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SUMMARY:Archive of the Self – An AAWW Open Mic & Mixer
DESCRIPTION:Join the 2026 Margins Fellows for their inaugural open mic and mixer\, Archive of the Self\, in an evening of tracing personal histories and e\n\n\nWho are you? Who have you been? What makes you who you are? \nThe inaugural reading series from 2026’s Margins Fellows explores memory\, self-invention\, and the idea that we are all living inventories of our experiences. Featured readers will share work about the cultures and places that make up their origins and forge their writing. The Open Mic portion invites writers working across all mediums to contribute pieces on identity\, personal history and transformation — the deeper better. \nCall for Open Mic Participants \nFor our inaugural reading series — “Archive of the Self” — we are looking for pieces that explore memory\, personal history\, origin: thinking specifically about the places\, cultures\, events and people that either shaped you as a person\, or informed the themes of your work. This can include: \n\nMemoir and personal essay writing\nFiction/Prose/Poetry that is particularly representative of your personal style/key themes\nWriting on upbringing\, culture\, heritage\, home\, place and belief systems\nWriting that references yourself\n\nInterested readers should plan to arrive by 6:30pm in order to sign up.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/archive-of-the-self-an-aaww-open-mic-mixer/
LOCATION:Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Networking,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260505T190000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260413T200000
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SUMMARY:Workshop: Writing Without Fear
DESCRIPTION:Join Amin Ahmad for a workshop on developing a writing process that allows you to be fearless and productive!\n\n\nAre you working on a novel\, memoir or non-fiction project? Did you start off with great enthusiasm\, only to feel the project bog down? Are you overwhelmed by the complexity of the task? Has anxiety crept into your writing day? \nTo produce good work\, writers must be willing to take risks and to produce writing that fails. This process of exploration often creates anxiety\, and often results in the dreaded writer’s block. How do we allow spontaneity and improvisation into our work and still create coherence How do we craft a writing process that allows risk\, but also creates a safety net? \nBorrowing from psychology\, we will understand the types of anxiety inherent in the writing process\, and how to manage them. We will examine working methods from other creative fields — architects\, screenwriters\, film editors\, and radio story tellers — and steal from them. \nThe goal of this workshop is to create a writing process that works for you\, and that allows you to be fearless and productive. \nThis 90-minute workshop includes lecture\, writing exercises\, videos and graphic novel excerpts. Fiction\, memoirists\, and non-fiction writers welcome. \nPlease reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for assistance if you are able to join but the registration price is prohibitive. \n__ \nAmin Ahmad worked as an architect before turning to fiction. He designs his novels using the same skills he learned to design buildings. He is the author of the novels A KILLER IN THE FAMILY\, THE LAST TAXI RIDE\, and THE CARETAKER. His short story collection\, THIS IS NOT YOUR COUNTRY\, won the 2020 Chandra Prize. He created the ‘Novel Year’ program at The Writer’s Center in Bethesda\, MD\, taught at Story Studio Chicago\, and was the 2017-19 Visiting Artist in Residence at Northwestern University. He now teaches creative writing to undergraduates at Duke University. \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. We are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. \n 
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/writing-without-fear/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Workshop,Writing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260319T190000
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SUMMARY:Passing\, Performance\, and the Price of Fame
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW and SALGA NYC for a discussion on gender and performance\, featuring Sandip Roy\, Mayukh Sen\, and Arun Venugopal!\n\n\nWhat does it take to be seen and what must be hidden to survive? In Chapal Rani\, Sandip Roy resurrects the life of Chapal Bhaduri\, the last great female impersonator of Bengali jatra theatre\, whose art blurred gender and performance even as the world around him narrowed. In Love\, Queenie\, Mayukh Sen reclaims the story of Merle Oberon\, the first South Asian actor nominated for an Academy Award\, and who passed as white to ascend in Golden Age Hollywood. In conversation with WNYC Senior Reporter Arun Venugopal\, Roy and Sen explore the costs of visibility\, the politics of racial and gender performance\, and the fragile line between reinvention and erasure. \n– \nSandip Roy is a Kolkata-based writer\, columnist\, and podcaster. He hosts The Sandip Roy Show (Indian Express) and is a columnist for Mint Lounge and The Hindu. His work has appeared in outlets including The New York Times\, BBC\, The San Francisco Chronicle\, and NPR; he was for many years a commentator on NPR’s Morning Edition. His dispatches from Kolkata air weekly on public radio KALW 