Celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage with the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE) by diving into literature and films that were written, directed, or featured Asian/AAPI individuals!
Books
- Fiction
- Yellowface by R.F. Kuang **
- The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini **
- Pachinko by Min Jin Lee **
- Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
- Nonfiction
- Crying in HMart by Michelle Zauner
- The Vietnamese Boat People by Nghia M. Vo **
- ** = Content warning/Sensitive Subjects
Films/Movies
- Crazy Rich Asians directed by Jon M. Chu
- Saving Face directed by Alice Wu
- Pop Aye directed by Kirsten Tan
- Gook directed by Justin Chon
- Kubo and The Two Strings directed by Travis Knight
- The Farewell directed by Lulu Wang
- Everything, Everywhere All at Once directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert