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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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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
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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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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260407T200000
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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
DTSTAMP:20260321T215835Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260325T203000
DTSTAMP:20260321T214118Z
CREATED:20260227T140504Z
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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
DTSTAMP:20260321T213320Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260324T190000
DTSTAMP:20260316T205743Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260311T190000
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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
DTSTAMP:20260219T000025Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260305T200000
DTSTAMP:20260219T000900Z
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SUMMARY:Sana Javeri Kadri & Asha Loupy: Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook w/ Samah Dada (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Celebrating beautiful\, simple\, and seasonal cooking with 85 recipes adapted from India and Sri Lanka’s best family spice farms\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/dUU84dPO8EE\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 Diaspora Spice Co.\, the progressive spice company rooted in flavor and equity\, comes a cookbook celebrating beautiful\, simple\, and seasonal cooking with 85 recipes adapted from India and Sri Lanka’s best family spice farms. \nDiaspora Spice Co. sources the most flavorful\, fresh spices in the world from 150 regenerative farms across South Asia—from elders\, indigenous communities\, young changemakers\, and brilliant multi-generational farming families across India and Sri Lanka who are leading the way in sustainable and climate change–resistant agriculture. Filled with culinary storytelling\, The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook highlights these farmers and their spices with profiles and evocative photography\, plus 85 recipes for simple\, seasonal\, and powerfully delicious meals. \nCEO and founder Sana Javeri Kadri and recipe writer Asha Loupy realized that eating with the people who grow our spices unveils a whole new dimension in our cooking. For instance\, the Mir family\, who works all year to grow and harvest their saffron\, shared not only their technique for blooming the vibrant spice and how to make sure every thread is fully utilized\, but their unforgettably delicious dishes. Adapted for a global pantry\, these recipes share the warmth of true South Asian home cooking at its truest and tastiest\, starting with chutneys & pickles\, snacks\, and veggies\, traveling through to mains from the sea and from the land\, rice and breads\, and ending with drinks and desserts. \n  \nSana Javeri Kadri is the founder of Diaspora Spice Co\, a direct trade spice company building a radically equitable\, sustainable\, and more delicious spice supply chain. Born and raised in Mumbai\, India\, in a big\, mixed-up Muslim-Jain-Hindu family where food was the great unifier. She founded Diaspora Spice Co. in 2017 with a bold vision and a shoestring budget. Since then\, it has grown exponentially\, now working with more than 150 regenerative farms across India and Sri Lanka\, paying $3.1 million directly to farm partners over the past 6.5 years\, and bringing 27 single-origin spices and 13 bestselling blends to the world. With over 125\,000 customers globally and products stocked in 525+ retail stores across the US and UK\, the company is reshaping the spice trade—one fair\, flavorful\, and transparently sourced spice at a time. Sana currently splits her time between Mumbai\, India\, and Menlo Park\, California\, continuing to push for a food system that values the farmers and flavor at its foundation. \nAsha Loupy is an Oakland-based food writer\, recipe developer\, and co-author of The Diaspora Spice Co. Cookbook. She worked in the specialty food industry—from cheesemonger to grocery buyer—for over a decade before joining Diaspora Spice Co. in 2020\, where she served as Recipe Editor for 5+ years. She has contributed to cookbooks like Dan Pashman’s Anything’s Pastable and Joe Yonan’s Mastering the Art of Plant-Based Cooking\, in addition to publications like Bon Appétit\, Food52\, The Kitchn\, The Washington Post\, and Epicurious. You can also find Asha’s recipes in her weekly Substack newsletter\, From Head to Table\, and her forthcoming solo cookbook\, Dinner Season (out Fall 2027). \n  \nSamah Dada is a New York City–based recipe developer\, food photographer\, and the blogger behind Dada Eats. Drawing from her Indian heritage and inspired by the foodscapes of London\, California\, and New York\, she is the host of Cooking with Samah Dada on the Today show’s digital channel.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sana-javeri-kadri-asha-loupy-diaspora-spice-co-cookbook-w-samah-dada/
