Literature
Taiwanese novel is 1st Mandarin Chinese work to win International Booker Prize
Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translator Lin King’s queer colonial romance has become the first Mandarin Chinese work to win one of fiction’s most prestigious international honors last week. A love story…
Author Baek Se-hee dies at 35, saves 5 lives through organ donation
Baek Se-hee, the South Korean author whose bestselling memoir candidly explored living with depression, died at age 35, the Korean Organ Donation Agency announced last week. About Baek and her work:…
Asian authors face growing censorship as book bans surge in US schools
More than 6,800 books were banned from American public schools during the 2024-25 school year, including numerous works by Asian authors in what free speech advocates call an organized campaign to…
UC professor publishes dataset mapping Asian American literary canon
A new dataset containing 1,900 entries aims to reveal which works scholars consider “Asian American” and which voices may be missing from that conversation, according to University of California,…
Arthur Sze named first Asian American poet laureate
Arthur Sze has been named the 25th U.S. poet laureate, becoming the first Asian American to hold the post. “Distinctly American”: The Library of Congress announced Sze’s selection on Sept. 15. His…
