A comprehensive and spirited exploration of Asian American history—its movements, cultures, and key figures—beautifully illustrated and compellingly told for readers of all ages. Co-authors Cathy Linh Che and Kyle Lucia Wu take us on a journey through stories of celebration and resistance: the Third World Liberation Front, the Muslim Ban, Japanese American incarceration camps, Padma Lakshmi, Rashida Tlaib, Sunisa Lee, and more. It is a history of struggle, but also one of great triumph, brought to life with colorful and dynamic illustrations by Kavita Ramchandran. Written by the directors of Kundiman—an organization dedicated to nurturing Asian American writers—An Asian American A to Z is a book for children of all backgrounds and a vital resource for tomorrow's organizers. Asian American identity formation is expansive yet under-taught, and this book is a necessary intervention that will ground readers in joy, history, and solidarity.

""Split" crosses borders, exposing truths and dreams, violations of body and mind, aligning them until the deep push-pull of silence and song become a bridge. And here we cross over into a landscape where beauty interrogates, and we encounter a voice that refuses to let us off the hook."--Yusef Komunyakaa

In this stunning debut, we follow one woman's profoundly personal account of sexual violence against the backdrop of cultural conflict deftly illustrated through her parents' experiences of the Vietnam War, immigration, and its aftermath. By looking closely at landscape and psyche, "Split" explores what happens when deep trauma occurs and seeks to understand what it means to finally become whole.

From "The German word for dream is traume.":

"When my mother whispered,
Has anyone touched you there?
I had to pick."

"Alan, I said."

"I was seven.
The training wheels
were coming off."

"Between the couch
and wall, the ceiling was white
with popcorn bits. The boys stood"

"and watched. I lay there,
my eyes open like a doll's.
Someone said, Let me try."

"He rode on top
then abruptly stopped.
The boys laughed, "

"and then, they stood me up."

Cathy Linh Che is a Vietnamese American poet from Los Angeles, CA. She has received awards from "The Asian American Literary Review," The Center for Book Arts, The Fine Arts Work Center at Provincetown, Hedgebrook, Kundiman, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's "Workspace" Residency, and "Poets & Writers." She is a founding editor of "Paperbag."