LOCATION:Books Are Magic Montague\, 122 Montague Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Food,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260301T180000
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SUMMARY:Asian American Literary Wikipedia Training and Edit-A-Thon
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW at the Museum of Chinese in America to learn how to confidently edit Wikipedia! \nWant to improve the state of Asian and Asian American literary representation on Wikipedia\, the world’s largest freely accessible encyclopedia? Stop by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s edit-a-thon on February 28 and March 1 to learn how to confidently edit Wikipedia; work on pages for books\, authors\, and other pressing topics in the diaspora; and hang out with people in New York City’s Wiki community! \nPlease bring a device you can edit on—laptops are best\, but mobile devices work too. \nThis is a two-day event –  \nSaturday\, February 28 between 11am and 6pm ET\, and  \nSunday\, March 1 – between 11 am and 6 pm ET. Feel free to register for one or both dates! \nLunch and dinner will be provided for those who stay and participate. \nThis event is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and is hosted by Museum of Chinese in America.\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. If you have any questions please reach out at msaleh@aaww.org.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asian-american-literary-wikipedia-training-and-edit-a-thon-3/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Technology,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260228T180000
DTSTAMP:20260228T220734Z
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SUMMARY:Asian American Literary Wikipedia Training and Edit-A-Thon
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW at the Museum of Chinese in America to learn how to confidently edit Wikipedia! \nWant to improve the state of Asian and Asian American literary representation on Wikipedia\, the world’s largest freely accessible encyclopedia? Stop by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s edit-a-thon on February 28 and March 1 to learn how to confidently edit Wikipedia; work on pages for books\, authors\, and other pressing topics in the diaspora; and hang out with people in New York City’s Wiki community! \nPlease bring a device you can edit on—laptops are best\, but mobile devices work too. \nThis is a two-day event –  \nSaturday\, February 28 between 11am and 6pm ET\, and  \nSunday\, March 1 – between 11 am and 6 pm ET.  \nFeel free to register for one or both dates! \nLunch and dinner will be provided for those who stay and participate. \nThis event is supported by the Wikimedia Foundation and is hosted by Museum of Chinese in America.\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. If you have any questions please reach out at msaleh@aaww.org.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/asian-american-literary-wikipedia-training-and-edit-a-thon/
LOCATION:Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA)\, 215 Centre Street\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Technology,Training
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260225T200000
DTSTAMP:20260216T190942Z
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SUMMARY:The Fire In Our Throats: A Night of Poetry\, Vulnerability\, & Voice
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate “My God’s Been Silent” by Darius Phelps\, with Taiyo Na\, DeeSoul Carson\, Karl Michael Iglesias\, & Andrew Chi Keong Yim\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Dr. Darius Phelps to celebrate and discuss his latest collection of poetry\, My God’s Been Silent. \nTaiyo Na\, DeeSoul Carson\, Karl Michael Iglesias\, & Andrew Chi Keong Yim will join Dr. Phelps on stage to read poetry. Afterwards\, Dr. Phelps will sign copies of his book. \nTickets are available through eventbrite and in-person. