interstellar refugees running a donut shop, and their intertwining stories  taking place in the San Gabriel Valley (where Marvin and Reera also happen to live). Listen to our sprawling discussion about this equally sprawling story about love, healing, and the power of music (and food).

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The Books & Boba April 2022 pick is A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen

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On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our March 2022 mid-month check-in! 

New books mentioned in our publishing news:

• A Quitter’s Paradise by Elysha Chang
• The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan
• The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan
• True Love and Other Impossible Odds by Christina Li
• Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen
• Cooking with Monsters: The Beginners Guide to Culinary Combat by Jordan Alsaqa and Vivian Truong
• The Story Factory by Jam Dong
• The House Before Falling into the Sea by Ann Suk Wang and illustrated by Hanna Cha
• I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu
• Ali the Great,by Saadia Faruqi and illustrated by Hatem Aly
• The Partition Project by Saadia Faruqi
• Shine: A Story of Colonization, the Kohinoor Diamond, and Resistance by Supriya Kelkar
• Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng
• escendants of Dragons and Heirs of Power by Katie Zhao
• No Rules Tonight by Kim Hyun Sook and Ryan Estrada

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The Books & Boba March 2022 pick is Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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On this episode, we welcome back Abigail Hing Wen, to chat about her latest novel Loveboat, Reunion, the sequel to her hit debut novel Loveboat, Taipei (now an upcoming Netflix feature film). We catch up with Abigail on what she's been up to since we last talked, her thoughts on the new novel, and some small tidbits from the set of the Loveboat, Taipei film.

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The Books & Boba March 2022 pick is Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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On this episode, we discuss our February 2022 book club pick Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob , a  graphic memoir about growing up Indian in New Mexico and raising a child in the age of Trumpism. Joining us this time is fellow Potluck host Raman Sehgal (co-host of Modern Minorities & Quarantined Comics) who is a Good Talk superfan, having read the book 5 times. 

You can listen to more from our guest Raman on his podcasts Modern Minorities & Quarantined Comics and check out more of his thoughts on Good Talk at:

• Modern Minorities - EP 70: Mira Jacob (shares a) Good Talk
• Quarantined Comics - GOOD TALK ...hits a little too close to home

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The Books & Boba March 2022 pick is Light from Uncommon Stars by Ryka Aoki

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On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our February 2022 mid-month check-in! 

New books mentioned in our publishing news:

• My Nemisis by Charmaine Craig
• Our issing Hearts by Celeste Ng
• Made in Asian America: A History for Young People by Erika Lee and Christina Soontornvat
• When I Gave Dad a Sign by Jack Wong
• We are Earthlings by Rachel Qiuqi
• Walter Takes a While by Ann Kim Ha
• When an Elephant Hears NO by Dazzle Ng
• Hana's Hundreds of Hijabs by Razeena Omar Gutta
• If I Have to be Haunted by Miranda Sun
• Lion Dancers by Cai Tse
• Alterations by Raymond Xu
• Ava Lin by Vicky Fang
• Find Him Where You Left Him Dead by Kristen Simmons
• The Goblin Twins by Frances Cha
• You Can Move Mountains by Richard Ho
• My Saree by Gita Vara-dara-jan
• Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang and Le Uyen Pham
• Deathlings by Coco Ma
• First Night of Howlergarten by Benson Shum
• The Space Between Here and Now by Sarah Suk
• Ramadan Kareem by M.O. Yuksei
• Hidden Tails by Van Hoang
• Taki's Belt by Fumio Obata

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The Books & Boba February 2022 pick is Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

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On this episode, we chat with June Hur (author of past book club pick The Silence of Bones) about her latest novel, The Red Palace, her latest mystery novel taking place during Korea's Joseon Dynasty. We ask June about her writing origins, her journey to publishing, and what inspired her to write her unique "Joseon Noir" style stories.

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The Books & Boba February 2022 pick is Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

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On this episode, we discuss our January 2022 book club pick She Who Became the Sun by  Shelley Parker-Chan, a  queer re-imagining of the rise of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. In the last days of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty reign over China, an unnamed daughter takes on her dead brother's name to survive as a novice monk after her family is attacked by bandits. When that safe haven is also taken from her, she decides that in order to survive, she needs to take on her brother's abandoned fate of greatness as well ans rise the ranks as the rebel monk commander Zhu Chongba. 

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The Books & Boba February 2022 pick is Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob

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It's our first Books & Boba mid-month episode of 2022! Join us as we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature! 

New books mentioned in our publishing news:

A Gift for Nai Nai by Kim-Hoa Ung
Words Between Us by Angela Pham Krans
Nine Color Deer by Kailin Duan
Hair Oil Magic by Anu Chouhan
Take Me to Laolao by Kelly Zhang
See Us Bloom by Kyunghee Kim
Last Flight Out by Kerisa Greene
Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea by Rita Chang-Eppig
Chlorine by Jade Song

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The Books & Boba December 2021/January 2022 pick is She Who Became the Sun by  Shelley Parker-Chan

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On this last episode of Books & Boba in 2021, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our December 2021 mid-month check-in! 

New books mentioned in our publishing news:

The Traveler's Guide to Geozoology by Angela Hsieh
My Indigo World: A True Story About the Color Blue by Rosa Chang
Mango Memories by Sita Singh
All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan
Love & Resistance by Kara H.L. Chen
Ride or Die by Gail-Agnes Musikavanhu
My Forever Home by Ha Dinh
Swimming Towards a Dream: Yusra Mardini's Incredible Journey from Refugee to Olympic Swimmer by Reem Faruqi
Waiting for Tomorrow by Sarah Yoon
Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee
Ghost Book by Remy Lai
Uprooted by Ruth Chan
Dadaji's Paintbrush by Rashmi Sirdeshpande

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The Books & Boba December 2021/January 2022 pick is She Who Became the Sun by  Shelley Parker-Chan

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On this episode, we welcome back author Fonda Lee to chat about her latest novel, Jade Legacy, the conclusion of her Green Bone Saga trilogy. We last had Fonda on the show four years ago when she had just published Jade City, the first book in the series. We catch up with Fonda's thoughts on the growth of Asian-inspired fantasy over the last few years, as well as chat about the themes and inspirations for her expansive world-building over the last two novels of the series.

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The Books & Boba December 2021/January 2022 pick is She Who Became the Sun by  Shelley Parker-Chan

This podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective