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SUMMARY:Filipino Canadian Book Festival: Across the Page\, Across Canada: A Community Reading and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual community reading and conversation celebrating Filipino Canadian literature and diasporic storytelling.\n\n\nFacilitated by award-winning Filipino Canadian author Renato Gandia\, this special gathering brings together authors Clarissa Trinidad Gonzalez\, Chris Gatchalian and Mark Sy for readings and a thoughtful discussion about migration\, faith\, memory\, sexuality and belonging. \nRecently named the first Filipino recipient of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers and winner of the Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize from PRISM international\, Gandia’s work offers a powerful meditation on the complexities of identity\, history and home. \nThrough featured readings and an open discussion\, we will reflect on how writing can connect communities across distance\, hold complicated histories and create space for recognition\, tenderness and possibility. \nTime: 12:30–1:30 p.m. PST\nFormat: Virtual panel with a live audience \nThis event will also be streamed live at the Museum of Vancouver. If you’d like to attend in person\, please RSVP here. To attend virtually\, please RSVP using this page!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/across-the-page-across-canada-a-community-reading-and-discussion/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Book Launch for Catherine Cho's The Devoted with Vanessa Chan
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a release event with acclaimed author Catherine Cho\, discussing her new novel The Devoted. Moderating this discussion is internationally bestselling author Vanessa Chan. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street. \nIn this emotionally transportive literary debut about family and fate\, a young Korean woman becomes entrenched in an infamous crime organization—and the dangerous world she once sought to escape. \n\n\n\nRaised in Hong Kong by their Korean grandmother in a quiet village\, Eunha and her brother Solomon live a sheltered life. Their father is a Dragon Head\, a leader within the infamous criminal organization of the Triads. While their beloved grandmother does her best to shield the children from the constant hum of violence and fear that surrounds their father and his world\, Eunha only has Solomon and their one permitted companion\, a boy named Kai\, for company. \nBut as Eunha grows up and marries into a supposedly respectable Hong Kong family\, the veneer of her careful life begins to crack. When her young son is kidnapped\, she is cast into the city’s criminal underground and back into the orbit of Kai\, now a Dragon Head himself. \nWill Eunha finally give in to the life she has strived so hard to rise above or was her future always fated?\nThe Devoted is at once a sweeping family drama\, a moving account of forbidden love\, and a story about a woman’s determination to choose her own destiny. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCatherine Cho is the acclaimed author of The Devoted and the memoir Inferno. She was shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2020 and shortlisted for the Jhalak Prize. Catherine also runs her own literary agency Paper Literary. Originally from the United States\, she now lives with her family in London. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVanessa Chan is the Malaysian author of internationally bestselling The Storm We Made\, a Good Morning America Book Club Pick\, BBC Radio 2 Book Club pick\, and New York Times Editor’s Choice. The novel\, her first\, will be translated into more than twenty languages worldwide. Her other work has been published in Vogue\, Esquire\, and more.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/catherine-cho-vanessa-chan-the-devoted/
LOCATION:The Strand Bookstore\, 828 Broadway\, New York\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260809T163000
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SUMMARY:From Queens with Love: Writers on the Borough that Inspired Them
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate the World’s Borough Bookshop’s third anniversary\, these native Queens writers will share how growing up here shaped their lives\, writing\, and art. \nAlvin Eng\, author of Our Laundry\, Our Town \nHeather Eng\, author of Double Happiness \nSylvia Chen\, author of Tricky Chopsticks and Sparkles for Sunny \nHeather Eng is a third-generation Chinese American writer who grew up in Queens\, New York. She graduated from Boston University with a journalism degree\, and worked as a newspaper writer\, web editor\, and senior marketing leader in the tech industry. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and daughter. DOUBLE HAPPINESS is her first novel. \nAlvin Eng is a native Queens author/playwright\, songwriter\, educator and performer who is thrilled to be part of a second event at WBB! As a New York Public Library Long-Term Fellow\, he began researching a companion book to his acclaimed memoir\, OUR LAUNDRY\, OUR TOWN: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond. His next book\, BOW’RY BUM: Searching for Grandfather\, Burroughs and Punk\, examines the profound impact of The Opium Wars and opium on the Chinese diaspora in NYC of his grandfather’s generation as well as on the 1970s “heroin chic” punk/counterculture of his own formative years­­. Plays and solo performance works have been seen Off-Broadway\, in Paris\, Hong Kong and Guangzhou\, China. Currently developing a solo acoustic punk raconteur performance piece\, “Here Comes Johnny Yen Again (or How I Kicked Punk).” \nSylvia Chen born and raised in Queens\, New York\, is the award-winning author of picture books Tricky Chopsticks and Sparkles for Sunny: A Lunar New Year Story. She loves crafting picture books that spark kids’ interest in STEAM and creative thinking.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/from-queens-with-love-writers-on-the-borough-that-inspired-them/
LOCATION:The World’s Borough Bookshop\, 34-06 73rd Street\, Queens\, NY\, 11372\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T180000
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SUMMARY:Masters of Sleep Launch Party with Jianan Qian\, Alyssa Asquith & Na Zhong
DESCRIPTION:Come celebrate the launch of Masters of Sleep and Other Stories! \nAccent Editions is delighted to celebrate the publication of Masters of Sleep and Other Stories by Zhu Yue. Please join translators Jianan Qian @jianan_qian and Alyssa Asquith @alyssajasquith \, along with editor Na Zhong @sweetmedicine_nz \, for an evening of conversation exploring Zhu Yue’s uncanny\, witty\, and unforgettable fiction. Together\, they will discuss the collaborative process of translation\, the book’s literary world\, and what it means to bring one of China’s most distinctive contemporary voices to English-language readers. The conversation will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. \nOriginally published in China in 2006\, Zhu’s stories take the reader on a mind-bending\, wildly imaginative journey where eccentric and magical characters embark on quests\, confront paradoxes\, travel to distant planets\, master esoteric arts\, fall in love\, and escape death. \nA gloriously innovative and versatile writer\, Zhu Yue playfully interrogates many so-called “Western” ideals and values: What is the value of invention if it has no practical use? How much of ourselves are we willing to sacrifice for wealth and greatness? And to what extent is a person’s physical existence a sufficient expression of their individuality? \nPoster: Jingyi He
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/masters-of-sleep-launch-party-with-jianan-qian-alyssa-asquith-na-zhong/
LOCATION:Accent Sisters\, 89 5th Ave #702\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260809
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SUMMARY:A K-Birthday Party