91.7FM in San Francisco and have crossed 500 dispatches. He previously edited Trikone\, the world’s oldest magazine on LGBTQ+ South Asian issues\, and is the author of the novel Don’t Let Him Know. His latest book is Chapal Rani\, the Last Queen of Bengal. \nMayukh Sen is an author\, professor\, and journalist in New York whose work primarily focuses on film. He is most recently the author of Love\, Queenie: Merle Oberon\, Hollywood’s First South Asian Star (2025\, Norton)\, a finalist for the 2025 National Book Critics Circle Award for Biography. He is a 2026 United States Artists Fellow and was a recipient of a New America Fellowship (Class of 2025) for his ongoing work documenting the history of South Asians in Hollywood. He teaches film and television reporting and criticism at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. In a previous professional life\, he was also a James Beard Award-winning food writer and the author of Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America (2021\, Norton). He lives in Brooklyn. \nArun Venugopal is a senior reporter at WNYC\, where he focuses on issues of race\, identity and immigration. He has served as a recurring guest host at NPR’s Fresh Air\, appeared on PBS Newshour and CBS News and has been published in The Guardian\, The Wall Street Journal\, the New York Times and The Atlantic\, where his article ‘The Making of a Model Minority’ was featured. Previously\, he served on the board of SAADA\, the South Asian American Digital Archive. He can often be found near his home in Jackson Heights\, walking Momo the Dog. \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!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/passing-performance-and-the-price-of-fame/
LOCATION:Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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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
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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: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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251216T210000
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SUMMARY:Alpha Beta Blah - Cozy Solstice
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for Alpha Beta Blah\, a new reading series that removes the secret from secret society!\n\n\nThe 2025 AAWW Margins fellows present “Alpha Beta Blah”\, a new reading series that invites writers to come frat out with the fellows. \nThe fourth and final reading of this series will take place on December 16th at 7 pm ET. For “Cozy Solstice”\, send us pieces about all that can happen on the longest night of the year. We want poetry that covers heartbreak and hollowness\, sultry stories about people locked in a cabin together\, and essays on the possibilities of a snowy day in the city. We are looking for work with a heart big enough to get us through the coldest of nights\, that makes us feel like we are bundled up next to a hearth. \nSubmit your sample to events@aaww.org by December 1st to be considered for the lineup. \nThis reading series is a part of the AAWW Margins fellowship program. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/alpha-beta-blah-cozy-solstice/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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SUMMARY:PAGE TURNER 2025: The AAWW Publishing Conference (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:PAGE TURNER convenes experts and authors across industries and genres to share candid insights\, advice\, and experiences!\n\n\nThis fall\, we are thrilled to present PAGE TURNER: The 2025 Asian American Writers’ Workshop Publishing Conference\, a signature program that we’ll present in-person on Sunday\, November 23rd\, at our event space in New York. For those unable to attend in person\, the event will be available via livestream for a discounted ticket price. Please don’t hesitate to reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for assistance if you are able to join in person but the ticket price is prohibitive. \nOur publishing conference will center the work and experiences of writers of color\, convening experts and authors across industries and genres to share candid insights\, advice\, and experiences. \nCheck out the conference schedule below! We will announce the lineup for each panel in the coming weeks: \n11:00 – 11:45 am: From Page to Screen – Screenwriting for Authors \nMany novelists and poets are drawn to the screen but unsure how to navigate the jump from prose to script. This panel explores the opportunities and challenges of screenwriting\, from adapting literary work to building a career in film and television. Panelists will discuss craft\, collaboration\, and the unique possibilities of writing for the screen. \n12:00 pm – 12:45 pm: Writing the Game – Sportswriting and Literature \nSportswriting is more than scores and stats: it’s a window into identity\, community\, and struggle. This conversation highlights the artistry of sports journalism and memoir\, where storytelling meets competition and cultural history. Panelists will examine how sports narratives shape\, and are shaped by\, race\, belonging\, and politics. \n1:00 pm – 1:45 pm: Lunch Break \n2:00 pm – 2:45 pm: The Machine in the Room – AI and the Future of Writing \nArtificial intelligence is reshaping publishing\, journalism\, and creative labor\, but what does it really mean for writers? This