New America Now: Asian Student Suicides, All That Work and Still No Boys, No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
New America Media, 
, Posted: Sep 04, 2009
New America Now:
Sandip Roy talks to:
Andrew Lam, author of Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora , explores the dark side of academic achievement among Asian American students. In a growing trend, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that Asian American students face an increasing risk of suicide when compared to the average American.
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Family, individuality, tradition, modernity, relationships, race, duty and honor. When you are an immigrant in a strange new land, how does one balance these forces? Kathryn Ma is the author of All That Work and Still No Boys, a juxtaposition of established cultural conventions within the onslaught of a modern world.
Upcoming Readings and Appearances
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In the world of Padma Viswanathan's The Toss of a Lemon, the inevitable conflict between old and new plays itself out as the saga of personal struggle for one Indian family is set amidst the backdrop of political and social change in the Indian subcontinent.
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Filmed on location in Botswana, the HBO hit series No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency is based on the bestselling novels by author Alexander McCall Smith. In 2003, Smith spoke about the fourth installment in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, The Kalahari Typing School for Men.
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