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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![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]](http://www.bolerium.com/pictures/thumb/196947.jpg?v=1484087302)
Mad images 1998
[Washington DC]: [Bell Multicultural High School], 1998. Magazine. 31p., 8.5x11 inches, illustrated with art, poetry and prose, very good literary/art magazine in stapled b&w pictorial wraps. High school student poetry, fiction and art. African American, Hispanic American, Asian American students. More
Cat.No: 207601
Maganda: the Pilipino student magazine. Issue Five
Berkeley: Maganda, 1992. 48p., staplebound magazine, very good. The theme of this issue is The Strength of the Pilipina. More
Cat.No: 225797
Maganda: the Pilipino student magazine. Issue no. 4
Berkeley: Maganda, 1991. 48p., staplebound magazine, very good. The theme of this issue is Religion and the Pilipino. More
Cat.No: 225796
Mahadharma: a quarterly review. March 1951
San Francisco: The Buddhist Churches of America, 1951. 32p., staplebound wraps, light handling wear. Main article is T.D. Suzuki on the Development of Shin Teaching. More
Cat.No: 189611
Marina Review: Spring 1994
San Francisco: Marina Middle School, 1994. Paperback. 206p., mildly worn trade paperback in red pictorial wraps Not found in OCLC. Anthology of student writing from the multi-ethnic public school, about 50% Asian American. More
Cat.No: 166933
Meiguo du li xuan yan yu Meiguo xian fa / Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. Translated by Ken Woo, Ming-Chee Law
San Francisco: SFUSD, Chinese Bilingual Pilot Program, 1979. 26p., staplebound pamphlet, very good. Produced for students in SF's bilingual schools. More
Cat.No: 211523
![Member / Humanity Legion / Bowl of Rice / Feb. 9, 10, 11 1940 / SF Chinatown [pinback button]](/pictures/medium/185547.jpg?v=1535836254)
Member / Humanity Legion / Bowl of Rice / Feb. 9, 10, 11 1940 / SF Chinatown [pinback button]
San Francisco: Humanity Legion, 1940. 1.25 inch diameter button, very good condition. A series of similar pins were issued with various years of issue, as part of fundraising efforts to defend China from Japan's invasion. More
Cat.No: 185547
Merle Woo vs. University of California Victory! Newsletter. No. 1 (June 1984)
San Francisco: Merle Woo Defense Committee, 1984. 10p., 8.5x11 inch sheets stapled at upper left corner, lightly toned, very good. Announces that Woo will return to UC Berkeley to teach after having been fired, it says, "because she is a socialist feminist, a trade unionist and a lesbian." Woo was... More
Cat.No: 190936
![Mervyn's California presents Kristi Yamaguchi's A Golden Moment: An extraordinary skating concert to benefit the fight against breast cancer [signed by four Olympic medalists]](/pictures/medium/182889.jpg?v=1532747440)
Mervyn's California presents Kristi Yamaguchi's A Golden Moment: An extraordinary skating concert to benefit the fight against breast cancer [signed by four Olympic medalists]
n.p. Mervyn's, 1999. [36p.], very good in wraps, program booklet with numerous color photos of the skaters and other performers, some of them signed. Also included is an "International Figure Skating" magazine with cover story on Yamaguchi and a full-page ad for this skating concert; a black and white photo... More
Cat.No: 182889
Miduûm ûi kil
Chicago: The Korean Buddhist temple of Chicago, 1982. 188p., very good in wraps. Texts for recitation and hymns with music, presented in both Hangul script and Chinese characters. More
Cat.No: 163829
Minority peoples in a nation at war, edited by J. P. Shalloo and Donald Young
Paperback. viii, 276p. + [viii] ads, wraps, worn copy. The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 223, September 1942. This special issue covers a number of aspects pertaining to the relationship between both native minorities and immigrant groups and the American war effort. More
Cat.No: 8328
Moments. Asian Voices volume VIII
New York: Asian Cultural Union at New York University, 1995. 48p., wraps. Annual art and literary journal. 8.25x10.8 inches. More
Cat.No: 122387
![Monolid: An Asian American magazine for those who aren't blinking. [Vol. 1 nos. 1, 2, 3]](/pictures/medium/200291.jpg?v=1509772178)
Monolid: An Asian American magazine for those who aren't blinking. [Vol. 1 nos. 1, 2, 3]
Berkeley: Monolid, 1999-2000. First three issues of the magazine, very good, 84, 59, 54 pages respectively. More
Cat.No: 200291
![Mothers' Day, May 8, 1949: Filipino Methodist Church, S.F. [two photographs]](/pictures/medium/144946.jpg?v=1484085109)
Mothers' Day, May 8, 1949: Filipino Methodist Church, S.F. [two photographs]