DESCRIPTION:How do people celebrate birthdays in Korea? \nJoin us for a special summer program celebrating Korean birthday traditions through story\, art\, and tteok cupcake making. \nAward-winning author and illustrator Hyewon Yum will read her picture book A Spoonful of the Sea (나의 첫 번째 미역국) aloud and share the meaning behind the Korean birthday tradition of eating miyeokguk\, or seaweed soup\, a dish often served on birthdays to honor mothers. Children will then create their own birthday card inspired by her signature illustration style. \nJennifer Ban of Rice Blossoms will lead a hands-on tteok cupcake making session. In Korean culture\, tteok is often shared during celebrations as a symbol of good wishes and togetherness. Each child will decorate two tteok treats with playful toppings drawn from the story. \nA book signing with Hyewon Yum will follow the program. Families are welcome to bring their own copy of A Spoonful of the Sea for signing. \nFriday\, August 7\, 2026\, 4:00–5:30 PM\nSaturday\, August 8\, 2026\, 3:00–4:30 PM
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-k-birthday-party/
LOCATION:Korean Cultural Center New York\, 122 East 32nd Street\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Book Reading,Family Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260806T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Talk | The Hyphenated Life by Dr Han Ren
DESCRIPTION:For readers of Permission to Come Home\, Minor Feelings\, and Pleasure Activism\, an insightful guide for “hyphenates” seeking to better understand themselves and help others understand them\, too. \nWhat does it mean to live a hyphenated life? \nSo many folks are forced to toggle across the multiple layers of who they are\, and across the diverse spaces they occupy. They may be children of immigrants\, 1.5 gen\, of color; they may be disabled\, neurodivergent\, or queer. Regardless of how they identify\, they exist in an in-between space while also trying to fit into the dominant culture. With a foot in multiple worlds\, belonging fully to none\, it can be hard to figure out where they fit in. \nDr. Han Ren\, licensed psychologist and a hyphenate herself\, seeks to offer solutions for those with intersectional identities to fully express who they are in any and every environment. The Hyphenated Life is an intersectional\, inside out excavation of how existing in marginalized bodies affects the ways folks show up in dominant culture and predominantly white spaces. \nOffering tools\, stories\, conversations\, solutions and insights\, this book will resonate with anyone who is navigating the intricacies of their multicultural identity development. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nHan Ren\, PhD\, is a hyphenated professional: licensed clinical and school psychologist\, speaker\, educator\, and content creator. She is also a 1.5-generation Chinese-American immigrant\, neurodivergent mind\, mother\, partner\, and only child. Dr. Ren holds a doctorate in Child Clinical and School Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin\, a Master of Education in Special Education from the University of Houston\, and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Michigan. She was an adjunct professor at UT Austin and a former pre-K special educator. Han lives in Austin\, Texas\, where she co-leads Pivot Psychology Austin\, a group private practice. \nIN CONVERSATION WITH \nKimmy Wu\, MHC\, MA is a NYC-based psychotherapist\, writer\, and founder whose work lives in the hyphenated spaces—between cultures\, identities\, and ways of belonging. Born and raised in Taiwan\, and now rooted in New York City\, she brings an embodied understanding of what it means to hold multiple worlds at once without dissolving the tension between them. Her clinical practice centers on narrative\, relational\, and anti-oppressive frameworks\, with a particular focus on intimacy\, identity\, and the slow work of reclaiming wholeness across fractured contexts. She writes about these themes on her Substack\, Between Living & Dreaming\, and is the founder of Thirdspace\, a relational technology company dedicated to exploring the depth possible in close relationships. She comes to The Hyphenated Life not just as a clinician\, but as someone who has lived the intersections the book highlights—and has spent years helping others find language for it.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-talk-the-hyphenated-life-by-dr-han-ren/
LOCATION:Yu and Me Books\, 44 Mulberry St.\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Mental Health
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260805T193000
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SUMMARY:Emotional Filipinos: The American Myth of the “Lazy Native” and Islamic Separatism in the Philippines
DESCRIPTION:Description: \nJoin NYSEAN and Sulo: The Philippine Studies Initiative at NYU for a talk by George B. Radics\, senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. Dr. Radics will discuss his new book\, Emotional Filipinos The American Myth of the Lazy Native and Islamic Separatism in the Philippines. \nAbout the Book: \nEmotional Filipinos documents how in the first half of the twentieth century\, the United States attempted to build a colony in the Philippines in its own image—one fraught with racist notions of what it means to be civilized\, developed\, and worthy of self-rule. I argue that these imported notions of race and modernity left a profound imprint on the nation. Moreover\, with the menacing rise of Islamic “terrorism\,” political polarization\, populism\, xenophobia\, and isolationism\, conventional wisdom has attributed this rise to a “failed state” or economic insecurity and cultural backlash. In this book\, I explore emotions as a driving force behind social action. The Philippines is currently experiencing the longest-running Muslim-Christian conflict in the modern world and an increasingly anti-Western populist government. By unpacking the role of emotions from the American colonial period to the present\, my book blurs the line between American colonizer and Muslim-Filipino “terrorist\,” highlighting the lasting effects of America’s footprint in Southeast Asia.  My book is the culmination of over two decades of engagement with the Philippines and its southern islands of Mindanao.  It provides an analytical sociology of race and emotion lens\, borne out of the Global South\, to study other emerging conflicts throughout the world. \nTo hear more about the book\, listen to Dr. Radics’s podcast episode with the New Books Network\, a NYSEAN Partner. \nAbout the Speaker: \nGeorge B. Radics is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at the National University of Singapore. After receiving his PhD in sociology from the National University of Singapore (NUS)\, he earned a juris doctor with a concentration in Asian law from the University of Washington and worked for the Supreme Court of Guam for two years. He is also a member of the New York Bar. His work involves the judicial system\, notions of justice\, human rights\, minorities\, and comparative legal studies\, and his articles have been published in Columbia Human Rights Law Review\, Journal of Human Rights\, Current Sociology\, and Philippine Sociological Review. \nRegistration: \nTo attend the event in person\, please register here.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/emotional-filipinos-the-american-myth-of-the-lazy-native-and-islamic-separatism-in-the-philippines/
LOCATION:NYU Wagner – Lafayette Conference Room\, Floor 2\, 105 East 17th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260723T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Unfinished Business by Clare Osongco