panel offers both a primer on how AI works and a candid discussion of its promises\, pitfalls\, and ethical stakes. Writers and technologists will reflect on how human creativity can survive amid technological change. \n3:00 pm – 3:45 pm: Behind the Curtain – The Writer\, the Agent\, and the Editor \nWhat does it take to bring a book into the world? This panel pulls back the curtain on the publishing process\, featuring a writer\, their literary agent\, and their editor in conversation. Together they’ll discuss craft\, revision\, and the often-invisible negotiations that shape a book’s path to readers. \n4:00 pm – 5:00 pm: Agents & Editors Happy Hour \nThis special networking hour offers aspiring authors a unique chance to connect with industry professionals\, share their work\, and build valuable relationships. Whether your manuscript is complete or you’re still refining your craft\, this is your moment to explore the publishing world with support from experienced literary agents dedicated to amplifying Asian American voices. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/page-turner-2025-the-aaww-publishing-conference/
LOCATION:Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251105T210000
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SUMMARY:Writing Workshop: Liberation Philology 101
DESCRIPTION:Join H. M. Zafer for a workshop on harnessing the generative and emancipatory power of scripture!\n\n\nThis is a two-part workshop\, scheduled over two dates – Tuesday\, 9/23\, and Wednesday\, 9/24 – between 6pm and 9pm ET each day. Workshop registration covers both dates. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for assistance if you are able to join but the registration price is prohibitive. \n__ \nHarness the generative and emancipatory power of scripture. Discover your interpretive voice and expand your creative horizons. Develop an original piece of writing\, engaging with a sacred text – the Quran\, theGita\, the Granth\, the Gospels\, the Torah\, or any other scripture. \nLearn about the creative practice of “liberation philology” and subversive interpretation. Approach sacred writing with fresh understanding and interpretive confidence. No prior knowledge of any scripture or sacralized text is required. Just bring your c uriosity and creative spirit. \nThe workshop is designed to foster experimentation and collaboration in a safe environment. In consultation with the instructor\, you will select a sacred text as inspiration for a short creative writing piece. You will then develop the first draft of this piece\, which may be a translation\, poem\, narrative\, essay\, play\, or any literary exposition. You will receive feedback on the draft from a supportive community of fellow interpreters. As part of the workshop\, you will learn about three non-Biblical scriptures — the Quran\, the Bhagvad Gita\, and the Guru Granth Sahib — and their liberatory interpretive traditions. \nApplication: In 150 words or less\, please explain why are you interested in this workshop? How might it help your creative practice? What do you hope to accomplish or learn? Please send your application to msaleh@aaww.org. \n__ \nH. M. Zafer is a historical linguist and senior lecturer at Princeton University. He specializes in the classical languages of the global south\, including Quranic Arabic\, Biblical Ethiopic\, and Granthic Punjabi. He practices liberation philology\, a reading strategy that centers peripheralized linguistic and literary traditions in global histories of ideas. \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 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/liberation-philology-101/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Workshop,Writing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251030T210000
DTSTAMP:20251014T100619Z
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SUMMARY:Readings: Alpha Beta Blah - To The Grave
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for Alpha Beta Blah\, a new reading series that removes the secret from secret society!\n\n\nThe 2025 AAWW Margins fellows present “Alpha Beta Blah”\, a new reading series that invites writers to come frat out with the fellows. \nThe third reading of this series will take place on October 30th at 7 pm ET. For “To The Grave”\, send us your most bone-chilling stories about love. Tell us about a romance that still lives in your bones\, exes you need to exorcise\, and late night trysts that have taken over your psyche. Tell us how love possessed you\, stalked you\, and terrified you. \nSubmit your sample to events@aaww.org by October 16th to be considered for the lineup. \nThis reading series is a part of the AAWW Margins fellowship program. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/alpha-beta-blah-to-the-grave-2/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,In Person,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251016T210000
DTSTAMP:20251016T153737Z
CREATED:20250925T144750Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: In Celebration of Where Every Ghost Has A Name (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Where Every Ghost Has A Name by Kim Liao\, featuring Anru Lee and Jimin Han!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Where Every Ghost Has A Name by Kim Liao\, featuring Anru Lee and Jimin Han! \n__ \nKim Liao is the author of Where Every Ghost Has a Name: A Memoir of Taiwanese Independence. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times\, The Guardian\, Electric Literature\, Lit Hub\, The Rumpus\, McSweeney’s\, The Millions\, Salon\, Fourth River\, Hippocampus\, and others. A former Taiwan Fulbright Creative Research Scholar\, her work has received support from the Vermont Studio Center\, the Jentel Foundation\, the Hambidge Center\, the Anderson Center\, and the Ragdale Foundation. She lives with her family near New York City and teaches writing to students of all ages. Learn more about Kim and get in touch at kimliao.com. \nA cultural anthropologist\, Anru Lee‘s research focuses on the Asian Pacific region and issues of capitalism\, modernity\, gender and sexuality\, and urban anthropology. She is the author of “In the Name of Harmony and Prosperity: Labor and Gender Politics in Taiwan’s Economic Restructuring” (SUNY Press) and “Haunted Modernities: Gender\, Memory\, and Placemaking in Postindustrial Taiwan” (U Hawaii Press) and is co-editor of “Women in the New Taiwan” (Routledge) and Brill Encyclopedia of Taiwan Studies (The Gender and Women’s Studies Section). \nJimin Han is the author of A Small Revolution and The Apology\, a Barnes and Noble Discover Pick; named a best audiobook of the year by Booklist\, a best book of the summer by the LA Times\, Vanity Fair\, Shondaland\, Apple Books and more. Additional writing of hers can be found in Poets & Writers\, Literary Hub\, Catapult\, and other publications. She teaches at The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College and community writing centers. Her work has been supported by the New York State Council on the Arts. Dreamt I Found You\, her new novel\, is forthcoming in April 2026. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-where-every-ghost-has-a-name/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T220000
DTSTAMP:20251008T150740Z
CREATED:20250925T144748Z
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SUMMARY:[VIRTUAL] Author Talk: Our History Brings Us Here: A Reading and Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join us for readings and a conversation with Luisa Igloria\, Michelle Peñaloza\, and Rhoni Blankenhorn moderated by R. A. Villanueva!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for readings and a conversation between Luisa Igloria\, Michelle Peñaloza\, and Rhoni Blankenhorn\, moderated by R. A. Villanueva! We’ll be toasting their books – Luisa’s Caulbearer\, Michelle’s All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems\, and Rhoni’s Rooms for the Dead and the Not Yet – each released within the past year! \n__ \nLuisa A. Igloria is the author of Caulbearer (Immigrant Writing Series Prize\, Black Lawrence Press; 2024)\, Maps for Migrants and Ghosts (Co-Winner\, 2019 Crab Orchard Open Poetry Prize (Southern Illinois University Press\, 2020)\,The Buddha Wonders if She is Having a Mid-Life Crisis (Phoenicia Publishing\, Montreal\, 2018)\, 12 other books\, and 4 chapbooks. She was the inaugural recipient of the 2015 Resurgence Poetry Prize\, UK—the world’s first major award for ecopoetry (now known as the Ginkgo Prize)\, selected by a panel headed by former UK Poet Laureate Andrew Motion. She is lead editor of the new ecopoetry anthology The Nature of Our Times: Poems on America’s Lands\, Waters\, Wildlife\, and Other Natural Wonders (Paloma Press\, 2025)\, with Aileen Cassinetto and David Hassler; and lead editor\, along with co-editors Aileen Cassinetto and Jeremy S. Hoffman\, of Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States (Paloma Press\, September 2023). Luisa is a Louis I. Jaffe Professor of English and Creative Writing in the MFA Program at Old Dominion University; she also leads workshops for and is a member of the board of The Muse Writers Center in Norfolk. During her appointed term as 20th Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia (2020-22)\, Emerita\, the Academy of American Poets awarded her one of twenty-three Poet Laureate Fellowships in 2021\, to support a program of public poetry projects. \nMichelle Peñaloza is the author of All The Words I Can Remember Are Poems\, winner of the 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award and the James Laughlin Award (Persea Books\, 2025). She is also the author of Former Possessions of the Spanish Empire\, winner of the 2018 Hillary Gravendyk National Poetry Prize (Inlandia Books\, 2019)\, and the chapbook landscape/heartbreak (Two Sylvias\, 2015). Some of her honors include the Frederick Bock Prize from the Poetry Foundation as well as grants from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund\, and PAWA (Philippine American Writers and Artists). The proud daughter of Filipino immigrants\, Michelle was born in the suburbs of Detroit\, MI and raised in Nashville\, TN. She now lives in Covelo\, CA. \nRhoni Blankenhorn is a Filipina American writer. Her poems have appeared in The Slowdown\, Narrative\, Poetry Northwest\, and elsewhere. She is the recipient of fellowships and scholarships from Breadloaf\, Saltonstall\, and Sewanee. Rhoni’s debut\, Rooms for Dead and the Not Yet\, won the Trio Award\, and was published by Trio House Press July\, 2025. \nR. A. Villanueva is the author of two collections of poetry: A Holy Dread\, winner of the Alice James Award (forthcoming in 2026) and Reliquaria (University of Nebraska Press\, 2014)\, winner of the Prairie Schooner Book Prize. New work has been featured by the Academy of American Poets and National Public Radio—and his writing appears widely in international publications such as Poetry London and The Poetry Review. His honors include commendations from the Forward Prizes and fellowships from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference\, the Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts\, and Kundiman. He lives in Brooklyn\, New York. \n__ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITY \nThis event will be streamed on Zoom Webinar. Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link via email\, which will be sent out two days in advance of the event. For other access needs\, please contact msaleh@aaww.org. \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.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/virtual-our-history-brings-us-here-a-reading-and-conversation/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250930T210000
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SUMMARY:Open Mic Readings: Alpha Beta Blah - The Past Tense (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for Alpha Beta Blah\, a new reading series that removes the secret from secret society!\n\n\nThe 2025 AAWW Margins fellows present “Alpha Beta Blah”\, a new reading series that invites writers to come frat out with the fellows. \nThe sophomore reading of this series will take place on September 30th at 7 pm ET. Readers must submit a sample in advance that speaks to the theme “the past tense” – send us a scene from days of summer past\, a wistful end to a romance\, a childhood memory that crops up at the wrong moment… \nSubmit your sample to events@aaww.org by September 20th to be considered for the lineup. \nThis reading series is a part of the AAWW Margins fellowship program. \n_ \nM Lin is a Chinese writer living in the US. Born and raised in Beijing\, she writes in English as her second language; her mother tongue is Mandarin\, which she favors in speech. Her short story collection\, The Memory Museum\, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in April 2026. \nN.S. Ahmed is an Egyptian-American writer based in New York City. His writings have been featured or are forthcoming in publications such as BOMB\, Adroit Journal\, Joyland\, Waxwing\, Passages North\, The Margins (AAWW)\, The Offing\, and the New York Public Library. Currently\, he is a CUNY Pipeline Fellow\, a CLS Scholar\, a TEDx speaker\, a Periplus Collective Fellow\, a Shenandoah Editorial Fellow\, and a recent graduate and Hertog Research Fellow at Hunter College’s MFA program for creative fiction. He is presently working on a novel and short story collection. \n\n\n\n  \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/alpha-beta-blah-the-past-tense/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book Reading,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T203000
DTSTAMP:20250925T144749Z
CREATED:20250820T133235Z
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SUMMARY:Author Talk: In Celebration of Where Are You Really From - Virtual
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Elaine Hsieh Chou’s Where Are You Really From\, featuring Delia Cai!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Elaine Hsieh Chou’s Where Are You Really From\, featuring Delia Cai! \n__ \nA mail order bride from Taiwan is packed up in a cardboard box and sent via express shipping to California\, where her much older husband awaits her. Two teenage girls meticulously plan how to kill and cook their downstairs neighbor. An American au pair moves to Paris to find herself\, only to find her actual French doppelgänger. A father reunites with his estranged daughter in unusual circumstances: as a background actor on the set of her film. A writer’s affair with a married artist tests the line between fact and fiction\, self-victimization and the victimization of others. \nIn these six singular stories and a novella that pivot from the terrible to the beautiful to the surreal\, Elaine Hsieh Chou confronts the slipperiness of truth in storytelling. With razor-sharp precision and psychological acuity\, she peels back the tales we tell ourselves to peer beneath them: at our treacherous desires\, our self-deceptions and our capacity for cruelty\, both to ourselves and each other. Expansive and provocative\, Where Are You Really From is a visionary achievement. \n__ \nElaine Hsieh Chou is a Taiwanese American author and screenwriter from California. Described as “the funniest\, most poignant novel of the year” by Vogue\, her debut novel Disorientation was a New York Times Editors’ Choice Book\, New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award finalist and Thurber Prize finalist. A former Rona Jaffe Graduate Fellow at New York University\, her Pushcart Award–winning short fiction appears in Guernica\, Black Warrior Review\, Tin House Online\, Ploughshares and The Atlantic\, while her essays appear in The Cut and Vanity Fair. She is a Fred R. Brown Literary Award recipient\, a Sundance Episodic Lab Fellow and a Gotham Series Creator to Watch. Her work has been supported by the Harry Ransom Center\, the New York Foundation for the Arts and Hedgebrook’s Writers-in-Residence Program. \nDelia Cai is a writer and editor based in New York. She writes the culture newsletter\, Deez Links. \n__ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITY \nThis event will be streamed on Zoom Webinar. Please RSVP to receive a Zoom link via email\, which will be sent out two days in advance of the event. For other access needs\, please contact msaleh@aaww.org. \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.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/virtual-in-celebration-of-where-are-you-really-from/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Book,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250921T120000
DTSTAMP:20250915T083823Z
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SUMMARY:Brooklyn Book Festival: Breaking Genre: When Artists Don’t Stay in Their Lane
DESCRIPTION:Presented by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop \nFrom horror poets to literary sci-fi novelists\, genre and form boundaries are more porous than ever\, especially for Asian American artists and storytellers. This multi-disciplinary panel of Asian American authors and artists – Samira Asma-Sadeque\, Siyang Lim\, Katie Yee – who challenge normative conventions\, from blending forms to redefining the limits of genre itself. What happens when you write a ghost story that’s also a memoir? How does an illustrator use imagery in the way a poet uses language? How do readers\, publishers\, and critics respond when artists refuse to be categorized? A lively discussion moderated by AAWW Executive Director\, Jafreen Uddin. \n\n\nLocation: North Stage\, Cadman Plaza East\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKorean War Veterans Park Brooklyn NY 11201 United States
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/breaking-genre-when-artists-dont-stay-in-their-lane-presented-by-the-asian-american-writers-workshop/
LOCATION:Korean War Veterans Park Brooklyn\, Cadman Plaza West between Johnson St and Tillary\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250920T160000
DTSTAMP:20250920T143240Z
CREATED:20250818T130234Z
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SUMMARY:Writing for Graphic Novels
DESCRIPTION:Join Wendy Xu and Chris Kindred for a workshop on writing for graphic novels!\n\n\nCurious about the professional process of creating a graphic novel? Join Wendy Xu and Chris Kindred for a weekend intensive where they take you step by step through the craft of combining script writing and art direction\, with forays into the history of the medium and their own work experiences in comics as well as games for a comprehensive and holistic understanding. No drawing skill or experience required. \nPlease reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for assistance if you are able to join but the registration price is prohibitive. \n__ \nWendy Xu is a bestselling\, award-nominated Brooklyn-based illustrator and comics artist. She is the creator of INFINITY PARTICLE (2023\, HarperCollins/Quilltree)\, TIDESONG (2021 HarperCollins/Quilltree) and co-creator of MOONCAKES\, a young adult fantasy graphic novel published in 2019 from Oni Press. Her work has been featured in various places on the internet including Catapult\, Barnes & Noble Sci-fi/Fantasy\, and Tor.com. She loves obsessing over the perfect line\, making matcha lattes\, and art history. You can find more art on her instagram: @artofwendyxu; on twitter: @angrygirLcomics; or bluesky: @wendyxu \nChris Kindred is an author\, illustrator\, and game designer based in Brooklyn\, New York. Their work has appeared in the New Yorker\, the New York Times\, the Nib\, the History Channel\, FIYAH literary magazine\, and an upcoming graphic novel with First Second Books. Kindred also writes and consults for video games\, contributing narrative consultation to over ten indie and AAA titles in the past few years. In 2020\, they received their MFA from NYU Game Center\, with a focus in storytelling for analog and digital games. \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 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/writing-for-graphic-novels/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Workshop,Writing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250919T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250919T210000
DTSTAMP:20250919T143231Z
CREATED:20250823T133306Z
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SUMMARY:Radical Histories: A Roundtable of Korean/American Authors  (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW and BKBF for a roundtable of Korean/American authors\, featuring Alice Sola Kim\, Cathy Park Hong\, Ed Park\, Gina Chung\, and Jane Kim\n\n\nJoin AAWW and Brooklyn Bookfest for a roundtable of Korean/American authors\, featuring Alice Sola Kim\, Cathy Park Hong\, Ed Park\, Gina Chung\, Hannah Bae\, and Jane Kim! \n__ \nCathy Park Hong’s New York Times bestselling book of creative nonfiction\, Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning\, was published in Spring 2020 by One World/Random House and Profile Books (UK). Minor Feelings was a Pulitzer Prize finalist\, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for autobiography\, and earned her recognition on TIME’s 100 Most Influential People of 2021 list. She is also the author of poetry collections Engine Empire\, published in 2012 by W.W. Norton\, Dance Dance Revolution\, chosen by Adrienne Rich for the Barnard Women Poets Prize\, and Translating Mo’um. Hong is the recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize\, the Guggenheim Fellowship\, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her prose and poetry have been published in the New York Times\, New Republic\, the Guardian\, Paris Review\, Poetry\, and elsewhere. She is a Full Professor in English at UC Berkeley. \nEd Park is the author