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Zhou Long, Siddhartha Mukherjee, and John J. Kim Take Home Pulitzer Prizes
zhou_long.jpgThree Asian Americans took home the Pulitzer Prize this year. We offer a recap and bio of the recipients. read more
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Review of Xinran's 'Message from an Unknown Chinese Mother'
xinran_-_book_cover.jpgFrom Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club to Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, the idea of a generational war between mothers and their daughters -- usually culminating in the...
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Top Three: Saïd Sayrafiezadeh
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, author of 'When Skateboards Will Be Free' Photo by Basso Cannarsa Saïd Sayrafiezadeh shares the top three books that have held the most bittersweet meanings for him.read more
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Review of Sandra Park's 'If You Live in a Small House'
if-you-live-in-a-small-house_-_book_cover.jpgFollowing the lives of a multigenerational Korean American family, Sandra Park captures the nuanced tensions between characters forced to live together in a...
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Romancing the Wok
36stovecooking.jpgGrace Young on achieving the perfect stir-fry -- and why we shouldn't use nonstick woks. read more
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Introducing The Hyphen Reader!
hyphen-reader-banner-1.pngIntroducing The Hyphen Reader, a brand new literary initiative from Hyphen!read more
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Come for the Double Entendres
sf_lit_crawl_2013_final.jpgSan Francisco's annual Lit Crawl is the city's preeminent literary event, and for the second year in a row Hyphen has curated a tasty session of poetry and fiction for your...
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Books: A “Sociological Biography” in Aman Sethi’s A Free Man: A True Story of...
9780393088908_198.jpgAman Sethi’s non-fiction book, A Free Man: A True Story of Life and Death in Delhi, is a journalistic work that explores the life of one of those thousands of nameless workers who...
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December Lit: "Ho Chi Minh in Harlem" by Phong Nguyen
cover2.jpgFor December, we bring you Phong Nguyen's short story "Ho Chi Minh in Harlem" from his collection PAGES FROM THE TEXTBOOK OF ALTERNATE HISTORY.read more
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February Lit: SOY SAUCE FOR BEGINNERS by Kirstin Chen
soy_sauce_for_beginners_-_final_cover_-_hi-res.jpgFor February, we are pleased to present an excerpt from Kirstin Chen's debut novel, Soy Sauce for Beginners, which was released by Amazon...
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Books Interview: A World Succumbs to Baldness (Not Zombies)
bnwcoverhighres.jpgBooks reviewer Joyce Chen interviews author Peter Tieryas Liu about his first novel, Bald New World. read more
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Books: Alex Tizon Unearths "How to Be a Man" in New Book on Asian Masculinity
9780544232853_p0_v3_s260x420.jpgWhat does it mean to be “man enough” in a modern-day society that is constantly changing its perceived notions of the masculine ideal? read more
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Books: An Intimate Look at Muslim American Male Sexuality
mattu-salaamlove.jpgIn a new anthology, Salaam Love: American Muslim Men on Love, Sex, and Intimacy, love becomes a site for negotiation between cultures, races, spaces, and histories.read more
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An interview with speculative fiction writer and translator Ken Liu
kenliuhires.jpgA conversation with Ken Liu on his award-winning story, "The Paper Menagerie" and his upcoming translation project, The Three-Body Problem.read more
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Books: The Origins of the First Asian American Superhero in Gene Yang's Latest
9781596436978.jpgIn The Shadow Hero, writer Gene Luen Yang and illustrator Sonny Liew tell an origin story of an American-born Chinese boy who grows up to become a superhero.read more
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