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SUMMARY:Histories of Asian American Social Movements
DESCRIPTION:Asian Americans have been organizing\, protesting\, and fighting for change for generations. But how much of that history\, if any\, did you learn in school? \nFrom the Ghadar Party’s fight for Indian independence to the movement for Justice for Vincent Chin and the multiracial student Third World Liberation Front strikes that helped establish Ethnic Studies programs\, these movements tell a bigger story about Asian American activism. \nJoin us to explore two centuries of social movements and what they can teach us about organizing for change today.\n🔗 Register to join: tinyurl.com/TAAS-111726
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/histories-of-asian-american-social-movements/
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CATEGORIES:Activism,Discussion,History,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Book Launch | Tiger's Mouth by Lucy Tan
DESCRIPTION:When two young men meet during a tech internship\, it sparks an intense friendship—and even more intense competition—in this sweeping novel of privilege\, identity\, and ambition from the acclaimed author of What We Were Promised. \nJack Chen\, the oldest son of caterers from Queens\, is an expert at studying the rich from afar. When he finagles his way into a prestigious internship at tech giant K.O. Systems\, he’s prepared to fake everything: his credentials\, his confidence\, even his past. What he isn’t prepared for is his officemate\, Jack Owens\, the depressed son of the company’s billionaire founder\, who’s only there for a summer reprieve from his father’s scrutiny at the family vacation house. \nTheir connection is immediate\, built on mutual admiration. Chen sees in Owens the advantages he’s been denied; Owens sees in Chen someone free of the pain he’s been taught to hide. Owens\, Chen\, and Chen’s girlfriend quickly become close friends\, but by summer’s end the three can no longer outrun the lies they’ve told themselves and each other. As pressures build throughout the next few years\, the two Jacks circle each other like opponents in their favorite board game\, Go\, each chasing the life the other was born into\, from career to family to lovers. But the path to success and matters of the heart can test even the closest of friendships—and not all of them survive. \nNostalgic\, heart-wrenching\, and propulsive\, Tiger’s Mouth is a nuanced portrait of complex friendship\, family dynamics\, and love in its most unexpected forms. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nLucy Tan is the author of What We Were Promised\, which was a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick\, longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize\, and named a best book of the year by The Washington Post. Tan holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison\, where she was winner of the August Derleth Prize. A recipient of support from Kundiman and the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing\, Tan has published in journals such as American Short Fiction\, McSweeney’s\, and Ploughshares. She currently lives and writes in Seattle\, where she is also a bookseller at Secret Garden Books. \nIN CONVERSATION WITH \nJoanne Kwong is the president of Pearl River Mart\, the iconic NYC Asian emporium established in 1971. \nAfter the 2016 closing of the historic store\, she joined her in-laws and reinvented the brand\, establishing new locations and pop-ups in SoHo\, Chelsea\, Chinatown\, and Flushing. \nToday\, under Joanne’s leadership\, Pearl River remains the joyful shopping experience beloved by generations. It now also serves as a hub for the AAPI community and a springboard for entrepreneurs and artists. Pearl River Mart’s community-based approach has been recognized by The Wall Street Journal as “the future of retail” and by New York Magazine as one of its “Reasons to Love NY.” \nBefore leading Pearl River\, Joanne was an attorney\, law professor\, and non-profit communications executive. She serves on the boards of New York Public Radio\, Light Up Chinatown\, the Meatpacking Business Improvement District\, and the Columbia College Alumni Association\, and was appointed to the U.S. Commission to Study the Creation of a National Museum of Asian Pacific American History and Culture. In recent years\, Joanne has been named one of Crain’s NY Business’ Notable Asian Leaders\, Gold House’s A100 Most Impactful Asians\, and Time Out NY’s “9 Amazing Women Who Changed New York for the Better.”
