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22 Memoirs to Read with Asian Men & Western Women in Love

September 7, 2017September 28, 2017 Jocelyn Eikenburg 7 Comments A Field Guide to Happiness, Again, Alex Tizon, AMWF, At Home in Japan, Big Little Man, Burmese Lessons, Dana Sachs, Diane Farr, Ellen Graf, Eve Pell, Foreign Babes in Beijing, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Mineta, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras, Janet Brown, Judith Shapiro, Karen Connelly, Kissing Outside the Lines, Leza Lowitz, Li Cunxin, Liang Heng, Linda Leaming, Love, Mae Franking, Mae Franking's My Chinese Marriage, Mao's Last Dancer, Marriage in Translation, Married to Bhutan, memoirs, Miranda Kennedy, My Japanese Husband (Still) Thinks I'm Crazy, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Rachel DeWoskin, Rebecca Otowa, Shannon Young, Sideways on a Scooter, Son of the Revolution, Susan Blumberg-Kason, The Good Shufu, The House on Dream Street, The Natural Laws of Good Luck, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Tracy Slater, Wendy Tokunaga, Year of Fire Dragons

From stories of love and travel to serious reportage, these 22 memoirs featuring Asian men and Western women in love should be on your to-read list.

Need a Good Summer Read? Try These 28 Books Featured on the Blog

July 13, 2017July 12, 2017 Jocelyn Eikenburg 5 Comments A Bollywood Affair, A Field Guide to Happiness, Alex Tizon, Atom Yang, Big Little Man, Celeste Ng, Dana Sachs, Empire of Glass, Everything I Never Told You, Ferry Tale, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Buchele Mineta, Here Comes the Sun: A Journey to Adoption in 8 Chakras, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, Huan Hsu, Janet Brown, Kaitlin Solimine, Kelli Estes, Leza Lowitz, Linda Leaming, Love Me Anyway, My Japanese Husband (Still) Thinks I'm Crazy, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Nicki Chen, Parsley & Coriander: Life in China with Italian flavor, Pearl River Drama: Dating in China, Quincy Carroll, Ray Hecht, Red Envelope, Shannon Young, Sonali Dev, South China Morning Blues, Susan Blumberg-Kason, Susan Chan, The Empress of Bright Moon, The Girl Who Wrote in Silk, The Good Shufu, The Moon in the Palace, The Porcelain Thief, The Reluctant Brides of Lily Court Lane, The Secret of The Nightingale Palace, There's Something I Want to Tell You: True Stories of Mixed Dating in Japan, Tiffany Hawk, Tiger Tail Soup, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Tracy Slater, Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside, Weina Dai Randel, Year of Fire Dragons, Yuta Aoki

Whether you’re chilling out on the beach or cooling down indoors, here’s my list of recommended summer reads I’ve featured here on the blog

3 Stereotypes About Asian Men I’m Tired Of Hearing

February 28, 2017March 5, 2017 Jocelyn Eikenburg 33 Comments Alex Tizon, Asian men, bias, Big Little Man, Chinese men, Favorites, prejudice, racism, racist, stereotypes

My marriage to a Chinese man has also educated me about the world of racism, prejudice, and all of those unfortunate stereotypes about Asians.

How should we feel about Shanghai men being great husbands?

April 27, 2015April 26, 2015 Jocelyn Eikenburg 20 Comments Alex Tizon, Asian husbands, Asian men, Big Little Man, China, Chinese husbands, Chinese men, Shanghai husbands, Shanghai men, stereotypes

Shanghainese husbands are supposedly some of the best in the world. But how should we feel about this when the reasons could come across as emasculating?

Gift Recommendations For Books Featured On This Blog

December 1, 2014November 30, 2014 Jocelyn Eikenburg 12 Comments A Field Guide to Happiness, Alex Tizon, Almost Home, Big Little Man, books, Celeste Ng, Dana Sachs, Everything I Never Told You, Good Chinese Wife, Grace Buchele Mineta, How Does One Dress to Buy Dragonfruit, Janet Brown, Linda Leaming, Love Me Anyway, My Japanese Husband Thinks I'm Crazy, Nicki Chen, Shannon Young, Susan Blumberg-Kason, The Secret of The Nightingale Palace, Tiffany Hawk, Tiger Tail Soup, Tone Deaf in Bangkok, Year of Fire Dragons

Does your holiday shopping list include book lovers? I’ve featured a lot of books on this blog — including AMWF titles — that could make great gifts.

Interview with Alex Tizon on His Memoir “Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self”

September 12, 2014September 15, 2014 Jocelyn Eikenburg 24 Comments Alex Tizon, Asian men, Big Little Man, discrimination, Favorites, yellow fever

Alex Tizon’s new memoir “Big Little Man: In Search of My Asian Self” offers a personal view on Asian masculinity in the West — and is a book you must read.