Asian American
This section includes literature by Asian American authors, as well as nonfiction works on related subjects, and the ephemera of Asian American political and cultural organizations. We stock many out-of-print Asian American immigrant publications in Asian languages.
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14th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival 96; program
San Francisco: NAATA, 1996. 56p., 8.25x10.75 inches, illustrated with photos, folding poster stapled-in, descriptions of films entered in the festival, very good in original wraps. More
Cat.No: 103214
2003 AACP Catalog: Asian American Books for All Ages
San Mateo: Asian American Curriculum Project, Inc., 2003. Staplebound. 58p., staplebound, 8.5x11 inches, very good. Sorted into categories including elementary, intermediate, literature, language, and reference, among others. Lists works on the Cambodian, Chinese, Filipino, Hawaiian, Hmong, Iu Mien, Japanese, Korean, Laotian, Samoan, South Asian, and Vietnamese diasporic people. The Asian..... More
Cat.No: 280934
2010 nian geng yin zi lian nong min li
San Bruno, CA: Purple Lotus Society, [2009]. 136p., slender paperback, very good. Booklet containing a traditional Chinese calendar for the year and short essays on contemporary life from a Buddhist perspective, distributed by the Purple Lotus Temple. More
Cat.No: 242402
35th Anniversary: Cherry Blossom Festival
San Francisco: the Festival, 2002. 42p., staplebound wraps, 8.5x11 inches, light edgewear, very good. Program booklet with letters from officials, full roster of events, ads, etc. More
Cat.No: 233856
8th annual San Francisco Fall Festival: Japan Center, Nihonmachi [brochure]
San Francisco: the Festival, 1977. Six-panel brochure folded from single sheet, 7.25x10.75 inches, event calendar, ads, Center floor-plan, very good. Program for the festival with ads from local businesses. More
Cat.No: 181489
AAJA: Newsletter of the Asian American Journalists Association. Spring 1994
San Francisco: Asian American Journalists Association, 1994. 20p., 8.5x11 inches, very good. Includes a tribute to Randy Shilts and a cover story about Ying Chan winning the Polk Award. More
Cat.No: 225798
Affirmative action and discrimination: Asian and Pacific Americans in Higher...
San Francisco: APAHE, 1996. 156p., paperback, very good. Keynote address by Dana Takagi. More
Cat.No: 260194
Amerasia journal; index of volumes 1 - 13, 1971-1987
Los Angeles: UCLA Asian-American Studies Center, 1988. x, 22p., 8.5 x 5 inch wraps. More
Cat.No: 86671
Amerasia. A Review of America and the Far East. Volume...
New York: Amerasia, 1937. pp. 433-484, staplebound wraps, edgeworn, cover splitting at top of spine; a decent reading copy only. Includes articles on Japanese aggression against China, discussion of the effects of a boycott against Japanese goods, revolt in Manchuria, and more. More
Cat.No: 259134
America -Love it enough to change it
Philadelphia: National Organization for an American Revolution, [1984]. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 8.5x11 inches, contact info for the San Francisco branch of NOAR rubberstamped at the end. By James Boggs and Grace Lee Boggs' organization. Beginning with a portion of Langston Hughes' poem "Make America America Again," laments the results of..... More
Cat.No: 260317
American Red Cross celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Youth...
San Francisco: Red Cross, Golden Gate Chapter, 1992. [15p.], booklet bound in rustic method with stick and twine; very good. Bilingual text. A celebration of the program linking newcomer youth with elders in the community. More
Cat.No: 264701
Artadia San Francisco Bay Area 2005
New York: Artadia: The Fund for Art and Dialogue, 2006. Paperback. 31 pg. paperback, very good. Features art by Rosana Castrillo Díaz, Enrique Chagoya, Adriane Colburn, Kota Ezawa, Bill Fontana, Amy Franceschini, David Huffman, Mads Lynnerup, Shaun O'Dell, and Claire E. Rojas. Produced on the occasion of the fifth grant..... More
Cat.No: 275442
Asia in the San Francisco Bay Area: a cultural travel...
