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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The yellow journal; volume 2, number 2, spring 1988
San Francisco: Asian American Studies Program, San Francisco State University, 1988. 53p., wraps. General articles, poetry and short stories. More about The yellow journal; volume 2, number 2, spring 1988
Cat.No: 127236
The yellow journal; volume 4, number 4
San Francisco: Asian American Studies Program, San Francisco State University, 1991. 89p., very good softcover. Single issue of the annual publication, with an article on the International Hotel, fiction and poetry. More about The yellow journal; volume 4, number 4
Cat.No: 213788
The yellow journal; volume 6, number 6
San Francisco: Asian American Studies Program, San Francisco State University, 1993. 92p., wraps. General articles, poetry and short stories. More about The yellow journal; volume 6, number 6
Cat.No: 164019
The yellow journal; volume 7 number 7, spring 1995
San Francisco: Asian American Studies, San Francisco State University, 1995. 195p., very good paperback. Double issue covering a wide spectrum of Asian American writing. More about The yellow journal; volume 7 number 7, spring 1995
Cat.No: 36211
Zhong hua lian yi hui tong xun. Nos. 39 and 40
San Francisco: Zhong hua lian yi hui / Chinese Culture Association, 2011, 2012. Two issues of the annual collection, 316 and 308 pages respectively, text in Chinese, very good. Poetry and essays by immigrant authors, as well as photos and articles about Association activities. More about Zhong hua lian yi hui tong xun. Nos. 39 and 40
Cat.No: 188124
Zhong hua lian yi hui tong xun. Nos. 39 and 40
San Francisco: Zhong hua lian yi hui / Chinese Culture Association, 2011, 2012. Two issues of the annual collection, 316 and 308 pages respectively, text in Chinese, very good. Handwritten personal note in Chinese from local painter and author Grace Paa-Chiang Hu is taped inside the front cover. Poetry and... More about Zhong hua lian yi hui tong xun. Nos. 39 and 40
Cat.No: 188125
Zhong yi yao nian jian
Hong Kong: Zhongguo yi yao chu ban she, 1957. 278, 93, 9 pages; paperback, covers mildly worn. This version may have been intended for export to the US, as it contains numerous advertisements for Chinese medicine shops in California. More about Zhong yi yao nian jian
Cat.No: 223971
Zhongguo chugou shangpin jiaoyihui zhuan kan
New York: Meizhou huaqiao ribao, 1978. 16p., tabloid newspaper format, brochure by the association of General Importers from the People's Republic of China issued as a supplement to the Meizhou huaqiao ribao in May 1978; evenly toned, minor edgewear. Text in Chinese. Patriotic (Chinese) articles about international trade helping the... More about Zhongguo chugou shangpin jiaoyihui zhuan kan
Cat.No: 182117
Zhongguo sheng huo / The Life of China. No. 9
Shanghai: Zhongguo sheng huo hua bao, 1947. 36-page pictorial magazine, 10.25x15 inches, very good. Even toning. Profusely illustrated, mostly in black and white with some color. Text mostly in Chinese, with English captions to many photos. Covers domestic cultural and political events, as well as some international material. This issue... More about Zhongguo sheng huo / The Life of China. No. 9
Cat.No: 221177
Zhonghua Minguo ba shi si nian hai wai Hua yi qing nian shu qi fan guo yan xi tuan ji nian ce / 1995 overseas Chinese youth language training and study tour to the Republic of China
Taibei: Qiao wu wei yuan hui, 1995. 320p., yearbook-style 12x8.5 inch hardcover with photos of participants and social activities, text in Chinese and English, issued as a souvenir for the largely Chinese-American contingent; endpapers and several other papers bear personal inscriptions and drawings by fellow participants. More about Zhonghua Minguo ba shi si nian hai wai Hua yi qing nian shu qi fan guo yan xi tuan ji nian ce /...
