P&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome back Hyeseung Song to celebrate the publication of the paperback edition of her first book, Docile: a “profound and poetic meditation on the value of living” (Grace M. Cho, author of Tastes Like War), told through Song’s own story of subverting the model minority myth, contending with mental illness, and finding her self-worth by looking within.

Along with a discussion and audience Q&A, Hyeseung will also sign copies of Docile.

RESERVE YOUR SIGNED PAPERBACK EDITION OF DOCILE: MEMOIRS OF A NOT-SO-PERFECT ASIAN GIRL
AVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES

• This is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating. Doors open at 6:30pm.
• Cost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.
• Cost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.
• The talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
• We encourage all guests to wear masks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hyeseung Song is a first-generation Korean American painter and the author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl. Docile has been called a “savagely beautiful memoir” by David Henry Hwang, a “revelation” by Chloé Cooper Jones and was named a “Best Book” by Apple and “Most Anticipated” by Electric Literature, BookRiot and more. Raised in Texas, Song studied philosophy at Princeton and Harvard Universities, and painting at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. A two-time Greenshields award winner, TedX speaker, and resident artist of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico, the Vermont Studio Center and the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program, Song has also taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is at work on her first novel. Song lives in Brooklyn and upstate New York.

ABOUT THE MODERATOR

Patricia Park writes about young Korean American women coming of age. She’s the author of Re Jane, a retelling of Brontë’s Jane Eyre, and the YA novels Imposter Syndrome & Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim and What’s Eating Jackie Oh? She’s written for The New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, and others. She is a professor of creative writing at American University.