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/book-launch-tigers-mouth-by-lucy-tan/
LOCATION:Yu and Me Books\, 44 Mulberry St.\, New York\, NY\, 10013\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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SUMMARY:Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a very special screening of the documentary film “Photographic Justice: The Corky Lee Story\,” which follows one Queens-based photographer’s epic quest to document Asian American history\, culture\, and activism for five decades. Using his camera as a “weapon against injustice\,” Chinese American photographer Corky Lee’s art is his activism. His unforgettable images of Asian American life empowered generations.  This film’s intimate portrait reveals the triumphs and tragedies of the man behind the lens. \nFollowing the screening will be a Q&A with the film’s Director Jennifer Takaki\, Executive Producer George Hirose\, and Producer Linda Lew Woo. \nJoin the discussion virtually:\nMeeting ID: 844 0242 0708\nPasscode: 118915\nhttps://queenslib.org/4dprSJx
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/photographic-justice-the-corky-lee-story-screening/
LOCATION:Queens Public Library – Flushing Branch\, 41-17 Main Street\, Flushing\, NY\, 11355\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Film
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SUMMARY:Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo\, A Retrospective
DESCRIPTION:Artist Zhen Guo will discuss her recent milestone exhibition at Baruch College’s Mishkin Gallery\, Changing Cultures: Zhen Guo\, A Retrospective.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/changing-cultures-zhen-guo-a-retrospective/
LOCATION:Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY\, 25 West 43rd Street\, Room 1000\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion
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SUMMARY:Jung Chang: My Life After China
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Asia Society⁠ for a special conversation with Jung Chang\, the internationally acclaimed author of the multimillion-copy bestseller Wild Swans\, as she discusses her powerful new memoir\, Fly\, Wild Swans: My Mother\, Myself\, and China (Harper\, January 2026). Moderated by New Yorker staff writer Jiayang Fan\, this event offers a rare opportunity to hear from one of the most influential chroniclers of modern Chinese history and memory. \nIn Fly\, Wild Swans\, Chang returns to the themes that made Wild Swans a landmark work\, while charting a deeply personal new chapter. The memoir intertwines two lives separated by geography but bound by history: Chang’s own journey after leaving China in 1978 to begin a new life abroad\, and the story of her mother\, who remained behind as China entered a period of profound transformation. Across continents and decades\, mother and daughter navigate distance\, longing\, and the lasting emotional consequences of political upheaval. \nWith her signature clarity and narrative force\, Chang reflects on exile\, belonging and the enduring pull of home. The book mirrors the ups and downs of China’s transformation from an isolated state to a world power\, illuminating the human dimensions of China’s dramatic social and political changes in the late twentieth century. Through personal memory and historical reflection\, Fly\, Wild Swans explores what it means to leave a country without ever fully leaving its past behind. \nCopies of Fly\, Wild Swans will be on sale\, with the author available to sign them. \nJung Chang is the bestselling author of Wild Swans\, Mao: the Unknown Story (co-written with Jon Halliday)\, Empress Dowager Cixi\, Big Sister\, Little Sister\, Red Sister\, and most recently Fly\, Wild Swans (2026). She was born in China in 1952\, moved to England in 1978\, and has been awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) for services to literature and history. She lives in London with her husband. \nJiayang Fan is a Chinese-American journalist and staff writer for The New Yorker since 2016. She was born in Chongqing and immigrated to the United States at the age of seven. Her works include cultural and political commentary\, personal history\, and food critique. She published her first book Motherland in 2024.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/jung-chang-my-life-after-china/
LOCATION:Asia Society\, 725 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10021
CATEGORIES:Book,Discussion
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SUMMARY:LITERARY ECHOES: China and the World in Creative Writing
DESCRIPTION:LITERARY ECHOES: China and the World in Creative Writing | A China-U.S. Dialogue \n\n\n\n\nJoin us at China Institute for a special literary gathering bringing together acclaimed Chinese writers Yu Hua and Xi Chuan\, alongside writers\, translators\, and scholars\, to explore contemporary Chinese literature and its dialogue with the world. \nThe symposium opens with a unique literary conversation with Yu Hua and Xi Chuan\, reflecting and sharing their creative journeys with New York audiences. Their conversation will be followed by two panel discussions with distinguished speakers exploring how literature captures individual lives and changing societies\, and how writing travels across languages and cultures through translation. \nFeaturing conversations in both Chinese and English\, Literary Echoes invites audiences to discover the power of storytelling\, the richness of contemporary Chinese literature\, and the connections that literature creates across cultural boundaries. \nThis program is in collaboration with Beijing Normal University\, China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Co.\, LTD(CNPIEC) \nProgram at a Glance \n\n\n\nTime | Session\n10:00 – 10: 10 | Opening Remarks\n10:10 – 10:40 | Featured Literary Conversation: Writing Across Worlds – Yu Hua and XiChuan in New York (in Chinese)\n10:40 – 11:25 | Panel I: Writing Our Times – Individual Lives and the Contemporary Chinese Literary Imagination (in Chinese)\n11:25 – 11:40 | Intermission\n11:40 – 12:25 | Panel II: Beyond Translation – How Literature Travels Across Cultures (in English)\n12:25 – 12:30 | Closing Remarks\n(subject to change)
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/literary-echoes-china-and-the-world-in-creative-writing/
LOCATION:China Institute of America\, 100 Washington Street\, New York\, NY\, 10006\, United States
CATEGORIES:Discussion,Literature
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