DESCRIPTION:In this funny\, warmly chaotic novel\, a floundering office worker discovers her mother’s ghost is trapped in the company Slack server\, and must free her by resolving her own troubled love life. \nA few months ago\, Ruby Ocampo’s mother\, Adela\, died at her desk at work. Now\, lost and driven by a misplaced sense of obligation\, Ruby’s taken a job at the megacorporation where Adela worked for decades—and\, to her horror\, she discovers her mother’s ghost is trapped in the company Slack. \nRuby has never lived up to her mother’s expectations in life\, but to set her free\, she’ll have to resolve Adela’s unfinished business. She makes a list of all the ways she could live more like her mother would have wanted\, covering everything from her stunted career to her love life (#5 on the list: date someone in a higher tax bracket!). Soon her quest to free Adela gets Ruby entangled with two men at the office who might be able to help: the estranged childhood friend her mom never approved of—who’s the only one she can confide in about this supernatural crisis—and the hot but vaguely sinister junior executive who’s been paying her a confusing amount of attention. \nIn order to give her mom a chance at the afterlife\, Ruby must address her shortcomings one by one—and reevaluate her inherited ideas about love\, work\, and what’s truly important along the way. \n\nABOUT THE AUTHORS\n\n\n\n\nClare Osongco is a mixed Filipino American author living in Los Angeles who likes to write about falling in love\, messy family relationships\, and ghosts. She is also the author of the young adult romance Midnights With You.\n\n\n\n\n\nIN CONVERSATION WITH\n\nLauren Kung Jessen is the bestselling and critically acclaimed author of Lunar Love\, Red String Theory\, Yin Yang Love Song\, The Fortune Flip\, and The Santa Claus Con. Her rom-coms are filled with big feelings and lots of food. She writes the Substack “Important Nothings” and lives in New York City.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-launch-unfinished-business-by-clare-osongco/
LOCATION:Yu and Me Books\, 44 Mulberry St.\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260626T210000
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SUMMARY:SOLD OUT! - Potluck Asian America Presents: Dinner & Book Talk with Artist/Illustrator Ria Sim
DESCRIPTION:$25 Tickets (includes a copy of her book)\nDinner & Book Talk with Artist Ria Sim\, Author of “Dear New York\, I Love You”\nJoin us for an evening with illustrator Ria Sim (@coffeecakescafe)\, who will discuss her art book\, Dear New York\, I Love You: An Artist’s Celebration of the City\, which celebrates New York’s colorful streets\, classic haunts\, and simple pleasures. \nRia sees the best in the city. She’s moved by the simplicity of the buildings against the sky\, a single flower on a not-so-clean sidewalk\, and the ever-rotating\, meticulously curated decorations adorning a brownstone in the West Village. She draws everything from strangers’ doorsteps and snow-covered yellow cabs\, as well as historic landmarks like the Stonewall Inn to newer\, beloved institutions such as Spongies Cafe in Chinatown. \nIn addition to the discussion\, admission includes a hardcover copy of her book Dear New York\, I Love You: An Artist’s Celebration of the City that Ria can sign\, as well as a buffet dinner featuring the famously delicious\, light\, and airy Hong Kong-style paper-wrapped spongecakes in a wide array of original and special flavors from one of the inspirations behind her drawings: Spongies Cafe! \n \nThe event location will be held in the Flatiron/Union Square area in Manhattan and shared only with confirmed RSVPs. \nAbout Ria Sim: Ria is a self-taught illustrator and is the creator of the popular Instagram account @coffeecakescafe. She was born in Indonesia and lived in the Bay Area after her family immigrated from China. In 2022\, Ria moved to New York City.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/potluck-asian-america-presents-dinner-book-talk-with-artist-illustrator-ria-sim/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Art,Author Interview,Book
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260622T203000
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Ruth Ozeki: The Typing Lady (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Booker Prize finalist and award-winning author of The Book of Form and Emptiness Ruth Ozeki returns for a reading from her dazzling debut story collection\, The Typing Lady. \nDiving into the depths of childhood ambition\, youthful desire\, midlife reinvention and the unsparing clarity of old age\, Ruth Ozeki’s new collection brings us into eleven singular\, richly imagined worlds and cements her as a writer at the height of her powers. A college student falls for her professor and learns to transmute longing into language. A disquieted husband watches as the ghost of his wife’s ambition roams the woods outside their home. A long-deceased Beat poet hijacks the mind of a young publishing assistant and rails against the state of modern literature. Intimate\, expansive\, and deeply philosophically engaged\, Ozeki uncovers the human drive to record ourselves in language — and how language\, over time\, records us in return. \nIn a revelatory evening of reading and conversation about the stories we tell ourselves\, the stories we abandon\, and the stories we become\, hear Ozeki discuss the art of writing and the lives — real and imagined — that shape us.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/author-talk-ruth-ozeki-the-typing-lady-hybrid/
LOCATION:92nd Street Y (92NY / 92Y)\, 1395 Lexington Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10128\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260618T200000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Sisters of a Halved Heart by Nayantara Roy with Dani Shapiro
DESCRIPTION:ABOUT THE BOOK \nThe electric story of two sisters and an unthinkable betrayal. \nMira Guhathakurta is a poetry editor at a distinguished literary magazine in New York\, a dream job that has given her nearly everything she’s always wanted. And then she reconnects with Jack from college—kind\, funny\, intelligent Jack—and suddenly Mira feels as if she might have found her soulmate. They’ve woven their lives together so thoroughly; all that remains is for Jack to meet her family: her beloved father and dear sister Joy. But when Joy commits an unthinkable act of betrayal\, the sisters are impossibly fractured and their father’s heart is broken. As the sisters navigate their tumultuous relationship and Mira starts over\, it turns out that Joy isn’t the only one who has been—or continues to be—dishonest. \nIn a propulsive story of love and passion and the ultimate pull of family\, Sisters of a Halved Heart examines the lengths we will go to in order to make our own narratives of love work out\, the lies we tell ourselves\, and the ways in which the truth\, often right in front of you\, can be impossible to see.\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR\n\n\n\n\nNayantara Roy’s debut novel\, The Magnificent Ruins\, was a New York Times Editor’s Choice novel of 2024\, an LA Times Editor’s Pick\, a Washington Post Best Book\, a People Magazine Best Book and an Apple best debut among others. The book is currently being adapted for television.  In 2018\, Roy won the Rick DeMarinis Short Story Prize for her short story\, “8C.” Her plays have been performed internationally\, in the UK and India. By day\, she is the Senior Vice President of Television at Sandbox Entertainment where she acquires and develops original scripted series. She was born in Kolkata and now lives in Los Angeles.\n\n\n\n\n\nIN CONVERSATION WITH\n\nDani Shapiro is the author of eleven books\, and the host and creator of the hit podcast Family Secrets. Her most recent novel\, Signal Fires\, was named a best book of 2022 by NPR\, Time Magazine\, Washington Post\, Amazon\, and others\, and was a national bestseller. Her most recent memoir\, Inheritance\, was an instant New York Times Bestseller\, and named a best book of 2019 by Elle\, Vanity Fair\, Wired\, and Real Simple. Both Signal Fires and Inheritance were winners of the National Jewish Book Award. Dani’s work has been published in fourteen languages and she’s currently developing Signal Fires and Inheritance for feature film adaptation. Dani’s book on the process and craft of writing\, Still Writing\, was recently reissued on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. She occasionally teaches workshops and retreats\, and is the co-founder of the Sirenland Writers Conference in Positano\, Italy.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-launch-sisters-of-a-halved-heart-by-nayantara-roy-with-dani-shapiro/
