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For our mid-month book news check in for March 2026, we catch up on the latest Asian American publishing announcements as well as check in on the ongoing fight against book bans:
- The Carlton Girls: Casey and the Cruel Thief by Julie Abe
- The Goodfolke Family by Roshani Chokshi
- P.S. Are We Friends Now? by John Schu and Jasmine Warga
- My Neighbor Yokai by noho
- Fall, in Love by Mia Kayla
- The Gravedigger's Apprentice by Linda Cheng
- Seeking Wonderful by Susan Yoon; illust. Veronica Mang
- We Are the Light: A Story of Diwali by Rajani LaRocca; illust. Sayan Mukherjee
- Home Is Waiting to Be Found by Tina Athaide; ilust. Vũ Thủy Ngọc Hà
- Matcha & Matches by Cara Tanamachi
- Tea Leaves and Fate Strings by C.B. Lee
- The Red Thread by Laura G. Lee
- Scream, Queen! by Sujin Witherspoon
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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!
Henry VI at The Public with an all AAPI cast
