Week of Events
Monday, October 19, 2026
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Virtual EventOctober 19, 2026 -Meals & Memories: A Conversation on Bengali-American Food, Culture & Traditions
Meals & Memories: A Conversation on Bengali-American Food, Culture & Traditions
Join QPL Community Health for a discussion with NYU Professor Krishnendu Ray and NYC-based cook, journalist, and recipe developer Anikah Shaokat. Together, they’ll explore how food preserves culture, connects generations, […]
Tuesday, October 20, 2026
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October 20, 2026 -Book Launch | Needlemouth by K-Ming Chang
Book Launch | Needlemouth by K-Ming Chang
ABOUT THE BOOK From the award-winning author of Bestiary, three cousins are forced to complete an impossible and violent task set by a vengeful demon. Cousins Cindy, Yangyang, and Mandy’s hot, […]
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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October 21, 2026 -Mapping Queens: Building Artist-Run Spaces
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October 21, 2026 -Books in Conversation: Jiyoung Hand and Alice Evelyn Yang
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October 21, 2026 -Selected Shorts: The Best American Short Stories 2026
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October 21, 2026 -Na Zhong with Rachel Heng
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October 21, 2026 -ASIAN FEMINIST HORROR Panel: Featuring NEEDLEMOUTH
Mapping Queens: Building Artist-Run Spaces
Join us for Mapping Queens: Building Artist-Run Spaces, a conversation highlighting artist-led spaces across Queens and the people creating them. Presented through the Queens Cultural Mapping Initiative, this panel will bring together artists and organizers behind artist-run spaces from across the borough to share how their spaces came to life, the communities they serve, and […]
Books in Conversation: Jiyoung Hand and Alice Evelyn Yang
We invite you to an evening of books and humanitarian fundraising on October 21st. Throughout our publication season, we noticed our titles in conversation with another: A Beast Slinks Towards Beijing and Honey in the Wound both share themes of anti-imperialism and magical realism as a means to explore intergenerational trauma and the legacy of […]
Selected Shorts: The Best American Short Stories 2026
Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and guest editor of The Best American Short Stories 2026, Viet Thanh Nguyen (The Sympathizer), hosts our annual collaboration with one of the premier anthologies of contemporary American fiction. Come along on this spectacular journey of literature in performance and celebrate the achievements of established and emerging writers. With stories by Nathan […]
Na Zhong with Rachel Heng
Na Zhong presents Three In conversation with Rachel Heng Wine reception to follow Na Zhong, writer, translator, and co-founder of Accent Accent, presents her debut novella Three, an expansive yet personal story of a […]
ASIAN FEMINIST HORROR Panel: Featuring NEEDLEMOUTH
Join us for a special evening as we celebrate Asian Feminism in Horror! We're celebrating K-Ming Chang's new novel, NEEDLEMOUTH, with a special panel at The Twisted Spine! Join K-Ming […]
Thursday, October 22, 2026
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October 22, 2026 -Book Launch | Bone Symphony by Michelle Phương Hồ
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October 22, 2026 -FIVE TASTES: An Evening with Fuchsia Dunlop
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October 22, 2026 -Mina Nomi: Artist Talk
Book Launch | Bone Symphony by Michelle Phương Hồ
Michelle Phương Hồ’s Bone Symphony mines the wreckage of colonialism and imperialist warfare in Vietnam and attempts to reassemble the bones. Told in three movements spanning lyric, documentary, and hybrid forms, Bone […]
FIVE TASTES: An Evening with Fuchsia Dunlop
Fuchsia tackles the "five tastes" which a Chinese chef needs to be able to marshal harmoniously: salty, sweet, sour, bitter and pungent. 'Fuchsia Dunlop has done more to explain real […]
Mina Nomi: Artist Talk
Join us this Thursday at 6:30 for a chat with some of the artists featured in our inaugural group show! Daniel Hughes, Minji Choi, and Becky Moon will chat with curator Yashar Nasir about their approaches to creation, the influences behind their work, what cartoons they grew up watching, and what they like to do […]
Friday, October 23, 2026
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October 23, 2026 -Livonia Chow Mein: A Novel
Livonia Chow Mein: A Novel
Author Abigail Savitch-Lew will discuss her debut novel Livonia Chow Mein — a gripping, four-generation saga set in Brownsville, Brooklyn, centered on a Chinese family-owned restaurant and its deep roots in a […]
Saturday, October 24, 2026
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Sunday, October 25, 2026
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Featured October 25, 2026 -Featured Seat at the Table Screening and Discussion
Seat at the Table Screening and Discussion
Seat at the Table with filmmakers and special guests in person Followed by a conversation with filmmakers and special guests Dirs. Sarita Khurana and Yoav Attias. 2026, 90 mins. U.S. […]
