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Reza Aslan deconstructs the "unprecedented" wave of anti-Muslim prejudice sweeping the US in 2010. (5 min., 36 sec.)

Breaking Down Boundaries Through Literature and Song

Reza Aslan hopes literature and music can help break down the boundaries between the Middle East and the West.
Best-selling author of No God but God Reza Aslan will be at Asia Society on Nov. 18, 2010. (RezaAslan.com)

'Colbert Report' Guest Reza Aslan Coming to Asia Society

The versatile writer and editor tours behind his major new compilation of writing from the Islamic world.
Blood from a skull: cover art for "The Blaft Anthology of Tamil Pulp Fiction, Volume II."

Pulp Fiction, Tamil-Style!

South India's wild and wonderful potboilers are finally becoming available in English.
Habit of a Foreign Sky by Xu Xi.

Habit of a Foreign Sky

An excerpt from Xu Xi's novel, shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize.
Novelist Xu Xi reads an excerpt from Habit of a Foreign Sky before an appreciative Anna Sherman in Hong Kong on Oct. 7, 2010. (1 min., 53 sec.)

Xu Xi: Habit of a Foreign Sky

Xu Xi reads from and discusses her latest book, which was short-listed for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize.
Granta's Autumn 2010 cover features specially commissioned artwork by the Karachi-based truck artist Islam Gull.

A Literary Look at Pakistan

Granta magazine's special Pakistan issue goes beyond the usual headlines about terrorism and natural disaster.
Anchee Min at Asia Society New York on April 23, 2010.

A Pearl S. Buck for the Chinese

Author Anchee Min on the life of Pearl Buck, whose novels portrayed China to generations of Westerners.
Author Chitra Divakaruni in Houston on Feb. 2, 2010. (Jeff Fantich Photography)
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Chitra Divakaruni and 'One Amazing Thing'

'Mistress of Spices' author entertains with her new hurricane-inspired novel.
View of Edinburgh's old city from Princess Garden park. (Jean-Loup Gautreau/AFP/Getty Images)

No Right To Be International

Simon Tay on the internationalization of the arts.
Dr. Hassan Abbas in Houston on May 7, 2009.
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Pakistan and the Challenges Ahead

Dr. Hassan Abbas stresses need for 'investment in education.'
Mohsin Hamid and Daniyal Mueenuddin in New York on Feb. 23, 2009. (Asia Society)

Daniyal Mueenuddin and Mohsin Hamid: Two 'Internally Displaced' Writers

Pakistani authors share insights, reflect on home in Asia Society discussion.
Bei Dao reading in Mumbai on Feb. 20, 2009. (Asia Society India Centre)

Bei Dao: Musings of an Exiled Poet

Exiled Chinese poet tells Mumbai audience about the hidden costs of material prosperity.
Yiyun Li in New York on Feb. 17, 2009. (Asia Society)

Yiyun Li and 'The Vagrants'

New novel explores Cultural Revolution's uneasy aftermath.
Mira Nair and Abraham Verghese in New York on Feb. 11, 2009. (Asia Society)

Abraham Verghese: The Healer's Art, and The Writer's

Writer-physician discusses two professions with director Mira Nair.
L to R: Andrew Lam, Chloe Dao, and Dai Huynh in Houston on Nov. 21, 2008.
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Creativity and the Vietnamese American Experience

Does the ethnic lens add or limit? Prolific Vietnamese Americans share their insights.
Andrew Lam addresses the Asia Society in Houston. (Asia Society)
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A Journey from Vietnam to America

Andrew Lam on his personal journey as immigrant, survivor, and writer.
Tale of Kiêu
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Tale of Kiêu

A classic story known by all Vietnamese.
Kang Sinjae's work appears in Modern Korean Literature: An Anthology (Univ. of Hawaii Press)

The Young Zelkova

A story told by a young woman who falls in love with her step-brother, despite cultural taboos.

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