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#148 - August 2021 Book News
Episode 14820th August 2021 • Books and Boba • Potluck Podcast Collective
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On this episode, we highlight the latest book and publishing news in Asian American literature for our August 2021 mid-month check-in! 

New books mentioned in our publishing news:

Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle - Ebony Gate
C.B. Lee - A Coffeeshop in an Alternate Universe
Alice Lin - Fireworks
Trang Thanh Tran - She Is a Haunting
Susie Lee Jin - Not an Egg; Not a Pumpkin; and Not a Heart
Tara Sim - We Shall Be Monsters
Diana Ma - Extracurricular
Joanna Ho - The Wave Riders; Say My Name
Christine Mari - Kokoro
Elsie Chapman - Kokoro
Tadaaki Imaizumi & Takashi Maruyama - Why We Went Extinct
Ream Shukairy - The Next New Syrian Girl
Livia Blackburne - Nainai’s Mountain 
Saadia Faruqi - Rani
Margaret Chiu Greanias - Hooked on Books
Emery Lee - Café Con Lychee
Catherine Yu - Direwood
Hope Lim - At the Window
Raakhee Mirchandani - My Diwali Light; Mama's Roti

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