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For our mid-month book news check in for April 2026, we catch up on the latest Asian American publishing announcements as well as check in on some distressing news for our legacy Kindles.
Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:
- The Library of Lost Time by Vaishnavi Patel
- BoxBoxBoxBox by Wan Sakamoto
- Mama's Magical Hands by Yu An Xie
- The Kids Came Back Wrong edited by Wen-yi Lee
- Crush by Souvankham Thammavongsa
- It Was an Ordinary Name by Souvankham Thammavongsa
- The Golden Shoes by Jocelyn Cho
- The Summer I Turned Pretty Graphic Novel by Cynthia Yuan Cheng and Arielle Jovellanos; illust by Sara Faber
- Before & Now by Balsam El-bayya
- Goat for Dinner by Tao Nyeu
- Curiosities by Robert Kondo and Megan Bartel
- Sarah in Charge by Ellen Oh
- This Is Our Diwali by Jyoti Rajan Gopal; illust by Michelle Pereira
- The Book Witch by Nora Elghazzawi
- Magic Shoyu Shop by Debbi Michiko Florence; illust. by Minako Tomigahara
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Don't miss an all AAPI production of HENRY VI: A Trilogy in Two Parts at The Public in NYC
The National Asian American Theatre Company’s acclaimed production of HENRY VI: A TRILOGY IN TWO PARTS brings an all-AANHPI cast to The Public Theater for a decades-spanning saga of Joan of Arc, warring dukes, and the bloody birth of the War of the Roses. Adapted by Stephen Brown-Fried, this is Shakespeare like you've never experienced it. Part 1: Foreign Wars opens with a king dead, an infant on the throne, and a country already coming apart at the seams. Part 2: Civil Strife picks up nearly 30 years later...and the bloodbath is yet to come. Simmering feuds explode into the War of the Roses, and nothing will ever be the same. Performances from June 9 through July 19! Use code H6BC for $59 tickets!