It's a Marvin only episode for this month's book news check-in, let's see how it goes as he reviews some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, as well as some new and potentially exciting adaptation news.

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

• Adam & Evie’s Matchmaking Tour by Nora Nguyen
• Sisters at Sea by Yume Kitasei
• This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki; illust by Nicole Goux
• Alice Chen’s Reality Check by Kara Loo & Jennifer Young
• Dreamt I Found You by Jimin Han
• The Emperor of Gladness by Ocean Vuong
• Sublimation by Isabel J. Kim
• The Serpent Called Mercy by Roanne Lau
• A Dark and Narrow House by Usman T. Malik
• Ten Incarnations of Rebellion by Vaishnavi Patel
• The Ex-Boyfriends Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee by Saki Kawashiro
• The Blanket Cats by Kiyoshi Shigematsu
• Leverage by Amran Gowani
• The Art of Love by Kristi Hong
• When Sleeping Women Wake by Emma Pei Yin
• The Satisfaction Café by Kathy Wang

News stories covered on this episode:

• Festival of AAPI Books – May 5, 2024
• The Sympathizer on HBO
• Crazy Rich Asians to become a musical

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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