We've been heartened to see how people have come together to help the vulnerable through a time of crisis: by buying their groceries, picking up their prescriptions, sewing them masks, and calling to check in on them. But unfortunately, COVID-19 has also brought about a worrying uptick in discrimination against Asian Americans. In the spirit of coming together to honor each others' humanity, we've put together a special collection of memoirs that show the breadth of Asian American experiences, including listens by Ali Wong, David Chang, Chanel Miller, and more.
Jimmy O. Yang is a stand-up comedian, film and TV actor and fan favorite as the character Jian Yang from the popular HBO series Silicon Valley....
Nicole Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with the birth of her own child. All You Can Ever Know is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections and the repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets....
Eddie Huang is the 30-year-old proprietor of Baohaus - the hot East Village hangout where foodies, stoners, and students come to stuff their faces with delicious Taiwanese street food late into the night....
A memoir of reinvention after a stroke at 33, based on the author's viral Buzzfeed essay....
Bee lost his father as a young boy and keenly felt his orphanhood. He would wander from one neighbor to the next, collecting the things they said to each other, whispering the words to himself at night....
A candid and revelatory story about the daughter of Chinese immigrants in mid-20th century California.....
As a Vietnamese girl coming of age in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Bich Nguyen is filled with a rapacious hunger for American identity....
At age 16, Margaret Cho dropped out of school and began touring as a standup comedian...
A journalist travels throughout mainland China and Taiwan in search of his family's hidden treasure and comes to understand his ancestry as he never has before....