Anu Taranath Shares Her Top Ten Pacific Northwest Authors of Color
In honor of our 40th anniversary, Humanities Washington presents a series of top 10 lists, sharing the best of the best from a variety of humanities topics from the past 40 years. Composed by our Speakers Bureau presenters, these lists are designed to spark new ideas and inspire us to try something new in 2014. Look back on Spark each month for a new top 10 list!
Anu Taranath
For our inaugural top ten list, University of Washington English Professor Anu Taranath shares some of her favorite Pacific Northwest authors of color from the past 40 years. Taranath travels the state as part of the Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau, and will present The World in Washington: An Exploration of Literature and Our Lives at the Kent Library Feb. 6. [Details]
10 Fabulous Pacific Northwest Authors of Color and the Books They’ve Written:
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Jamie Ford
White Grizzly Bear’s Legacy: Learning to be Indian, Lawney L. Reyes
Mismatch and Half and Half, Lensey Namioka
The Color of Culture, Mona Lake Jones
Filter House, Nisi Shawl
Candela, Flor Fernandez Barrios
Tulip Season: A Mitra Basu Mystery, Bharti Kirchner
Standing on Both Feet: Voices of Older Mixed Race Americans, Cathy Tashiro
Baseball Saved Us and Beacon Hill Boys, Ken Mochizuki
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What about Sherman Alexie? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. It’s a young adult book, but so many of us in the Methow Valley read it when North Central Regional Library featured it as a community read!