It all begins with an idea.

Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do is a multifaceted narrative spanning the experiences of Bui’s father, mother, and her own experience.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

It all begins with an idea.

Drawing the line is a compelling anthology by 14 Indian women responding to the 2012 New Delhi bus attack that was a flash point in the women’s rights movement against sexual violence. While some of the short stories deal with sexual violence straight on, many others focus on the gender disparities that support the rape culture.

Marcelino Truong’s Such a Lovely Little War and Saigon Calling span four different cultural perspectives of the Vietnam/American war.

Rumiko Takahashi’s Ranma ½ is delightful, lighthearted gender-bending text. The text neatly fits into the genre of shojo, manga targeted at young girls, with it’s themes of romance and school drama.

Kim Dong Hwa’s Color of Earth is the first in a coming-of-age trilogy about a young girl and her mother. Ehwa and her mother run a local tavern in pastoral Korea. Dong Hwa uses the narrative to explore what his mother’s childhood may have been like.