Join us for this captivating discussion that uncovers a deeply personal journey of thriving through adversity! Can’t attend in person? Register for virtual participation The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to an insightful discussion with Mimi Kwa, author of the best selling memoir House of Kwa. Kwa, a journalist and news […]
Sponsored by the Asian American Writer's Workshop P&T Knitwear, in conjunction with the Asian American Writer's Workshop, is pleased to welcome Devika Rege to celebrate the U.S. publication of her critically acclaimed debut novel, Quarterlife: a reflective narrative about India’s political pulse and changing value systems circa 2014. Following a mosaic of characters amidst a […]
Join us for a conversation with Julia Flynn Siler, author of “The White Devil’s Daughters: The Women Who Fought Slavery in San Francisco’s Chinatown”. The book is a revelatory history of the trafficking of young Asian girls that flourished in San Francisco during the first century of Chinese immigration (1848-1943) and the “safe house” on the […]
Join us for a special event featuring Hua Hsu – author of the 2024–2025 NYU Reads selection, Stay True – in conversation with Provost Georgina Dopico. NYU Reads, sponsored by the Office of the Provost, brings the NYU community together around a common reading, chosen by a committee made up of faculty, student, and staff representatives. Through both large- and small-scale events, the […]
Connie Chung speaks about her memoir with biographer and historian Walter Isaacson. In her first memoir, the trailblazing journalist delves into her storied career as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated television news industry. Pre-order your copy of Connie: A Memoir and get your free ticket now! Connie Chung is […]
Join us for a celebration of writer Zara Chowdhary's memoir The Lucky Ones, in conversation with Nur Nasreen Ibrahim! Join AAWW in-person and online for a celebration of Zara Chowdhary's memoir The Lucky Ones! Zara will be joined by journalist, television producer, and writer Nur Nasreen Ibrahim. In 2002, Zara Chowdhary is sixteen years old […]
Join Dr. Poon and award-winning journalist Kimmy Yam as they discuss race relations and inequality, affirmative action, and diversity and nuances of the Asian American experience. No RSVP required. Book, Asian American is Not a Color by Dr. OiYan A. Poon: A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race […]
Join Asian American Writers' Workshop and Reorienting Reads to share space for a bicoastal evening! Join Asian American Writers' Workshop and Reorienting Reads to share space for a luminous bicoastal evening of connection and kinship, uplifting our trans, intersex, non-binary, and gender expansive communities. We'll be joined in person and through the ether by Ally […]
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover how to bring the vibrant flavors of Indonesian cuisine into your own kitchen! Can’t attend in person? Register for virtual participation The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) cordially invites you to an insightful discussion with acclaimed food writer and cookbook author Patricia Tanumihardja, as she explores her latest […]
Trailblazing journalist Connie Chung tells all in her witty and insightful debut memoir. From iconic interviews to behind-the-scenes showdowns, Connie tracks a groundbreaking career of tenacious reporting, following Chung from local TV to the world stage as the first Asian woman to break into an overwhelmingly white, male-dominated industry. In conversation with Andy Cohen (Watch What Happens Live with […]
Rumaan Alam comes to the Thalia Book Club for an in-depth discussion of his first book since the highly lauded Leave the World Behind. Taut and unsettling, Entitlement is a provocative, propulsive novel about the American imagination that explores the seductive distortions of money. In conversation with Vinson Cunningham (Great Expectations), and featuring a reading from the novel by Tony nominee Crystal […]
Join Yu & Me Books at New Design High School to celebrate the paperback launch of Same Bed Different Dreams with author, Ed Park! In conversation with Ava Chin ABOUT THE BOOK A wild, sweeping novel that imagines an alternate secret history of Korea and the traces it leaves on the present—loaded with assassins and […]