Elinor Serumgard
In tender debut memoir “Meet Me Tonight In Atlantic City,” Jane Wong examines the...
In the late 1980s, Jane Wong grew up a restaurant baby: Helping prep wontons, napping on bags of rice, and playing games with her younger brother. Her family’s story seems to be the classic...
STEM education with a fun dinosaur adventure
Never Teach a Stegosaurus to do Sums inspires kids to develop an interest in numbers and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) with a fun dinosaur adventure! This book, reminiscent of If You Give...
‘Thai Cinema Uncensored’ is an illuminating work of resistance to censorship
Before reading Thai Cinema Uncensored, my only encounter with Thai cinema was in an English class. We watched the short film Mobile Men by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and my professor briefly mentioned that there is...
Alma Presses Play is a beautiful teen coming-of-age story
If you need a moment of reflection or a step away from the telephone screen, look no further. Alma Presses Play throws the reader back to 1982 a time where teens would listen to...
Two cute illustrated kids stories about dumplings
Dumplings for Lili by Melissa Iwai, published by Norton Young Readers (2021)
In Dumplings for Lili, Lili goes on an adventure with her dog Kiki in search of ingredients. What starts as an errand to...
Nghi Vo’s debut novel brilliantly reimagines The Great Gatsby
Nghi Vo’s debut novel The Chosen and the Beautiful, published by Tordotcom, glitters just as bright as the stars and lights of the city she describes. In a stunning reinvention of The Great Gatsby,...