The following titles were hand-picked by Lena and C. as a reading list to go along with the exhibition. Books that are available through Grace Library are linked to the library catalog.
Bhakoo, Nisha. Black & White Dream. Broken Sleep Books, 2018.
Bhakoo, Nisha. Spectral Forest. Onslaught Press, 2020.
Bhakoo, Nisha. You Found a Beating Heart. Onslaught Press, 2016.
Cha, Theresa Hak Kyung. Dictée. University of California Press, 2022.
Chiang, Ted. Exhalation. Vintage Books, 2019.
Cho, Grace M. Tastes like War: A Memoir. The Feminist Press at the City University of New York, 2021.
de Leon, Adrian, and Jason Edward Pagaduan. Barangay: An Offshore Poem. Edited by Canisia Lubrin, Buckrider Books, 2021.
Hagedorn, Jessica. Dogeaters. Penguin Books, 1996.
Hedva, Johanna. Your Love Is Not Good And Other Stories. 2023.
Ho, Christopher K., et al. Best! Letters from Asian Americans in the Arts. Paper Monument, 2021.
Hong, Cathy Park. Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. One World Trade Paperback Edition, One World, 2020.
Kang, Han. Human Acts: A Novel. Translated by Deborah Smith, Hogarth, 2017.
Kang, Han. The Vegetarian: A Novel. Translated by Deborah Smith, Hogarth, 2015.
Kapil, Bhanu. How to Wash a Heart. Liverpool University Press, 2020.
Kapil, Bhanu. The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers. Kelsey St. Press, 2001.
Lee, Min Jin. Free Food for Millionaires. Grand Central Pub, 2007.
Lee, Min Jin. Pachinko. Grand Central Publishing, 2017.
Mao, Sally Wen. Ninetails: Nine Tales. Penguin Books, 2024.
Mao, Sally Wen. Oculus: Poems. Graywolf Press, 2019.
Mao, Sally Wen. The Kingdom of Surfaces: Poems. Graywolf Press, 2023.
Nakamoto, Brent. Pittsburgh for Palestine: Poetry, Prose, and Photography for Liberation. Almost Perfect Press, 2024.
Nguyen, Diana Khoi. Ghost Of. Omnidawn Publishing, 2018.
Nguyen, Diana Khoi. Root Fractures: Poems. Scribner, 2024.
Vaid-Menon, ALOK. Femme in Public. alokvmenon.com, 2017. (Audiobook available here.)
Vaid-Menon, ALOK. Your Wound / My Garden. alokvmenon.com, 2021. (Audiobook available here.)
Vuong, Ocean. Night Sky with Exit Wounds. Copper Canyon Press, 2016.
Vuong, Ocean. On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel. Penguin Books, 2019.
Vuong, Ocean. Time Is a Mother. Penguin Books, 2022.
Yanyi. Dream of the Divided Field: Poems. One World, 2022.
Yanyi. The Year of Blue Water. Yale University Press, 2019.
Zhu, Mimi. Be Not Afraid of Love: Lessons on Fear, Intimacy, and Connection. Penguin Life, 2022.