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Many of us will see ourselves and our families in Amy Tan's intimate yet sweeping epic."]},{"asin":"0440241545","comment":["This is the first of Naomi Hirahara's engaging series of mystery books following the adventures of aging Japanese American gardener Mas Arai. 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This is his landmark book, a concise history of Asian immigration to the US."]},{"asin":"0452274125","comment":["The autobiography of music critic and early rolling Stone editor, Ben Fong-Torres. He's one reason I became a rock critic. "]},{"asin":"B000B7QCRW","comment":["This 1976 autobiographical movie by Paul Mazursky validated my years in NYC art school ('75-'79). Terrific small sweet comedy w/ great cast."]},{"asin":"B001HCPSGQ","comment":["Debut album by very talented Asian American singer-songwriter with lots of stuff on YouTube & his own site. "]},{"asin":"0446698970","comment":["NYT reporter Jennifer 8 Lee's engaging and myth-busting social history of Chinese food in America."]},{"asin":"159558398X","comment":["Totally cool book: editor Jeff Yang and pals roundup of comic book artists and writers' stories abt AsAm superheroes. Role models at last!"]},{"asin":"B00110EJA0","comment":["41 DVDs covering all four seasons (105 episodes) of the classic '60s spy TV series, with extras galore in a briefcase box. Ultra-cool."]},{"asin":"0811849597","comment":["Powerful portraits of mixed-race Asian Americans, accompanied by statements of identity by each subject. Cool book!"]},{"asin":"B00005JKG1","comment":["Classic Ang Lee comedy of a Taiwanese family that revolves around food."]},{"asin":"B0001V6ZK2","comment":["One of director Ang Lee's earliest hits, a romantic comedy of errors."]},{"asin":"B00003CXR4","comment":["Director Ang Lee's elegiac take on classic Chinese martial arts fantasy films. 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Great book!"]},{"asin":"0061240303","comment":["Philly Inquirer reporter's well-researched and -written story of adopting and raising daughters from China."]},{"asin":"B001BKWU5G","comment":["Terrific Denver indie band with a gentle folk-pop sound, led by Japanese American Corey Teruya. This is their first CD."]},{"asin":"0679777601","comment":["Former Washington Post Tokyo Bureau Chief T.R. Reid's illuminating book about how Confucian values color East- and Southeast Asian cultures. "]},{"asin":"B002H13I7C","comment":["Gorgeous pop-R&B production cloak some of the most frank lyrics about Asian American identity around, delivered by songwriter Dawen's soulful singing."]},{"asin":"0972814906","comment":["Powerful book orig. written in 1930s profiling valedictorian JA students; granddaughter interviewed survivors 70 yrs later... 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