Helen Oyeyemi, author portrait
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Helen Oyeyemi

Helen Oyeyemi is the author of seven novels, including Peaces, Gingerbread, and Boy, Snow, Bird, and of the story collection What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours. Winner of the PEN Open Book and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Oyeyemi was named one of Granta’s Best Young British Novelists.
A New New Me
Parasol Against the Axe
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird
Peaces
Gingerbread
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Boy, Snow, Bird
White is for Witching
Mr. Fox
The Opposite House
The Icarus Girl

Books

A New New Me
Parasol Against the Axe
A Cage Went in Search of a Bird
Peaces
Gingerbread
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours
Boy, Snow, Bird
White is for Witching
Mr. Fox
The Opposite House
The Icarus Girl

Books for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Each May, we honor the stories, histories, and cultures of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. Below is a selection of acclaimed fiction and nonfiction books by AANHPI creators to share with your students this month and throughout the year. Find our full collection of titles for Higher Education here.

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