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \nDr. Darius Phelps is the author of My God’s Been Silent (Writ Large Press\, 2026) and The Holy Ghost Lives In Her Laugh (Kith Books\, 2026). A poet before anything else\, his work bears witness to grief\, faith\, and the act of becoming—offering language as a form of liberation and light. Through the lens of poetic inquiry\, Dr. Phelps explores how verse can function as pedagogy\, healing and survival. Rooted in Black literary traditions and personal testimony\, his poems navigate silence\, ancestry\, and resilience\, creating sanctuaries for voices too often unheard. His work has been featured by Diode\, Een Magazine\, School Library Journal\, and many more across platforms that champion the power of story to honor every body\, every history\, and every voice. \n  \nABOUT THE FEATURED POETS\nTaiyo Na is a writer of poems\, songs\, stories and curricula who lives on unceded Lenape land (Queens\, NY) and whose writing has appeared in Kweli Journal\, Poets House and in the anthology We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry\, Performance\, and Spoken Word (Haymarket Books\, 2024). He is the author of the forthcoming God of Water (Pali Press)\, which was a finalist for the St. Lawrence Book Award and Clay Reynolds Novella Prize. \nDeeSoul Carson is a poet\, educator\, and host of the O\,Word? podcast. A Stanford alum\, his work is featured or forthcoming in POETRY Magazine\, Muzzle Magazine\, AGNI\, & elsewhere. For his work\, DeeSoul has received a National Endowment for the Arts and a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent fellowship from the Poetry Foundation\, as well as fellowships from the NYU MFA program\, the Watering Hole\, and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. His debut full-length\, The Laughing Barrel\, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in Spring 2027. Find more of his work at deesoulpoetry.com \nKarl Michael Iglesias is a Puerto Rican actor\, director\, and the author of Catch a Glow. His work can be read in the Madison Review\, Hong Kong Review\, Sierra Nevada Review\, Florida Review\, Brooklyn Review\, and The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day. Karl lives in Brooklyn\, New York. His latest collection\, The Bounce\, is available on Finishing Line Press. \nAndrew Chi Keong Yim was born and raised in Honolulu\, Hawaiʻi. He was awarded the 2024 New Voices Award in Poetry from Washington Square Review\, selected by Terrance Hayes\, and is a 2025 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship finalist. His poems have appeared in Best New Poets\, The Adroit Journal\, Bat City Review\, Frozen Sea and other publications. Andrew is the author of the debut poetry collection The Ninth Island\, forthcoming from University of Pittsburgh Press. He lives in New York City\, where he is a public school teacher. \nHousekeeping notes:\n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.\nDoors open at 6:30pm\, with the talk starting around 7:00pm.\nBooks will be available for purchase at the event.\nCost 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.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.\nIf you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-fire-in-our-throats-a-night-of-poetry-vulnerability-voice/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Poetry
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SUMMARY:Potluck Asian America & Serica Storytellers: Poetry\, Memory\, and Remembrance Live & Virtual Event
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Day of Remembrance\, The Serica Initiative presents a special salon-style Serica Storytellers gathering exploring Japanese American incarceration through poetry\, translation\, and community dialogue. \nHosted by AAPI community leader Julia Azuma\, the evening brings together art\, food\, and memory. The program centers on By the Shore of Lake Michigan\, the award-winning English translation of a 1960 tanka poetry collection written by Tomiko and Ryokuyō Matsumoto — an Issei couple forcibly incarcerated at Heart Mountain during World War II and later resettled in Chicago. \nThe evening will feature: \n\nJapanese food\, drinks\, and a community potluck\nA live + virtual conversation with editors\, translators\, and scholars\nOn-site display of archival photographs and original Japanese-language materials (courtesy of Nancy Matsumoto)\nAn extended community discussion to reflect collectively on remembrance\, resilience\, and responsibility\n\nThis event moves beyond lecture format. It invites shared reflection in a space intentionally designed for conversation. \n \nPROGRAM DETAILS\n6:00 – 7:00 PM:  Guest Arrival\, Japanese Food & Drinks\, Networking \n7:00 – 8:00 PM: Webinar / Live Presentation (VIRTUAL PORTION HERE ONLY) \nFeaturing: \n\nNancy Matsumoto \nMariko Aratani \nEri F. Yasuhara \nModerated by Kyoko Miyabe \n\n \nIncludes readings\, reflections\, and discussion of tanka poetry\, incarceration\, translation\, and intergenerational memory. \n Question & Answer section will be for those joining virtually as well.  \n8:00 – 9:00 PM:  Facilitated Community Discussion: Open reflection and dialogue among in-person attendees. \nThe cost for this community event is $1 or whatever you would like to contribute. \nFlatiron District\, 12 W 18th St \nABOUT THE BOOK\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\nBy the Shore of Lake Michigan \nUCLA Asian American Studies Center Press (2024) \nWinner\, Before Columbus Foundation 2025 American Book Award \nBy the Shore of Lake Michigan is an English translation of a 1960 tanka poetry collection written by Tomiko and Ryokuyō Matsumoto\, Issei immigrants who endured forced removal from Los Angeles\, incarceration at the Heart Mountain prison camp in Wyoming\, and resettlement in Chicago after WWII. \nWritten in the five-line tanka form (5-7-5-7-7)\, these poems document 17 years of upheaval\, grief\, and rebuilding\, offering an extraordinarily rare first-generation account of Japanese American incarceration and its aftermath.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/serica-storytellers-japanese-tanka-poets/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion,History,Poetry,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T200000
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SUMMARY:Weeds: A Germinating Theory Book Launch with author Kwan Queenie Li and Curator Kelly Ma
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the New York book launch for Weeds: A Germinating Theory by artist Kwan Queenie Li who will be joined by curator Kelly Ma in a lively discussion about this brand new book published by MACK as part of their new Sightlines series featuring essays looking at architecture from distinct points of view\, each taking the perspective of a particular entity\, history\, discipline\, or form of writing.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/weeds-a-germinating-theory-book-launch-with-author-kwan-queenie-li-and-curator-kelly-ma/
LOCATION:Head Hi\, 146 Flushing Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11205
CATEGORIES:Art,Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260212T194500
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SUMMARY:This Was Funnier in China: Stand-Up Comedy in China with Jesse Appell
DESCRIPTION:Jesse Appell and This Was Funnier in China book cover \nJoin us for an evening of laughter\, storytelling\, and cultural insights with bilingual comedian and author Jesse Appell\, to celebrate the launch of his new book\, This Was Funnier in China. As part of his book tour\, he brings his new English-language comedy show\, This Show Was Funnier in China\, to Asia Society. The show blends humor with personal stories from his life as a Chinese comedian’s apprentice\, along with selected readings from the book. \nHis journey began with a Fulbright Fellowship to Beijing\, where he apprenticed under Master Ding Guangquan to learn the traditional Chinese comedy art of Xiangsheng (相声) — a traditional Chinese comedic art form known for its witty dialogue\, wordplay\, and rapid-fire banter between performers. Often compared to Western stand-up or sketch comedy\, Xiangsheng has been a cornerstone of Chinese humor for centuries. Over the next decade\, Jesse became a key figure in China’s modern comedy scene\, appearing on popular TV shows like Huan Le Xiju Ren (欢乐 喜剧人) and creating viral content that has garnered over 500 million views worldwide. \nFollowing the show\, stay for an engaging audience Q&A and discussion about comedy\, culture\, and what it means to find humor across borders. \n$15 Members\, $25 Nonmembers. Students and Seniors: Use coupon SENSTU at check out. \nThis Was Funnier in China will be available for sale during the event\, with a book signing to follow.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/this-was-funnier-in-china-stand-up-comedy-in-china-with-jesse-appell/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
CATEGORIES:Book,Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260211T190000
DTSTAMP:20260209T205631Z
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SUMMARY:Meet William Pao\, Author of Breakthrough & Dr. Harold Varmus Nobel Laureate
DESCRIPTION:Meet the doctors\, scientists and patients patients fighting the world’s worst diseases\nCharting the discovery of eight revolutionary drugs\,\n\n\nMeet the doctors\, scientists and patients patients fighting the world’s worst diseases \n‘A must read.’ Siddhartha Mukherjee\, bestselling author of The Emperor of All Maladies \nWhat does it take to create a new medicine? The trajectory from laboratory to your neighbourhood pharmacy rarely runs smooth. Drug hunting demands radical leaps of imagination\, the expertise of many… and a hefty dollop of luck. Unsurprisingly\, ‘eureka’ moments come few and far between – but\, when they do\, they change lives. \nCharting the discovery of eight revolutionary drugs\, Dr William Pao cuts to the innovative heart of biomedical research and celebrates the tireless work of the scientists\, doctors\, patients and families fighting for better medical care. For each of these medicines\, whether a potentially life-saving new treatment for cancer\, or something as commonplace as paracetamol\, there stands a cast of characters and a wealth of stories. Documenting these fascinating journeys\, Breakthrough grants a privileged\, behind-the-scenes look at the medicines that improve – and very often save – our lives. \nForeword by Nobel Prize-Winner Harold Varmus
