api_recs master list, May 2009

Thanks so much for participating in this year's api_recs, everyone! It was so much fun to hear about things you've enjoyed reading/watching/listening to!

Master list, May 2009

Alec Mapa in Wisecrack (stand-up comedy)
Recced by magnetic_pole

Monkeypuzzle by Rita Wong (poetry)
Recced by woldy

The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang (non-fiction)
Recced by sophinisba

The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman (non-fiction)
Recced by onehundredmoons

A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki (non-fiction)
Recced by magnetic_pole

Various British Asian musicians
Recced by buckle_berry

Gifted by Nikita Lalwani (fiction)
Recced by lyras

Delhi 2 Dublin (music)
Recced by woldy

Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee (fiction)
Recced by liseuse

The Grace Lee Project (documentary)
Recced by magnetic_pole

Millicent Min, Girl Genius by Lisa Yee (children's book)
Recced by magnetic_pole

Nina's Heavenly Delights (movie)
Recced by woldy



Asian American Recs Week, May 2008
On magnetic_pole

Day 1: Yellow Rage, spoken word
So what you try dim sum and then some on the menu? So what you a fan of Lucy Liu? So what you read the Joy Luck Club, too? That makes you an expert on how I should look? Fuck you. What the fuck do you know about being Asian?
Not much, I hear you. I love these two women so much.

Day 2: Saving Face, movie
What if, while struggling to balance your desires with your family's expectations, you discovered your mother was doing the exact same thing? My favorite lesbian movie.

Day 3: Yum Yum Dim Sum children's board book
Who can help loving a book with the winning passage: Why, oh why, my little siu mai, why do I love you so?

Day 4: Angel Island, an actual place to visit, but also some links to Angel Island poetry and information about Asian immigration though San Francisco

Day 5: Shopping for Fangs, movie
One Filipino werewolf, one Vietnamese immigrant suffering from mysterious blackouts, and one crime-fighting lesbian waitress. Forget polite Asian boys and shy Asian girls! I love this bizarre take on the LA APA experience.

Day 6: Birth of a nASIAN, character sketches/music performance
Rice Rice Baby! This duo is so funny.

Day 7: Angry Little Asian Girl, comic
Shortest temper on earth! Angry since birth! The angry little Asian girl doesn't do laundry! You've gotta love the acid-tongued Kim.