Possible+Texts

http://commoncore.org/maps/index.php/maps/grade_10_unit_2/
 * Common Core Curriculum Map for World Literature/Asian Literature:**

http://commoncore.org/maps/index.php/maps/grade_10_unit_3/
 * .../African and Middle Eastern Literature**

http://commoncore.org/maps/index.php/maps/grade_10_unit_1/
 * .../Latin and Central American Literature**


 * It's interesting to see how many of the works suggested by the Common Core Curriculum people we already do - Things Fall Apart, Nectar in a Sieve, for example...

//Our Invisible Hero// //Please Look After Mom//
 * South Korea**

//The Red Umbrella// by Christina Gonzales
 * CS America**

Interesting NY Times piece on Chinese contemporary "pop fiction" focusing on one writer whose characters are adolescents: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/books/review/King-t.html?8bu&emc=bub1 - Maybe we should take a look at one of his books? Scratch that - none are published in English.

NPR looks at China through the lens of three Chinese authors: http://www.npr.org/series/105197262/observing-china-at-60-three-authors

//Please Look After Mom// is a HUGE hit in South Korea right now: http://www.amazon.com/Please-Look-After-Kyung-Sook-Shin/dp/0307593916/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1308938230&sr=8-1

Top 20 Asian American Literature http://www.mastersdegree.net/blog/2010/20-essential-works-of-asian-american-literature/