On our mid-month check in for September 2024, we highlight some of the latest Asian American publishing announcements, get some updates on which authors of Asian descent who made it to the National Book Awards long-lists, and touch a little on the latest controversy with NaNoWriMo!

Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:

Flashlight by Susan Choi
Let It Be a Tale: Palestinian Journalists on Survival and Resistance edited by Zahra Hankir
The Singular Life of Aria Patel by Samira Ahmed
Stars, Stripes, and Summer Nights by Celeste Dador
How to Free a Jinn by Raidah Shah Idil
Okchundang Candy by Jung-soon Go, translated by Aerin Park
Nest of Tongues by Randy Ribay
Every Single Splendor by Mae Respicio
A Zombie Day by An Na; illust by August Zhang
A Space for Nina by Karen Koh
When They Burned the Butterfly by Wen-yi Lee
Everything We Never Had by Randy Ribay
Kareem Between by Shifa Saltagi Safadi
The First State of Being by Erin Entrada
The Tale of a Wall: Reflections on the Meaning of Hope and Freedom by Nasser Abu Srour, translated by Luke Leafgren
The Book Censor’s Library by Bothayna Al-Essa; translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain
Taiwan Travelogue by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ; translated by Lin King
Where the Wind Calls Home by Samar Yazbek; translated by Leri Price

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The Books & Boba September 2024 pick is A Burning by Megha Majumdar

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#287 - September 2024 Book News

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