San Francisco: Kami Studios, 1949. 8x10 inch black and white photographs showing large crowd of kids, parents and grandparents posing in front of the church, dressed in Sunday best. Inscribed at bottom on the negative of one of the photos with identification. Also included is another photo showing a smaller... More
Cat.No: 144946
Multi-cultural Issues in Mental Health Services: strategies towards equity report
[Sacramento]: State of California Health and Welfare Agency, Department of Mental Health, Citizens Advisory Council, October, 1979. Paperback. iii, 171p., 8.5x11 inches, foreword, introduction, overview, summaries, discussions, conclusion, appendice, stables, very good trade paperback in white decoartive wraps. More
Cat.No: 229509
![The New Century Enterprise: [six issue broken run]](/pictures/medium/220691.jpg?v=1513220721)
The New Century Enterprise: [six issue broken run]
San Francisco: Graphic Arts Class at Balboa New Century Enterprise, 1993-1994. Six issue broken run of the school newsletter, various pagination, 8.5x11 inches, illustrations, photos, articles, events, sports, very good on heavy stock. Student newsletter produced by multicultural students. Issues include: 1:2-5, 2:1 & 2, December 10, 1993 - December 15, 1994. More
Cat.No: 220691
Nijisseiki Ei-Wa Shokanbun Taisei / 20th Century Anglo-Japanese Letter Writing
San Francisco; printed in Japan: Aoki Taiseido, 1916. 225p., very good hardcover, bilingual text. Letter-writing manual with sample texts reflecting a wide variety of circumstances encountered by Japanese living in the United States. Includes samples of legal documents. More
Cat.No: 218111
No Opio O Punahou Punahou School, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1970-1971
Honolulu: the school, 1971. Paperback. 224p., paperbound in 11x8.5 inch wraps, yearbook in non-standard format: no singleton mugshots but a plethora of candid snapshots (usually of small groups) captioned with more than the usual humor and a touch of naughtiness. Prelims and terminal leaves covered with farewell holograph messages. This... More
Cat.No: 187682
![Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom! [greeting card for Tét]](/pictures/medium/195742.jpg?v=1484087237)
Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom! [greeting card for Tét]
n.p. Union of Vietnamese in the United States, 1975. Pamphlet. 4.25x5.5 inch four-panel card, depiction of a woman peasant with carrying baskets in the style of a papercut; interior text reads "Happy new year, happy birthday, happy Tét '75" and bears the red seal of the Union of Vietnamese in..... More
Cat.No: 195742
Odiyan. Tibetan temple in northwest America
Annapolis, CA: Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center, 1996. 53p., wraps. With preface by founder Tarthang Tulku describing his exile from Tibet and efforts to preserve Tibetan culture and religious texts abroad. More
Cat.No: 161099
Oeji: chaemi siin chakp'umjip no. 2
Seoul: Ch'onghan, 1990. 171p., very good in wraps, text in Korean. Poetry by Koreans abroad, mostly in California. More
Cat.No: 175102
Of our own voice
San Francisco: Asian American Women Artists Association, 1997. 64p. spiral-bound exhibition catalog, with photos of the mostly Bay Area artists and black/white reproductions of their work, 9.5x9 inches, wraps. More
Cat.No: 73735
Okey Ka, 'Cho. No. 2 (Spring 1991)
San Francisco: San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 1991. Single issue of the AIDS education and resources newsletter, 8p., 8.5x11 inches, very good, Filipino text. The English version was called Positive News. More
Cat.No: 198557
![One IGLA bulletin issue 1-5, Spring 1995 - Summer 1998 [5 issue run]](/pictures/medium/201650.jpg?v=1518138591)
One IGLA bulletin issue 1-5, Spring 1995 - Summer 1998 [5 issue run]
West Hollywood: One Institute/International Gay and Lesbian Archives, 1998. Five issues, various pagination 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, very good newsletter in pastebound wraps. The first five issues on Kepner's International Gay and Lesbian Archive newsletter that merged with the One Institute. Issue #4 contains a celebration of Jim Kepner's life... More
Cat.No: 201650
![One IGLA bulletin issue 3-5, Fall 1997 - Summer 1998 [3 issue run]](/pictures/medium/199905.jpg?v=1484087759)
One IGLA bulletin issue 3-5, Fall 1997 - Summer 1998 [3 issue run]
West Hollywood: One Institute/International Gay and Lesbian Archives, 1998. Three issues, various pagination 8.5x11 inches, photos, ads, very good newsletter in pastebound wraps. One issue contains a celebration of Jim Kepner's life. Kepner had passed away in November 1997. Rear cover of issue #3 is in Chinese and represents the... More
Cat.No: 199905
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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