LOCATION:Yu and Me Books\, 44 Mulberry St.\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260608T200000
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SUMMARY:Daniel Squadron with Zohran Mamdani: The Fourth Branch
DESCRIPTION:In his new book\, The Fourth Branch\, Daniel Squadron—co-founder of The States Project\, an initiative that organizes support for state legislatures\, and former New York State Senator—argues that the real site of change\, and the greatest opportunity for impact\, lies closer to home. The Fourth Branch explores the role that state legislatures play in shaping everyday life\, and the roles that we can play in impacting our state legislatures. For nearly every major issue—from climate change and minimum wage to reproductive rights—there are crucial actions that citizens can take to make lasting\, concrete change. \nIn conversation with Mayor Zohran Mamdani\, Squadron discusses the power of state government and how to participate meaningfully in American democracy today.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/daniel-squadron-with-zohran-mamdani-the-fourth-branch/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,Politics,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T203000
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SUMMARY:AAWW & The Strand Present: Isabel J. Kim + Jinwoo Chong
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a release event with award-winning short fiction writer Isabel J. Kim\, discussing her debut book SUBLIMATION.\n\n\nHeralded as “one of the best debuts of the year” by SFF legend John Scalzi\, this thrilling novel imagines a world where crossing a border splits you into two lives\, and characters must confront what they owe to their other selves. \nModerating this discussion is award winning author Jinwoo Chong. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store’s 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street. \nThis event is co-presented with the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. For more information\, please visit their website at aaww.org. \n  \nCan’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of Sublimation here. \n  \nACCESSIBILITY: \nStrand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator. \nASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at events@strandbooks.com by May 19 to request. \nPlease ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred. \nFor further information on accessibility in this space\, or to make a request\, please contact events@strandbooks.com \n——————————————————————— \nDoppelgangers\, corporate intrigue\, heartbreak\, betrayal\, and the harsh permanence of the border: Sublimation is a thrilling and provocative debut for fans of Severance that asks what you’d sacrifice for a different life from award-winning author Isabel J. Kim. \nThe border cuts you in two. \nWhen you immigrate\, you leave a copy of yourself behind\, an instance. One person enters their new country; the other stays trapped at home. \nSome instances keep in touch\, call each other daily\, keep their lives and minds in sync in the hopes of reintegrating and resuming a life as one person. Others\, like Soyoung Rose Kang\, leave home at ten years old and never speak to their other selves again. Rose\, in America\, never imagined going back to Korea until her grandfather died and her Korean instance called her home for the funeral. \nShe doesn’t know that Soyoung plans to steal her body and her life.\nHow far would you go to live the choice you didn’t make? \n\n\n\nFor over 30 years\, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) has been dedicated to publishing and amplifying Asian American literary culture. Operating from a radically inclusive ethos\, AAWW expands the definition not only of who is a writer\, but also of who is Asian American. Through a robust and diverse lineup of programming\, AAWW serves as a vital sanctuary space for writers and readers alike. \n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Amanda Silberling \nIsabel J. Kim lives near New York City in an apartment filled with books and swords. She is the author of numerous short stories and has won the Nebula\, Locus\, and the Shirley Jackson Award. Her work has been translated into multiple languages and reprinted in multiple best of the year anthologies. When she’s not writing\, she’s practicing law or podcasting. Sublimation is her first novel. \n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Kristen Fedor \nJinwoo Chong is the author of I Leave It Up to You and the novel Flux\, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway and VCU Cabell First Novel awards\, a New York Times Editors’ Choice\, and named a best book of the year by Esquire\, GQ\, and Cosmopolitan. His short stories and other work have appeared in The Southern Review\, Guernica\, The Rumpus\, LitHub\, Chicago Quarterly Review\, and Electric Literature. He lives in New York.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/aaww-the-strand-present-isabel-j-kim-jinwoo-chong/
LOCATION:Strand Book Store\, 828 Broadway\, Third Floor\, Rare Books Room\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260603T193000
DTSTAMP:20260529T173149Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Madelyn Postman – Staring into the Sun
DESCRIPTION:The Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to an engaging conversation with writer Madelyn Postman on her debut book Staring into the Sun: Stories from a Chinese American Family 1895–2015\, a vivid work that interweaves memoir with the true histories of her Chinese American ancestors.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-talks-with-madelyn-postman-staring-into-the-sun/
LOCATION:215 Centre St\, New York\, NY 10013\, USA\, 215 Centre St\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260519T170000
DTSTAMP:20260513T194306Z
CREATED:20260513T194306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T194306Z
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SUMMARY:Like a Wave We Break: A Fireside Chat with Jane Chen
DESCRIPTION:Join Like a Wave We Break: A Fireside Chat with Jane Chen moderated by Karen Choi. In her best-selling memoir\, Like a Wave We Break\, Jane chronicles the rise of Embrace Global—the company she co-founded that has helped save over one million babies. When the organization nearly collapsed after a decade\, she was forced to confront how growing up amid domestic violence had shaped both her deep commitment to serving the most vulnerable—and the burnout and personal breakdown that followed. \nTaking place during Mental Health Awareness Month and AANHPI Heritage Month\, the discussion will explore themes of mental health and cultural stigma often experienced within the AANHPI community\, resilience\, preventing burnout\, and what it means to rebuild after breaking. We hope you’ll join us for an honest and meaningful dialogue rooted in reflection\, healing\, and collective strength. \nTickets \nFree – General Admission; \n$50 – General Admission + Signed Book + Donation to Womankind
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/like-a-wave-we-break-a-fireside-chat-with-jane-chen/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260514T170000
DTSTAMP:20260514T155231Z
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SUMMARY:Book: Reciprocity: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarity with the Earth
