Author Archives: Lily

About Lily

East Coast Chinese American. I like thick-skinned dumplings and hard-covered books.

Giveaway: Ultimate Origami for Beginners and Hokusai Origami Paper from Tuttle

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Lily

Origami, the art of paper folding, is a great arts and crafts project for young and old. Tuttle, a publishing company focusing on Asian language, history, and culture, with the tagline “Books to Span the East and West,” offers a wide … Continue reading →

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8Books Sale Announcement: $2.99 eBooks

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Lily

Everyone loves a good sale, and this one doesn’t even hog space on your bookshelf! For the entire month of April, the University of Illinois Press is offering three Asian American-interest titles for only $2.99. All e-books are available on Kindle, … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Hokusai Origami Paper and Booklet

Posted on March 31, 2015 by Lily

Maybe this is a stretch for being a “book,” but to learn origami (at least when I was growing up before YouTube and internet tutorials), you used a book or at least a printed booklet of instructions, so we’ll just … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Fresh Off the Boat,” by Eddie Huang

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Lily

All I kept thinking while I was reaching Eddie Huang’s memoir, Fresh Off the Boat, was that the one word people need to know to describe it is…bombastic. It’s not a word I use a lot, or probably that most people … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: Across a Green Ocean, by Wendy Lee

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Lily

Wendy Lee’s debut novel Across A Green Ocean presents the story centered around two siblings, Michael and Emily Tang, struggling to find their identity as the children of immigrants and after the passing of their father. When Michael finds a … Continue reading →

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8Books Q&A: Romeo and Juliet vs. Zombies, with Koji Steven Sakai

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Lily

Our very own Koji Steven Sakai has just released his very first novel (massive applause!) throwing a fantastical twist on that famous Shakespearean play. In Romeo and Juliet vs. Zombies, “Romeo and Juliet must fight to overcome hoards of zombies … Continue reading →

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An 8Books Valentine: Free Download of Asian American Erotic Romance Series

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Lily

Happy Valentine’s Day book nerds! Starting today until February 16, the Irvine Lovers Club is giving away five Asian American erotic stories. Each of the stories acts like a book chapter, following Korean American Claudia Kim on her steamy adventures set … Continue reading →

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#OscarsSoWhite

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Lily

#OscarsSoWhite that the statue counts as a Person Of Color. — Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) January 15, 2015 #OscarsSoWhite that the ceremony is being held in an REI this year. — Hari Kondabolu (@harikondabolu) January 15, 2015 Because we live in … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Chop Suey, USA” by Yong Chen

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Lily

Reading Yong Chen’s new book Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America is an education. In some ways, it seems more like an encyclopedia or a peak into the brain of a man who has read and retained an … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng

Posted on December 17, 2014 by Lily

I’ve been putting off writing this review for weeks, but this book is special and you should seriously think about reading it. Celeste Ng’s debut book, Everything I Never Told You is a stirring novel about a family unraveling. Ng begins … Continue reading →

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#asians4blacklives and #blacklivesmatter

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Lily

Everything in this country is used as a weapon against Black people. #blacklivesmatter #Asians4BlackLives pic.twitter.com/nSRRdf6jkr — Gopal Dayaneni (@GopalDayaneni) December 15, 2014 Asian Americans joined efforts to shut down the Oakland Police Department today. Rallying around the hashtag #asians4blacklives, the … Continue reading →

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8Books Review: “Who We Be” by Jeff Chang

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Lily

Race. Multiculturalism. Diversity. Culture. Big words that it sometimes seems we talk around and around. Jeff Chang’s new book Who We Be: The Colorization of America–released today–takes a big step in helping to provide a vocabulary and a history to America’s … Continue reading →

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