On our mid-month check in for June 2023, we review the latest Asian American book and publishing announcements, while Reera catches Marvin up with the latest tea from Asian book twitter.Upcoming books mentioned in our publishing news:The Night Ends with Fire by K.X. SongThe Kamogawa Food Detectives by Hisashi KashiwaiMomo by Ranran ZhouIf Lin Can by Richard Ho; illust. by Huỳnh Kim Liên and Phùng Nguyên QuanWish I Was a Baller by Amar Shah; illust. Rashad DoucetThis Is How You Fall in Love by Anika HussainThe Lotus Shoes by Jane YangLast Chance Academy series by Debbi Michiko FlorenceMy Olive Tree by Hazar ElbayyaThe Last Dragon of the East by Katrina KwanA Sky for the Birds by Rina Singh; illust. by Barkha LohiaThe Beasts Beneath the Winds edited by Hanna AlkafSimone by Viet Thanh Nguyen; illust. Minne PhanThreads by Ashley WongSophia Lee Can Fly by Marie Tang; illust. by Lenny WenNews stories covered on this episode:British Museum Removes Writer’s Translations of Chinese Poetry After Being Accused of Copyright Infringement*Support the podcast by supporting our new Patreon*Follow our hosts:Reera Yoo (@reeraboo)Marvin Yueh (@marvinyueh)Follow us:FacebookTwitterGoodreads GroupThe Books & Boba June 2023 pick is We Have Always Been Here by Lena NguyenThis podcast is part of Potluck: An Asian American Podcast CollectiveMentioned in this episode:Books & Boba started a Patreon!After 6 and a half years, Books & Boba has started a Patreon! Our little podcast has been a wonderful labor of love and we’ve been proud of the book discussions and author chats that we’ve been able to bring to you all, but we want to do more! We’ve got big dreams for Books & Boba and so we’re asking our community for support. Help us grow the book club so we can support more books written by Asian diaspora authors!

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