DESCRIPTION:Reciprocity: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarity with the Earth will create a space dedicated to illuminating\, unpacking\, and strengthening understandings of cross-racial feminist connections as a tool for environmental and food justice. You will explore hands-on practices and healing modalities\, from gardening and composting to mutual aid and herbalism\, with contributors of the anthology We Are Each Other’s Liberation: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities (Haymarket Books\, 2025) and other practitioners in these spaces in order to facilitate deeper engagement within these intersections. The program will include a reading from the book\, panel discussion\, and nature walk. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \nSpeakers include:\nRosa Bordallo is a farmer advocate\, musician\, and native of Guåhan in the Mariånas. She currently resides in upstate NY on unceded land of the Oneida and Kanienʼkehá꞉ka peoples. Rosa credits her Chamorro upbringing for her commitment to political and cultural agitation and to Indigenous sovereignty and decolonial futures. Her essay\, “The Breadfruit Does Not Fall Far from the Tree” appears in the anthology\, We Are Each Other’s Liberation: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities (Haymarket Books). She has released several albums and EPs as a solo artist and previously wrote and performed music as her alter ego\, Manett. \nEman Rashid is a Palestinian-American educator who teaches about Native American and endangered plants and wildlife. She’s also a media consultant with 10+ years in press rooms. A West Bank Native\, Eman now organizes across the nation for Palestinian dignity through Indigenous land stewardship\, education and activism across generations. \nTaylor Rae of Raeflower Holistics is an herbalist\, archivist\, and clayworker who is passionate about rekindling the land relationships of herself and her communities. After earning a B.A in Environmental Science from Northwestern University with a research concentration in pollination biology\, Taylor craved connection with land that cracked open the restrictive parameters set by western academia and offered space for reciprocity\, remembering\, and collaboration. Through her land practices\, Taylor aims to tell the stories of her lineage\, create safety in holistic care spaces\, combat the oppressive structures\, and support community in finding respite in the land once again. \nPista (any pronouns) is a queer South Asian herbalist\, educator and organizer currently based on occupied Lenapehoking land in so-called Queens\, NY. After many years of working in the tech industry\, Pista began composting at the start of the pandemic to re-center mutuality & living connections. Pista works now to compost systems\, beliefs & ideas that no longer serve communities in order to rebirth futures of greater reciprocity and care through connecting ancestral Earthwork with abolition. \nThis event is hosted by late-bloomer.info\, a community gardener\, cultural organizer\, and co-editor of the anthology We Are Each Other’s Liberation. There will be a limited number of copies of the anthology available for sliding scale donation ($10-25 suggested). \nAccessibility Notes:\nThis event is being held at an outdoor community space with uneven grounds that are not easily traversable with wheelchairs or other walking devices. There no on-site bathroom\, and the nearest publicly accessible restroom is at a grocery store on the corner. Please plan accordingly and practice recommended public health measures including masking (especially those with respiratory or immune issues)\, testing negative pre-event\, and staying home if you feel unwell or have symptoms. \nThis project is a part of the What Can We Do? artist grant program\, presented by Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) and is supported by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. Special thanks to Council Members Christopher Marte and Sandra Ung. Programs serving cross-cultural solidarity and the Palestinian community are funded through a grant from the Ford Foundation for Social Justice. \n\n\n\nSt. John’s Place Renaissance Garden\n1642 St Johns Place\nBrooklyn\, NY 11233
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-reciprocity-black-and-asian-feminist-solidarity-with-the-earth/
LOCATION:St. John’s Place Renaissance Garden\, 1642 St Johns Place\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11233\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T140000
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SUMMARY:Rewriting Our Narratives: Asian American Power Moves in Law & TV - The Partner Track Case
DESCRIPTION:Join us on May 6 for lunch at Tempo by Hilton Times Square for Rewriting Our Narratives\, a compelling panel discussion exploring the influence of Asian Americans in media and the legal profession. The conversation will spotlight The Partner Track\, the acclaimed Netflix series based on Helen Wan’s novel\, which boldly depicts the challenges faced by Asian American women navigating corporate law. \nPanelists include Helen Wan (Author of The Partner Track\, Now on Netflix)\, Micheal Binns (IP Law Foundation Trustee and Co-Founder of ADAPT.legal)\, Ashley Cheung (Principal & Founder\, VPG\, Podcaster and Author)\, and Maddy Batliboi (Board Co-Chair\, Womankind AKA New York Asian Women’s Center) will share insights on representation\, identity\, and systemic change. This conversation will be guided by moderator Dawn Yu (Cross-Border IP Strategist\, JiaQuan IP Law).
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/rewriting-our-narratives-asian-american-power-moves-in-law-tv-the-partner-track-case/
LOCATION:Tempo by Hilton New York Times Square\, 1568 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Television
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: In Celebration of Abundance
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Hafeez Lakhani’s Abundance\, featuring Victor Suthammanont!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Hafeez Lakhani’s Abundance\, featuring Victor Suthammanont! \n_ \nIn suburban Miami\, sixty-year-old Sakeena—co-owner of a Dunkin’ franchise along with her husband\, Ramzan—has nine months to live unless she consents to an organ transplant. Thirty years ago\, at Ramzan’s behest\, she left her beloved Rawalpindi\, India\, for the United States. In the years that followed\, she compromised her belief in naseeb\, the Muslim notion of destiny\, and acquiesced to fertility treatments. This time\, she is adamant that she should live as intended—without medical intervention. As her health deteriorates\, Ramzan desperately seeks to reunite their grown children with the hope of convincing Sakeena to extend her life. \nBut there are complications. Eldest daughter Fareen is consumed by an important business deal that\, if successful\, will land her a highly desired (and lucrative) promotion. Meanwhile\, youngest son Adnan is living abroad and unable to return to the States due to his own unscrupulous business practices\, a pattern stretching back to his adolescence. If they have any hope of saving their mother’s life\, the siblings must take extraordinary action to wrestle with their life choices\, actions that reveal the always-present tension between ambition and fate. \nBrought to life by prose that captures the spirit of contemporary Miami as effortlessly as it conveys the challenges of running a Dunkin’ franchise\, Abundance is a beautiful\, moving read from an exciting new American voice. \nHafeez Lakhani was born in Hyderabad\, India\, and raised in suburban South Florida. His fiction and essays have appeared in Crazyhorse\, Exposition Review\, Salt Hill Journal\, Tikkun\, The Cortland Review\, and The Southern Review\, among other publications. He has received fellowships from PEN America and the Center for Fiction\, has been recognized twice with a Notable Essay in Best American Essays\, and has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. \nVictor Suthammanont is a lawyer and author. Hollow Spaces is his debut novel. He lives in New York City. \n_ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITY \nAt AAWW\, the safety and comfort of our community is our top priority. We invite you to practice intentionality and care in your behavior and language when engaging with our programs and with each other. Violence of any kind\, including but not limited to racism\, sexism\, homophobia\, transphobia\, ableism\, ageism\, class or casteism\, bigotry or bias toward religion or faith\, or any action or assault against marginalized identities\, is not tolerated. Those who bring harm to our community in person or online are not welcome\, and will be asked to exit the space. \nWe are located on the 9th floor of 18 W 21st Street (between 6th and 5th Avenues)\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-abundance/
