http://disqus.com/by/sscragg/enSat, 02 Aug 2008 15:23:43 -0000http://paulallison.tumblr.com/post/44463861#comment-1081433<p>Hey Paul,</p><p>Are you looking for any stories about the Chinese/Japanese/Korean culture (I'm assuming that they would want to read works representing other cultures) or just for teens in general, keeping with a world view?</p><p>Well, here are my suggestions:</p><p>Bone by Fae Myenne Ng (novel)</p><p>any short stories by Junot Diaz (several are online at the New Yorker web site--including the basis for the Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao...which I just finished and kept thinking about how I would teach it...so good!)</p><p>"Heaven-Hell" by Jhumpa Lahiri (short story--I think this is online at the new yorker's web site, along with several others...but this one is particularly good for adolescents, I think)</p><p>Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto (novel)</p><p>The Interpreter by Suki Kim (novel)</p><p>And I know film isn't on your list, but I've shown the movie "Double Happiness" starring a then-unknown Sandra Oh. A fellow English teacher of mine also used to show the movie, "East is East" frequently in class.</p><p>"Lost Sister" by Cathy Song (poem)</p><p>I love the poems of Martin Espada, and I used to teach several.</p><p>I could go on (and on and on)...guess I still think like an English teacher, huh?</p><p>Sandy <br></p>sscraggSat, 02 Aug 2008 15:23:43 -0000