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Asian American Memoirs

These writers explore the experience of the Asian American diaspora, generational trauma, and`the complexities of living between two (or more!) cultures.

Whatcom County Library System

22 items

  • Mott Street

    a Chinese American Family's Story of Exclusion and Homecoming

    Chin, Ava,
    BookNew York : Penguin Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2023. — 974.71 CHIN 2023
  • My Life

    Growing Up Asian in America

    BookNew York : MTV Entertainment Books, 2022. — 305.895 MY LIFE 2022
  • We Were Dreamers

    An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story

    Liu, Simu, 1989-
    BookNew York, NY : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]. — B LIU LIU 2022
  • Uncommon Measure

    a Journey Through Music, Performance, and the Science of Time

    Hodges, Natalie,
    BookNew York : Bellevue Literary Press, 2022. — 781.4311 HODGES 2022
  • BookNew York : Doubleday, [2022]. — B HSU HSU 2022
  • BookNew York : MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2022]. — 306.7663 REANG 2022
  • What My Bones Know

    a Memoir of Healing From Complex Trauma

    Foo, Stephanie,
    BookNew York : Ballantine Group, [2022]. — 616.8521 FOO 2022
  • BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2021. — B ZAUNER ZAUNER 2021
  • BookNew York : Grand Central Publishing, 2021. — CHOW, KAT Chow
  • Dear Memory

    Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief

    Chang, Victoria, 1970-
    BookMinneapolis, Minnesota : Milkweed Editions, 2021. — 816.6 CHANG 2021
  • BookNew York : Scribner, 2021. — TRAN, LY Tran
  • Sigh, Gone

    a Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit in

    Tran, Phuc, 1974-
    BookNew York, NY : Flatiron Books, 2020. — B TRAN TRAN 2020
  • Minor Feelings

    An Asian American Reckoning

    Hong, Cathy Park,
    BookNew York : One World, [2020]. — 305.4895 HONG 2020
  • Two Trees Make a Forest

    in Search of My Family's Past Among Taiwan's Mountains and Coasts

    Lee, Jessica J., 1986-
    BookNew York : Catapult, [2020]. — 971.0049 LEE 2020