LOCATION:Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260506T203000
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Pages: How Ashley Lam bridges corporate success and cultural legacy through storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Ashley Lam is an Executive Director at BNP Paribas\, with 15 years of experience in financial technology\, compliance\, and operational risk. She’s also the author of Wrapped with Love: Wonton Noodle Day with Grandma—a debut children’s picture book she created for her daughter and her mother\, all while raising three kids and without a publishing background. \nAshley didn’t write the book to change careers. She wrote it because the story she wanted to give her daughter didn’t exist yet. \nThis isn’t your average book talk; think of it as a live YouTube podcast with a business edge. To help tell Ashley’s story\, Sabeen Khan will lead the conversation. With a background in tech investment banking at Bank of America\, her own history of bold creative leaps as a beauty/wellness/tech startup co-founder and narrative builder at Refinery29\, Sabeen knows how to peel back the layers of Ashley’s personal and professional journey.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/beyond-the-pages-how-ashley-lam-bridges-corporate-success-and-cultural-legacy-through-storytelling/
LOCATION:Manhattan NYC – to be disclosed after registering
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260501T190000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: Kat Cho with June Tan and Swati Teerdhala
DESCRIPTION:Local bestselling author Kat Cho launches Gods & Comics with a special panel discussion to kickoff AANHPI month\, for ages 12 and up!\n\n\nBook Launch (and Panel Discussion): Kat Cho presents Gods & Comics\nIn conversation with June Tan and Swati Teerdhala \nLocal New York Times and international bestselling author Kat Cho (the Gumiho duology and Once Upon a K-Prom) launches Gods & Comics at Greenlight\, with a special panel to kickoff Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander month\, for ages 12 and up! Returning with a fresh contemporary\, fantasy romance\, Gods & Comics follows a teen whose life is upended when the gods in her anonymous viral web comic\, inspired by a forgotten Korean myth\, come to life and the hero falls in love with her. Literary peers June Tan\, the critically acclaimed\, bestselling author of the Darker By Four duology and Jade Fire Gold; and Swati Teerdhala\, local author of Maya in Multicolor and The Tiger at Midnight trilogy\, join Cho for a discussion\, before an audience Q&A and signing!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-launch-kat-cho-with-june-tan-and-swati-teerdhala/
LOCATION:Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene\, 686 Fulton Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260430T194500
DTSTAMP:20260428T160039Z
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SUMMARY:Book Event: Mother Dearest: Understanding our Mothers
DESCRIPTION:A conversation will traverse three countries to explore the most fundamental relationship of all: mother and child.\n\n\nMother Dearest: Understanding our Mothers\nAll PEN World Voices Festival tickets are non-refundable. Please confirm the time and location of your event before finalizing your purchase. \nAs much as we are shaped by mothers\, they too are shaped by their times and social milieu. \nIn three new books\, Abdellah Taïa\, Gish Jen\, and Molly Jong-Fast grapple with their mothers and the complexity of those difficult and loving relationships. In Living in Your Light (tr. Emma Ramadan)\, Taïa follows three moments in the life of Malika\, a Moroccan countrywoman and fictionalized version of his mother\, from 1954 to 1999. In Bad Bad Girl\, Jen blends autofiction and memoir to trace her mother’s life from her birth in Shanghai in 1924 in an attempt to understand why her mother was so hard on her. Jong-Fast’s memoir How to Lose Your Mother follows a year in the author’s life as she navigates her mother’s dementia and looks back on her sometimes chaotic childhood as the daughter of a celebrity mother. \nModerated by Dalia Azim (Country of Origin)\, this conversation will traverse Morocco\, Shanghai\, and 1970s New York City to explore the most fundamental relationship of all: mother and child. \n\n\nThe 2026 PEN World Voices Festival is a celebration of world literature and free expression. The 2026 edition will be the 21st World Voices Festival. Over four days\, over 140 writers from over 40 countries will be featured in engaging talks\, panels\, readings\, and activations in New York City and greater Los Angeles. \n\n\nACCESSIBILITY:\nThis space is ADA compliant. A street level accessible entrance is located on 12th street. \nASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our Box Office team at publicprograms@pen.org by April 15th to request. \nPlease ask a Box Office Attendant or festival representative upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred. \nFor further information on accessibility in this space\, or to make a request\, please contact publicprograms@pen.org
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/mother-dearest-understanding-our-mothers/
LOCATION:The Church of the Village\, 201 West 13th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10011\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260429T200000
DTSTAMP:20260424T122503Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Jimin Han: Dreamt I Found You w/ Marie Myung-Ok Lee (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:” inspired outing from Han…It’s an engrossing story of the power of family and true love.” —Publishers Weekly\n\n\nEvent guidelines: \n\nEach ticket will include either a copy of the featured book or a $10 Books Are Magic gift card.\nAdditional copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.\nA signing will follow the talk.\nHome address is collected for contact tracing purposes; it will not be used otherwise.\nThe event will also be livestreamed for free here: https://youtube.com/live/_Amck32bCXg\nAs a reminder: If you are not feeling well\, please do not come to the event\, even if you have a ticket; email us and we’ll work it out.\n\nIf you have any questions regarding these guidelines or to request accessibility accommodations\, please contact eventhelp@booksaremagic.net. \n  \nFrom the critically acclaimed author of The Apology comes a contemporary retelling of Korea’s Romeo & Juliet\, as the cousin of the star-crossed lovers helps them avoid a tragic fate. \nWhen Dahee Shin was nine years old\, she made a promise to protect her favorite cousin\, Channing\, who has always been like a sister to her. Now\, at thirty\, Dahee has found herself in a Korean American community in a New England beach town\, once more running to the rescue of her debt-ridden relative. Ever the idealist\, Channing—who has spent her life haunted by the tragic story of Chunhyang and Mongryong\, Korea’s parallel Romeo & Juliet—has fallen in love with Minjae Oh\, all the while fending off the advances of powerful\, manipulative Kent Cho\, a local politician. As Channing and Minjae’s romance blossoms\, and as Kent’s suspicion and obsession grow\, Dahee begins to realize that it may be up to her to make sure her cousin and beloved escape Chunhyang and Mongryong’s doomed end. \nFor fans of Hello Beautiful\, Dreamt I Found You is a wondrous\, tender retelling of Korea’s most classic love story\, steeped in the travails of a rigid class system\, the power of premonition\, and shot through with Korean folklore and magic. \nJimin Han was born in Seoul\, South Korea\, and grew up in Providence\, Rhode Island; Dayton\, Ohio; and Jamestown\, New York. She is the author of A Small Revolution and The Apology. She has written for NPR’s Weekend America\, Poets and Writers Magazine\, Catapult Magazine\, Platypus Press\, and Citric Acid Literary Journal\, among others. She teaches at Sarah Lawrence College and Pace University\, as well as at community writing centers. She lives outside New York City. \nMarie Myung-Ok Lee is the author of the novel The Evening Hero. A cofounder of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, she is also on the board of the National Book Critics Circle and teaches fiction at Columbia University.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-store-jimin-han-dreamt-i-found-you-w-marie-myung-ok-lee/
