In 1977 bills were introduced in the U.S. Senate and House to recognize Asian Pacific Americans, and in 1978 President Jimmy Carter signed a joint resolution proclaiming the annual celebration. In 1990, President George H.W. Bush designated May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

At the St. Charles Public Library we celebrate by recognizing Asian Pacific American authors. Here is a selected list of Asian Pacific American authors and their works. Click on this link for more information on Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.

Fiction:

All the Conspirators, Carlos Bulosan  FIC BULOSAN

Fade to Clear, Leonard Chang  FIC CHANG

Edinburgh, Alexander Chee  FIC CHEE

Troublemaker and Other Saints, Christina Chiu  FIC CHIU

American Woman, Susan Choi  FIC CHOI

The Welsh Girl, Peter Ho Davies  FIC DAVIES

The Zigzag Way, Anita Desai  FIC DESAI

The Inheritance of Loss, Kiran Desai  FIC DESAI

Her Wild American Self: Short Stories, M. Evelina Galang  FIC GALANG

Dream Jungle, Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn  FIC HAGEDORN

The Love Wife, Gish Jen  FIC JEN

Waiting, Ha Jin  FIC JIN

In the Heart of the Valley of Love, Cynthia Kadohata  FIC KADOHATA

The Namesake, Jhumpa Lahiri  FIC LAHIRI

The Flower Drum Song, C.Y. Lee  FIC LEE

Aloft, Chang-rae Lee  FIC LEE

Country of Origin, Don Lee  FIC LEE

No Physical Evidence, Gus Lee  FIC LEE

Joss and Gold, Shirley Lim  FIC LIM

The Barbarians are Coming, David Wong Louie  FIC LOUIE

The Moon Pearl, Ruthanne Lum McCunn  FIC MCCUNN

Stone Field, True Arrow, Kyoko Mori  FIC MORI

The Tree Bride, Bharati Mukherjee  FIC MUKHERJEE

Video: Stories, Meera Nair  FIC NAIR

The Tapestries, Kien Nguyen  FIC NGUYEN

When the Emperor Was Divine, Julie Otsuka  FIC OTSUKA

All Over Creation, Ruth L. Ozeki  FIC OZEKI

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Lisa See  FIC SEE

An Obedient Father, Akhil Sharma  FIC SHARMA

Invisible Gardens, Julie Shigekuni  FIC SHIGEKUNI

Darker Angels, S.P. Somtow  FIC SOMTOW

Saving Fish from Drowning, Amy Tan  FIC TAN

The Book of Salt, Monique T.D. Truong  FIC TRUONG

The Language of Threads, Gail Tsukiyama  FIC TSUKIYAMA

Behold the Many, Lois-Ann Yamanaka  FIC YAMANAKA

The Earth Dragon Awakes: The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906,
Laurence Yep  J YEP (in Youth Services)

Nonfiction:

Life After Death: The Burden of Proof
Deepak Chopra  202.3 CHO

Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives: A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth, Deepak Chopra  618.24 CHO

Aiiieeeee! An Anthology of Asian-American Writers  810.80895 AII

Tilting the Continent: Southeast Asian American Writing  810.80895 TIL

Drivers at the Short-Time Motel, Eugene Gloria  811.54 GLO

Book of My Nights: Poems, Li-Young Lee  811.54 LEE

The Colors of Desire: Poems, David Mura  811.54 MUR

Yeh Yeh’s House, Evelina Chao  813.54 CHA

The Fifth Book of Peace, Maxine Hong Kingston  813.54 KIN

Charlie Chan is Dead: An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fiction  813.54080895 CHA

Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei, David Mura  915.20448 MUR

On Gold Mountain: The 100-Year Odyssey of a Chinese-American Family, Lisa See  929.2089951 SEE

The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts,
Maxine Hong Kingston  979.461 KIN

For help finding these books or other reading material, contact Readers Services.

St. Charles Public Library

JHL
5/07