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/meet-william-pao-author-of-breakthrough-dr-harold-varmus-nobel-laureate/
LOCATION:Cushman & Wakefield New York City\, 1290 6th Avenue\, Manhattan\, NY\, 10104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Science
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T200000
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SUMMARY:Book: David Glasgow and Kenji Yoshino in Conversation with Deborah Archer: How Equality Wins (Virtual)
DESCRIPTION:Renowned legal experts David Glasgow and Kenji Yoshino (Say the Right Thing) join us for an online conversation with ACLU president Deborah Archer about reimagining the work of diversity\, equity\, and inclusion (DEI) in a divided nation — and their new book\, How Equality Wins: A New Vision for an Inclusive America. \nWhat went wrong with DEI? Facing a relentless political\, legal\, and cultural attack for DEI programs\, corporations and universities are abandoning the DEI programs they previously championed\, and the playbook Americans once had for advancing equality no longer seems viable. In How Equality Wins\, David Glasgow and Kenji Yoshino unpack where DEI went wrong\, offering a roadmap to rebuild equality for the new era. Drawing on peerless legal expertise and extensive experience advising leaders in corporate America\, academia\, and the non-profit sector\, Yoshino and Glasgow share tangible strategies to put this nation back on a more inclusive path. \nIn a special online conversation\, hear Glasgow\, Yoshino and Archer discuss how politicians\, cultural institutions\, and everyday Americans can fight for equality and win: fostering free speech and dissent\, reclaiming the concept of merit\, and helping to ensure that the work of equality can overcome the backlash and emerge stronger on the other side.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-david-glasgow-and-kenji-yoshino-in-conversation-with-deborah-archer-how-equality-wins-virtual/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T200000
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SUMMARY:Book event: Patmeena Sabit: Good People with Prachi Gupta (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:“Good People is a thrilling tour de force of a novel. I’ll be recommending this book to everyone.” —Ann Patchett\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/18pKigEfvV8\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  \nZorah Sharaf could do no wrong. Zorah Sharaf brought shame upon her family. What’s the truth? Depends on who you ask. \nThe Sharaf family is the picture of success. Prosperous\, rich\, happy. They came to this country as refugees with nothing more than the clothes on their backs. And now\, after years of hard work\, they live in the most exclusive neighborhood\, their growing family attending the most prestigious schools. Zorah\, the eldest daughter\, is the apple of her father’s eye. \nWhen an unthinkable tragedy strikes\, everyone is left reeling and the family is thrust into the court of public opinion. There is talk that behind closed doors the Sharafs’ happy household was anything but. Did the Sharaf family achieve the American dream? Or was the image of the model immigrant family just a façade? \nLike a literary game of ping-pong\, Good People compels the reader to reconsider what might have happened even on the previous page. Told through a kaleidoscope of perspectives\, it is a riveting\, provocative\, and haunting story of family—sisters\, brothers\, mothers\, fathers\, and the communities that claim us as family in difficult times. \n  \nPatmeena Sabit was born in Kabul a few years after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. When she was a month old\, her family fled the conflict and became refugees in Pakistan\, joining the millions of other Afghans that had sought refuge there. They later moved to the United States and she grew up in Virginia. She currently lives in Toronto. \n  \nPrachi Gupta is an award-winning journalist and former senior reporter at Jezebel. They Called Us Exceptional was longlisted for a PEN/Open Book Award. She won a Writers Guild Award for her investigative essay “Stories About My Brother.” Her work was featured in The Best American Magazine Writing 2021 and has appeared in The Atlantic\, The Washington Post Magazine\, Marie Claire\, Salon\, Elle\, and elsewhere. She lives in New York City.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-store-patmeena-sabit-good-people-w-prachi-gupta/
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:20260210T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260112T041824Z
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SUMMARY:Join Potluck Asian America at Lunar New Year Dinner Event: Luck and Romance in the Year of the Horse with Joanna Lee and Ken Smith