LOCATION:Books Are Magic Montague\, 122 Montague Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T193000
DTSTAMP:20260408T204613Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: Strangers in the Land: Exclusion\, Belonging\, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America
DESCRIPTION:Strangers in the Land: Exclusion\, Belonging\, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America\nJoin us for a book reading by Michael Luo in conversation with Kat Chow\, with welcoming remarks by Qin Gao\, Acting Director of the Asian American Initiative.\nIn Strangers in the Land\, award-winning journalist Michael Luo tells the story of a people who\, beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century\, migrated by the tens of thousands to a distant land they called Gum Shan—Gold Mountain. Americans initially welcomed these Chinese arrivals\, but\, as their numbers grew\, horrific episodes of racial terror erupted on the Pacific coast. Federal lawmakers enacted legislation aimed at excluding Chinese laborers from the country\, the first time the United States barred a people based on their race. The Chinese became the country’s earliest undocu­mented immigrants: hounded\, counted\, suspected\, surveilled. \nToday there are more than twenty-two million people of Asian descent in the United States and yet the “stranger” label\, Luo writes\, remains. Drawing on archives from across the country and written with style and sweep\, Strangers in the Land is a revelatory and unforgettable American story. \n\nMICHAEL LUO is an executive editor at The New Yorker and writes regularly for the magazine on politics\, religion\, and Asian American issues. He joined The New Yorker in 2016. Before that\, he spent thirteen years at the New York Times\, as a metro reporter\, national correspondent\, and investigative reporter and editor. He is a recipient of a George Polk Award and a Livingston Award for Young Journalists. \nKAT CHOW is a journalist\, writer and the author of Seeing Ghosts: A Memoir (Grand Central Publishing)\, named a Notable Book by The New York Times and a finalist for the Connecticut Book Award. She is currently the Newsday/Laventhol Visiting Assistant Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/strangers-in-the-land/
LOCATION:Columbia University (Pulitzer Hall)\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Non AAARI Events
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SUMMARY:A Celebration of Arab American Poetry | Readings by Maha Hashwi\, Ghinwa Jawhari\, Lawrence Joseph\, and Kamelya Omayma Youssef (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:​Join SNFL and the Radius of Arab American Writers (RAWI) for a celebration of Arab American Heritage Month and National Poetry Month\, with readings by Maha Hashwi\, Ghinwa Jawhari\, Lawrence Joseph\, and Kamelya Omayma Youssef. \nThis event will take place in person and online at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor. \nTo honor the rich poetic tradition of Arab American literature\, poets Maha Hashwi\, Ghinwa Jawhari\, Lawrence Joseph\, and Kamelya Omayma Youssef will read from and discuss their work. This event is hosted in partnership with RAWI\, founded in 1993 as the Radius of Arab American Writers. \nTo join the event in person | Doors will open 30 minutes before the program begins. For free events\, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance\, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time\, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program. \nTo view the livestream | Whether you’re attending in person or online\, you must register with your email address. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet/cellular connection to view the livestream. \nABOUT THE POETS \nMaha Hashwi is a storyteller and spoken word poet. She is unapologetic in her identities as a Muslim and Arab woman. Her debut poetry collection\, The Pomegranate Is a Grenade\, will be published September 2026. She hosts a writing workshop in NYC called Anyone Can Write encouraging all to put pen to paper. Maha has attended Aspen Institute’s Summer Words Writers Conference in Poetry and Tin House’s Winter Workshop. She grew up in Dearborn\, Michigan and now lives in New York City. \nGhinwa Jawhari is a Lebanese American writer from Cleveland\, based in Brooklyn. She is a recipient of fellowships from Kundiman and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. Her fiction\, poetry\, and essays appear in Prairie Schooner\, The Adroit Journal\, Al Rawiya\, Rusted Radishes\, and elsewhere. Her chapbook BINT (2021) was selected by Aria Aber for Radix Media’s Own Voices Chapbook Prize. \nBorn in Detroit\, Lawrence Joseph is the grandson of Lebanese and Syrian immigrants\, who were among the first Arab Americans in Detroit in the early years of the twentieth century. He is the author of many books of poems\, most recently A Certain Clarity: Selected Poems (Farrar\, Straus and Giroux\, 2020)\, and two books of prose\, Lawyerland\, a nonfiction novel (FSG\, 1997)\, and The Game Changed: Essays and Other Prose (University of Michigan Press\, 2011). His new book of poems\, Precisely Now\, will be published by FSG in September 2026. Among his awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, and New York State Council on the Arts. He is a retired Professor of Law at St. John’s University School of Law and lives in New York City. \nKamelya Omayma Youssef is the author of A book with a hole in it\, which won the Arab American Book Award for Poetry in 2023 and Wendy’s Subway’s Carolyn Bush Award in 2020. She is a text and performance worker who works\, teaches\, edits\, and organizes events in Detroit\, NY\, etc. Her work has appeared in Apogee\, Mizna\, Sukoon\, AAWW’s The Margins\, Poem-a-Day\, and elsewhere. Currently\, she is an Artist-at-Work in partnership with The Office Arts\, and she is curating events and the microresidency at City of Asylum-Detroit. Her second book is forthcoming soon with 1080press. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-celebration-of-arab-american-poetry-readings-by-maha-hashwi-ghinwa-jawhari-lawrence-joseph-and-kamelya-omayma-youssef-hybrid/
LOCATION:NYPL Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) New York Public Library\, 455 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260326T191500
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SUMMARY:The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora: Essays on Migration\, Identity\, and Literary and Cultural Representations
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the publication of Aleah N. Ranjitsingh’s edited volume The Asian Caribbean in the Caribbean Diaspora: Essays on Migration\, Identity\, and Literary and Cultural Representations. The volume expands notions of the Caribbean diaspora to account for the Asian as part of the Caribbean and Caribbean diaspora. \n Its interdisciplinary chapters center Caribbean people of Chinese\, Indian\, Japanese and Javanese descent in and outside of the Caribbean\, reveal migration narratives\, encounters on Caribbean plantations and in diasporic urban centers\, notions of homeland and experiences of return\, family histories\, identity formation and subjectivity\, the ways in which Caribbean people create and convey meaning about these histories\, experiences and self\, and the contributions of Caribbean people of Asian descent to the framing of the Caribbean and Asian diasporas.\n\nRanjitsingh (Brooklyn College) will be joined in conversation by volume contributors Nikoli Attai (Binghamton University)\, Sue Ann Barratt (University of the West Indies)\, Cristine Sabrina Khan (Stony Brook)\, Jillian Ollivierre (York University)\, and Tarika Sankar (Brown University).
