May marks Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Heritage Month. It’s a month to celebrate and honor AAPI voices and identities around the world. In order to help celebrate this month, we’d like to highlight a number of Michele Kirichanskaya‘s interviews she’s conducted with AAPI authors and artists that are linked below.

Interview with author SJ Sindu

Interview with Author Shveta Thakrar

Interview with Creator Laura Gao

Interview with Xiran Jay Zhao

Interview with Author Adiba Jaigirdar

Interview with Author Emily X. R. Pan

Interview With Illustrator Kristina Luu

Interview with Illustrator Wendy Xu

Interview: Mariko Tamaki

Interview with James Sweeney

Interview With Author Angela Chen

Interview With Emery Lee

Interview with Author Tara Sim

Interview with Ryka Aoki

Interview with Jeremy Atherton Lin

Interview with Author Chloe Gong

Interview with Artist & Writer Trung Le Nguyen

Interview with Author Natasha Ngan

Interview With Illustrator Ariel Slamet Ries