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About My Library

Asian American and international fiction and memoirs and some in translation. Plus writers of color, beautifully illustrated children's picture books, literature and poetry.

Currently Reading

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1: Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time) by Marcel Proust

The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks

America's National Capital by E. John Long

Art Fundamentals: Theory and Practice by Otto Ocvirk

Flowers - a Guide to Familiar American Wildflowers (A Golden Nature Guide) by Herbert S. and Alexander C. Martin Zim

Selected Poetry of Lord Byron by George (Lord Byron) Gordon

Wiliam Blake by J. Bronowski (editor)

Don Quijote (Norton Critical Editions) by Miguel De Cervantes

The Best Travel Writing 2008: True Stories from Around the World (Best Travel Writing) by James O'Reilly

The Writer as Migrant by Ha Jin

The Branch Will Not Break: Empty-Grave Extended Edition by James Wright

Teach Us That Peace by Baron Wormser

Far From the Tree: Parents, Children and the Search for Identity by Andrew Solomon

Favorite Authors

Chris Van Allsburg, James Baldwin, Andrea Barrett, Remica L. Bingham, JaHyun Kim Haboush, Younghill Kang, Jamaica Kincaid, Maxine Hong Kingston, Milan Kundera, Chang-Rae Lee, Harper Lee, Cormac McCarthy, Ian McEwan, Paul Monette, Philip Pullman, Philip Roth, Wallace Stevens, William Styron

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