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-asian-caribbean-in-the-caribbean-diaspora-essays-on-migration-identity-and-literary-and-cultural-representations/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T203000
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SUMMARY:A Fiction Reading by Min Jin Lee (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a special fiction reading by New York State writer Min Jin Lee\, author of Free Food for Millionaires and Pachinko\, and a finalist for the National Book Award. This event\, in memory of Marjorie Hecht Watson for Women’s History Month\, will also feature a conversation with Julie Goodale\, offering insights into Lee’s work and creative process. \nThis event is free and open to the public. Online RSVP is recommended. \nCan’t attend the event in person? Join us virtually on Zoom \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/a-fiction-reading-by-min-jin-lee/
LOCATION:Kupferberg Center for the Arts – Queens College\, 153-49 Reeves Avenue\, Flushing\, NY\, 11367
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T193000
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SUMMARY:MOCA TALKS with Charlotte Brooks – The Moys of New York and Shanghai
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Women’s History Month\, the Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) invites you to an engaging conversation with historian Charlotte Brooks\, Professor of History at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center\, on her new book\, The Moys of New York and Shanghai One Family’s Extraordinary Journey Through War and Revolution. Through the remarkable story of the Moy family\, Brooks traces the lives of Chinese Americans who moved back and forth across the Pacific during the first half of the twentieth century\, navigating racism in the United States\, political upheaval in China\, and shifting ideas of citizenship\, belonging\, and home.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/moca-talks-with-charlotte-brooks-the-moys-of-new-york-and-shanghai/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013
CATEGORIES:Book,History,In Person
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SUMMARY:Get Lit March Book Club: A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join WNYC’s Alison Stewart and writer Megha Majumdar for a live conversation about her newest book\, A Guardian and a Thief\, a finalist for the National Book Award. \nThe New York Public Library and WNYC—two indispensable New York institutions—are partnering to host a book club that brings New Yorkers together and fosters community. \nThe March title is Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian and a Thief – an electrifying new novel in which two families seeking to protect their children must battle each other in a city ravaged by climate change and food scarcity. \nIn a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine\, Ma\, her two-year-old daughter\, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma’s husband in Ann Arbor\, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited visas from the consulate\, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma’s purse\, containing their treasured immigration documents\, has been stolen. \nSet over the course of one week\, A Guardian and a Thief tells two stories: the story of Ma’s frantic search for the thief while keeping hunger at bay during a worsening food shortage; and the story of Boomba\, the thief\, whose desperation to care for his family drives him to commit a series of escalating crimes whose consequences he cannot fathom. With stunning control and command\, Megha Majumdar paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of two families\, each operating from a place of ferocious love and undefeated hope\, each discovering how far they will go to secure their children’s future as they stave off encroaching catastrophe. \nA masterful new work from one of the most exciting voices of her generation. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/get-lit-march-book-club-a-guardian-and-a-thief-by-megha-majumdar-hybrid/
LOCATION:NYPL Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL) New York Public Library\, 455 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: The Complex: Karan Mahajan with Keith Gessen (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Follow the illicit liaisons\, political ambitions\, and mortal betrayals of one prominent Delhi family in a sweeping novel from National Book Award finalist Karan Mahajan. \nThe Complex: The sons and daughters of SP Chopra\, one of India’s political architects\, live together in a sprawling Delhi complex\, vying for influence in a family shaped by the great man’s legacy. By the late 1970s\, the still-young nation is on the brink of transformation\, and the Chopras are scrambling to define their own futures. Sachin Chopra leaves for America\, followed by his bride\, Gita\, eager to forge a life beyond the pressures of the family compound. Yet Delhi keeps pulling them back—even as Sachin’s predatory uncle\, Laxman\, hounds Gita. A man of restless ambition\, Laxman ascends through the ranks of a rising Hindu nationalist movement\, caught between his political aspirations and his personal transgressions. As India erupts in violence and long-buried secrets come to light\, the embattled Chopras must reckon with the cost of power\, the weight of tradition\, and the shifting nature of love and allegiance. \nKaran Mahajan worked on The Complex during his 2018-2019 Fellowship at the Library’s Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers. He will discuss his book with writer Keith Gessen. \nTo join this event in-person | Please be sure to register for an In-Person Ticket. Doors will open 30 minutes before the program begins. For free events\, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance\, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time\, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form shortly before the program. \nTo join the livestream | A livestream of this event will be available on the NYPL event page. To receive an email reminder shortly in advance of the event\, please be sure to register! If you encounter any issues\, please join us on NYPL’s YouTube channel. \n  \nABOUT THE SPEAKERS \nKaran Mahajan is the author of The Association of Small Bombs\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award\, won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award\, and was named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review. His debut novel\, Family Planning\, was a finalist for the Dylan Thomas Prize. He has been selected as one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists\, and his writing has appeared in the New Yorker\, the New York Times\, Vanity Fair\, the New York Review of Books\, and other publications. He is an associate professor of Literary Arts at Brown University. \nKeith Gessen is the author of A Terrible Country\, which he worked on during his Cullman Center Fellowship in 2014-2015. He teaches at the Columbia Journalism School and is a contributing writer at the New Yorker.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-complex-karan-mahajan-with-keith-gessen/
LOCATION:NYPL Stephen A. Schwarzman Building – Margaret Liebman Berger Forum\, 476 Fifth Avenue\, 2nd Floor\, New York\, NY\, 10018
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260310T210000
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SUMMARY:Author Event with Michelle Yang | Asian Mental Health Bookclub
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual event where we will be chatting with Michelle Yang about her book\, Phoenix Girl: A Memoir. Michelle Yang is an advocate who writes on the intersection of Asian American identity\, body image\, and mental health. This memoir explores how Michelle emigrated to the U.S. from the tight-knit ethnic Chinese enclave in Incheon\, South Korea\, and had to adapt quickly to survive. With a dominant\, impulsive father in charge-who protects the family from everyone but himself-and a mother who never finds her power\, Michelle craves safety and security. \nThe event will take place on Tue March 10 2026 at 5pm PST. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear from our author!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/author-event-with-michelle-yang-asian-mental-health-bookclub/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Mental Health,Virtual
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