Cat.No: 195166
Zhongshan ren zai Xiaweiyi
Zhongshan, China: Zhongshan Shi Huaqiao lishi xuehui, 1995. 108p., very good in wraps, text in Chinese. On Hawaiian residents who immigrated from the Zhongshan region of Guangdong province. More about Zhongshan ren zai Xiaweiyi
Cat.No: 187844
Asian American Sourcebook. Stanford University
Stanford, CA: Asian American New Student Orientation Committee, [199-]. 47p., very good in wraps, 8.5x11 inches. Undated, but mid-1990s. Guide to resources and campus life for Asian American students. More about Asian American Sourcebook. Stanford University
Cat.No: 191471
Caregivers under siege!! A caregiver's self defense manual
San Francisco: TBJA Publishing, 2001. xx, 155p., 8.5x11 inches, wraps. Filipino American's story of how Merrill Lynch Trust Management screwed him out the trust from his mother's estate. "This is the story of sexism, racism, anti-semitism and abuse of judicial power!" - rear wrap. More about Caregivers under siege!! A caregiver's self defense manual
Cat.No: 87196
Seeds of heaven
San Francisco: TPJA Publishing/Trafford, 2005. 279p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, original pictorial wraps showing a comix-style fantasy scene. Philippine-American author's self-published scifi about Arcturtean aliens fraternizing with their creations in Atlantis. More about Seeds of heaven
Cat.No: 133504
Harmony and individualism: changing Chinese psychosocial functioning in Taipei and San Francisco
Taipei: Orient Cultural Service, 1970. xiv, 374 p., hardcover, neatly ex-library. More about Harmony and individualism: changing Chinese psychosocial functioning in Taipei and San Francisco
Cat.No: 209835
The saffron veil
Nyack, NY: Prana Press, 1953. 198p., metallic bronze wraps discolored with small cigarette burn at the base (affecting four leaves including title page), first edition. Laid into this copy is a staplebound booklet of 8p., Acharya's long poem "Birth of Woman" More about The saffron veil
Cat.No: 51578
The island of bicycle dancers a novel.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2004. 233p., boards gilt in glossy dj, first edition. A very nice copy. Author Adachi (Japanese father, Hungarian mother) was a bike messenger in the Big Apple and taught English as a foreign language. The heroine of his novel is a Korean/Japanese immigrant who gets... More about The island of bicycle dancers a novel
Cat.No: 175592
Racism in the lives of women: testimony, theory, and guides to antiracist practice
New York: Harrington Park Press, 1995. Paperback. xxii, 385p., bios and photos of the editors and contributors, preface, notes, references, index, very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Haworth Innovations in Feminist Studies, Ellen Cole & Esther Rothblum, editors. More about Racism in the lives of women: testimony, theory, and guides to antiracist practice
Cat.No: 211517
Kidnap Kissinger? Eqbal Ahmad speaks
[Los Angeles]: n.pub. [1972]. A single 11x8.5 inch sheet serving as advertising 'poster' for a talk at Temple Leo Baeck on Sunday February 27 (corrected by hand from 28). B&W photo of Ahmad to left side of sheet. Born in India, Ahmad's family went to Pakistan during partition; he was... More about Kidnap Kissinger? Eqbal Ahmad speaks
Cat.No: 131829
Kidnap Kissinger? Eqbal Ahmad speaks
[Los Angeles]: n.pub. [1972]. handbill leaflet. A single 11x8.5 inch sheet serving as advertising 'poster' for a talk at Temple Leo Baeck on Sunday February 27 (corrected by hand from 28). B&W photo of Ahmad to left side of sheet. With rubberstamp of "The defense committee" on S. Parkview in... More about Kidnap Kissinger? Eqbal Ahmad speaks
Cat.No: 131830
From South Asia to North America: An Autobiography 1915-2000
Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2001. xv, 402p., very good hardcover in dj, inscribed by the author. By the Pakistani immigrant to Canada. More about From South Asia to North America: An Autobiography 1915-2000
Cat.No: 158555
Sidewalk Empire: "The Avenues"
San Francisco: Self-published by the author, 2011. Pamphlet. 14p., 5.5 x 8.5 inches, illus., very good condition in stapled wraps. Korean-American artist's comic about a turtle opening up a coffee shop in San Francisco's Richmond district. More about Sidewalk Empire: "The Avenues"
Cat.No: 237473
Walk the World
San Francisco: Self-published by the author, 2008. Pamphlet. 1p., 5.5 x 8.5 inches, illus., very good condition in stapled wraps. Short comic by the Korean-American artist. More about Walk the World
Cat.No: 237474
Killing floor; poems
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1979. Hardcover. 49p., very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj. Ai, born Florence Anthony in Texas of Japanese-American / Choctaw / African American heritage latter took the name Ai Ogawa and wished to be know as Ai. Her second book. More about Killing floor; poems
Cat.No: 19902
The Macrobiotic no. 103
Oroville: The George Ohsawa Macrobiotic Foundation, [1975]. 52p., 5.25x8 inches, illustrations, very good in stapled pictorial wraps. More about The Macrobiotic no. 103
Cat.No: 123110
She sews in a sweatshop still dreaming of Gold Mountains / reliving her past through holiday rituals / patiently waiting for her house in the suburbs. / Helplessly I watch the years roll by / on the horizon no houses in sight, just mountains made of brass and sweat [screen print poster]
Hom, Nancy; Stephanie Lowe
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