DESCRIPTION:To celebrate both Lunar New Year and Valentines Day\, Potluck Asian America invites you to a special\, intimate conversation with Joanna Lee and Ken Smith\, who will present their Pocket Chinese Almanac\, which for many has become a must-have resource since 2010. Joanna and Ken will discuss the centuries-old traditions of the Almanac as well as predictions for the year of the horse\, which symbolizes vitality\, freedom\, speed\, and perseverance. Find out what may be in store regarding romance\, peace and prosperity in the coming year! \nThe evening includes a buffet dinner\, a copy of the 2026 Pocket Chinese Almanac\, and lots of good vibes! \nSPACE IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 45 RSVPs. \nThe event location will be held in the Flatiron/Union Square area in Manhattan and shared only with confirmed RSVPs. \nThe traditional Chinese almanac (Tong Sing in Cantonese and Huang Li in Mandarin)\, has for many centuries provided all kinds of cultural information and advice — from household tips to general medical remedies. But what has made it a go-to resource in many Chinese households are its predictions of which times are auspicious or ominous for a wide range of daily pursuits or major life events\, from weddings to breaking ground on a new business. Joanna and Ken’s Pocket Almanac\, compact and straighforward\, provides tips and information on every day of the coming year!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/lunar-new-year-dinner-event-luck-and-romance-in-the-year-of-the-horse-with-joanna-lee-and-ken-smith/
LOCATION:Manhattan NYC – to be disclosed after registering
CATEGORIES:Book,Food,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260204T210000
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SUMMARY:Screening and Reading: After All This: Making Your Second Work
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a screening of After All This\, featuring Sarah Thankam Mathews\, Andrew Nadkarni\, and Maryam Mir!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a screening of the documentary short After All This profiling Margins alumna\, Sarah Thankam Mathews\, directed by Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker Andrew Nadkarni and produced by Open City alumna\, Maryam Mir! \n– \nAfter All This (15 mins) follows author Sarah Thankam Mathews after the success of her debut novel\, All This Could Be Different\, as she embarks on her second novel\, drawing from her adolescence between India and Oman. As Sarah excavates lost place and time\, she must contend with the weight of truthful representation and the contradictions within her childhood memories. \nFollowing the screening\, Sarah will do a live reading of her novel in progress\, never before shared publicly. The reading will be followed by a conversation and Q&A between Sarah and director Andrew Nadkarni\, moderated by producer Maryam Mir. They’ll talk about the process of making their sophomore project\, writing across mediums (literary and film)\, and how they find flow and sustenance when embarking on new creative endeavors. \nFilm screening\, reading\, and conversation will last around an hour\, followed by an informal reception with light refreshments. \nSarah Thankam Mathews is the author of All This Could Be Different\, which was shortlisted for the the Discover Prize\, the Aspen Words Literary Prize\, and 2022 National Book Award in Fiction. Mathews’ debut novel was also a New York Times Editor’s Choice and named a Best Book of the Year by NPR\, Vogue\, Vulture\, Los Angeles Times\, TIME\, Slate\, and Buzzfeed. Mathews grew up between Oman and India\, immigrating to the United States at seventeen. She was a Margins Fellow at AAWW. \nAndrew Nadkarni is a Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker of Indian heritage whose work excavates diaspora narratives\, resilience\, and identity. His film\, Between Earth & Sky (POV/PBS)\, won Best Documentary Short at multiple film festivals\, earned Critics’ Choice and Cinema Eye nominations\, and screened at over 60 festivals before being shortlisted for the 2024 Oscars. \nMaryam Mir is an award-winning filmmaker and writer whose work centers belonging\, joy and intercultural connection. Her film\, Sweet Refuge\, played at over 45 festivals\, won a Directors Guild of America Jury Award\, and was acquired by AMC+ for their Rising AAPI Stars Collection. She curates the “In Pursuit of Light” screening series at the workshop and was a 2019 Open City Fellow at AAWW. \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. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for any additional requests. This space is for YOU! \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/after-all-this-making-your-second-work-2/
LOCATION:Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Film,In Person
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