Emeryville: Asia Society; Avalon Travel, 2004. 303p., very good paperback. Overview of the area's immigrant communities. More
Cat.No: 217943
Asian American Booklet
n.p. Department of Public Social Services, Cultural Awareness Training Program, 1976. [16p.], staplebound 8.5x11 inch booklet, no exterior title, generic title and incomplete publication information inside front cover. Includes sections introducing Japanese, Chinese, Korean, and Samoan immigrant communities. More
Cat.No: 217582
Asian Pacific Lifeline: publication of the Asian Pacific Student Outreach...
Los Angeles: USC Asian Pacific Student Outreach, 1982. 8p., tabloid newsprint folded, illustrated with photos and ads. Cover story on Dr. Thomas Noguchi, LA County Medical Examiner. East-West Players review. More
Cat.No: 100833
Asian Pacific Lifeline: publication of the Asian Pacific Student Outreach...
Los Angeles: USC Asian Pacific Student Outreach, 1981. 8p., tabloid newsprint folded, illustrated with photos and ads. Cover story on Job Market in the 1980s. More
Cat.No: 100834
Asian Quilt: Volume 3, 1998
Poughkeepsie: Asian American Students of Vassar College, 1998. Paperback. 92p. paperback, 5.5x8.5 inches. Small stain on fore edge with previous ownership stamp on last page, else very good. Stories, poetry, and art from Asian American students and alumni, including David Wong Louie. Only 3 entries in OCLC as of February..... More
Cat.No: 280089
Asian traditions/modern expressions: Asian American artist and abstarction 1945 -...
New Brunswick: Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, 1997. 16p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with color plates, fine catalog of the exhibition in stapled pictorial wraps. Diana Kan, C. C. Wang, Tadashi Sato et al. More
Cat.No: 180569
Asian/Pacific Islander cultural strengths & stresses. Chinese in America
Oakland: Asian Community Mental Health Services; California Department of Mental Health, 1981. 10p., slender staplebound booklet, 11x8.5 inches, very good. More
Cat.No: 218453
Asians in America: 1990 census. Classification by state
San Francisco: Asian Week, 1991. 64p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches. More
Cat.No: 196093
Asians in Struggle
Brooklyn: Forward Motion, 1994. Newspaper. 16p., tabloid newspaper format, horizontal fold, paper evenly toned, otherwise very good. Issued as a stand-alone supplement to Forward Motion magazine, founded by the Proletarian Unity League later the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. More
Cat.No: 227601
Bagui qiao shi / Overseas Chinese History of Bagui 八桂侨史...
Nanning: Guangxi huaqiao lishi xuehui / Bagui qiao shi zazhishe 广西华侨历史学会, 1987-2008. Thirty-two issues of the journal, including all issues from 1987 to 1992 bound in hardcover volumes, later issues loose; the loose issues present include the following: 1993: 1, 2, 4; 1994: 1-4; 1995: 1-4; 1996: 1-4; 1997: 2..... More
Cat.No: 184203
Bao wei Diaoyutai lie yu / Protect Tiao-yu-tai Islands! [printed...
n.p. [1971]. Gummed but unused envelope, very good, with slogan printed in red in both Chinese and English. The Diaoyu Tai / Tiaoyu Tai / Senkaku islands are a disputed territory in the sea between Taiwan and Japan, claimed by both China and Japan. In 1971, when the US was..... More
Cat.No: 242653
Basement Workshop December 1982 Events
New York: Basement Workshop, 1982. Pamphlet. Folded mailer advertising poetry readings, exhibitions, and workshops. Very good condition. Back features short biographies of Victor Hernandez Cruz, Jeanne Lance, and John Yau. Formed out of the Asian American movement in 1970, the Basement Workshop was the first Asian American political and arts..... More
Cat.No: 281564
Basement Workshop October 1982 Events
New York: Basement Workshop, 1982. Pamphlet. Folded mailer advertising poetry readings, exhibitions, and workshops. Small pushpin holes at top, else very good. Among the workshops offered are a poetry workshop held by Jessica Hagedorn, a Dance class with Theodora Yoshikami, and a Performance workshop with Ping Chong. Formed out of..... More
Cat.No: 281565
The laughter of my father
Bulosan, Carlos
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