of the novels Same Bed Different Dreams (2023)\, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize\, and Personal Days (2008)\, a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award. His fiction\, essays\, and reviews have appeared in The New Yorker\, The New York Review of Books\, Harper’s\, The Atlantic\, Bookforum\, McSweeney’s\, and elsewhere. He is a founding editor of The Believer and the former literary editor of The Village Voice\, and has worked in newspapers and book publishing. \nAlice Sola Kim is an American science fiction writer. Her writings have appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly\, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction\, Tin House\, Lenny Letter\, Asimov’s Science Fiction\, Buzzfeed\, and Strange Horizons. \nGina Chung is a Korean American writer from New Jersey currently living in New York City. She is the author of the novel Sea Change\, which was a 2023 B&N Discover Pick and a New York Times Most Anticipated Book\, and the short story collection Green Frog. A recipient of the Pushcart Prize\, she is a 2021-2022 Center for Fiction/Susan Kamil Emerging Writer Fellow and holds an MFA in fiction from The New School. Her work appears or is forthcoming in The Kenyon Review\, Literary Hub\, Catapult\, Electric Literature\, Gulf Coast\, Indiana Review\, and Idaho Review\, among others. \nHannah Bae is a Korean American freelance journalist\, nonfiction writer and illustrator who is at work on a memoir about family estrangement and mental illness. She is the 2020 nonfiction winner of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award and a 2021 and 2022 Peter Taylor Fellow for The Kenyon Review Writers Workshops. She is a proud former student of Evelina’s. You can connect with her at @hanbae on Twitter and @hannahbae on Instagram. \nJane Kim is the culture editor at The Atlantic. Previously\, she was the culture editor at The Village Voice\, the essays editor at Racked\, and an opinion editor at Al Jazeera 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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/radical-histories-a-roundtable-of-korean-american-authors/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 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:20250918T210000
DTSTAMP:20250918T143242Z
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SUMMARY:Ctrl+Alt+Lit: Fan Fiction\, Zines\, and Independent Literature  (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for Ctrl+Alt+Lit\, a celebration of alternative literatures and countercanons!\n\n\nFrom Tumblr threads to self-published novels\, alternative literature is rewriting how we tell stories and who gets to tell them. Ctrl+Alt+Lit will explore how alt-lit remixes cultural narratives and creates community beyond traditional publishing\, diving into a world shaped by parasocial relationships\, the internet\, and all of the media therein\, including fan fiction\, zines\, newsletters\, and forums. Featuring a panel of experts from 4N\, Choo Choo press\, and Acacia Magazine\, followed by a zine swap and mixer\, Ctrl+Alt+Lit aims to offer a countercanon rooted in passion\, identity\, and connection. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are required for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have three commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/ctrlaltlit-fan-fiction-zines-and-independent-literature/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Festival,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250917T203000
DTSTAMP:20250917T143243Z
CREATED:20250819T131734Z
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SUMMARY:Book Talk: In Celebration of Seabeast - Hybrid
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Seabeast by Rajiv Mohabir\, featuring Megan Pinto\, Ashna Ali\, and Rosamond King!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Seabeast by Rajiv Mohabir\, featuring Megan Pinto\, Ashna Ali\, and Rosamond King! \nOrganized as an alphabetical bestiary\, Seabeast lyrically catalogues whale species by common name and behaviors\, resulting in a poetic compendium that defies pathetic fallacy even as it sings the similarities between homo sapiens and the marine mammoths that have long captured our fascination. In his fifth full-length collection\, Rajiv Mohabir winds together the threads of cetacean evolution\, natural history\, animal migration\, and human culture and colonization as they concern the endurance of all species. In anthropomorphizing these complex mammals\, Mohabir argues\, we overwrite and erase their sublime difference and selfhood\, their distinct and separate experience of embodiment; yet\, in refusing to recognize the familiarities of whale behavior and social patterns\, we subjugate these magnificent creatures\, affirming a hierarchy that establishes anything inhuman as inherently less than human and enabling cruelty toward all manner of living things. \nMohabir’s language ingeniously plumbs the depths\, illustrating how the objectification fundamental to the construction and preservation of animal taxonomy mirrors the internecine violence of humankind on both a broad and intimate scale. “We were misnamed / again and again: first Hindu\, / then Hindoo\, then Indian\, then / Coolie\, all subhuman / much like this precursory cetacean / of the Eocene\, named / in Latin great lizard— / anguilliform\, what to make / of twist and tear\, teeth / gnashing sharks and durodons / into pulp\, judged by fossilized / gouges in enamel and finger / holes on skulls?” \nThrough the invention of race\, the conquest and consumption of land\, and the cultural amnesia enforced on the subaltern\, imperialism threatens human survival on this planet just as we have misunderstood\, taken captive\, and hunted whales nearly to extinction. Meditating on the results of genetic testing\, Mohabir details how\, like his white ex-spouse’s “ancestors / from northern Germany / played bone flutes / for their dead at gravesites\,” a lab “one day exhumed” them all “in perfect pentatonic scales.” Meanwhile\, he wonders what of his Indo-Caribbean heritage\, complicated by the obfuscating forces of indenture\, ethnic oppression\, and frequent relocation\, “can be revived” from this “wastebasket taxon\, / us unnamed hoard of no future?” Of the Irrawaddy Dolphin once “known for / herding shoals of fish / for fisherfolk / in whose nets / they now drown\,” Mohabir observes that “learning human / language opens you // to betrayal.” “Trust me\,” he urges\, “though I am no // hairless dolphin— / I once had a husband.” Standing at the confluence of these prehistoric\, mythological\, and contemporary tributaries feeding our attitude toward whales\, Mohabir asks\, who is the seabeast\, really? The namer or the named? The answer prompts us to see that\, if we recognize the legacy of human barbarism in the whale’s long history with us\, we can also locate a new reserve of resilience and survival. It is their example Mohabir uses\, not the “bright honey” of their blubber that once would “fuel lanterns\,” to power his own spiritual refortification. “Maybe I will\, from filling my lungs\, blood / rushing to my core\, / into a finned thing\, / transform.” \n__ \nPoet\, memoirist\, and translator\, Rajiv Mohabir is the author of five books of poetry and has been awarded two gold medals from the Foreword INDIES and Eric Hoffer Medal Provocateur. His other honors include being a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the PEN/America Open Book Award\, the Lambda Literary Award\, the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction\, and both second place and finalist for the Guyana Prize for Literature. His translations have won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. Currently he teaches poetry at the University of Colorado Boulder. \nMegan Pinto is the author of Saints of Little Faith\, her debut collection\, just out from Four Way Books. Her poems can be found in the Los Angeles Review of Books\, Ploughshares\, Lit Hub and elsewhere. She has won the Anne Halley Prize from the Massachusetts Review and an Amy Award from Poets & Writers\, as well as scholarships and fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference\, the Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing\, the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference and Storyknife. Megan lives in Brooklyn and holds an MFA in poetry from Warren Wilson College. \nRaised in Italy and based in Brooklyn\, Ashna Ali is a queer and disabled child of the Bangladeshi diaspora\, and the author of The Relativity of Living Well (Bone Bouquet\, 2024) and the Substack\, PAIN BABY. Their work is featured or forthcoming from The Margins\, Indiana Review\, Sun Dog Lit\, and beyond. A Best-of-the-Net nominated poet\, they are the poetry editor for Epiphany Magazine and co-editor of Dead End Zine with Hunter Hodkinson. With Divya Victor\, they are the co-host of the poetry podcast The Source\, produced by Asian American Writers Workshop. They hold a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from The Graduate Center\, City University of New York\, and are earning their MFA in the low-residency Creative Writing program at Randolph College. \nRosamond S. King is the author of poetry collections All the Rage and the Lambda Award-winning Rock | Salt | Stone\, as well as Island Bodies: Transgressive Sexualities in the Caribbean Imagination. She performs around the world and teaches at Brooklyn College\, part of the City University of New York. The goal of all of her work is to make people feel\, wonder\, and think. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-seabeast/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,Hybrid,In Person,Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250915T210000
DTSTAMP:20250915T143239Z
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SUMMARY:Writing City Nature\, Writing the City Self
DESCRIPTION:Join Rajiv Mohabir for a workshop on writing about the environment!\n\n\nWriting about the environment is not the province of the rich\, the country-dwelling\, and the white poet. Asian American poets and writers have been expanding their ideas of the natural world to be expansive\, including human-made structure and infrastructures as being natural. They write starting with where they are located. In this three-hour workshop you will explore place-based writing the environment in the natural world of New York City and how reflections of the self echo our own attitudes towards how we regard the “natural world.” Together\, we will consider race\, settler colonialism\, capitalism\, ecological collapse\, and restoration as well as how poets have answered\, re-answered\, and rewritten the central questions of nature writing today. With this as a sigil\, in our time together\, you will draft at least one new poem or piece of short prose. \n__ \nPoet\, memoirist\, and translator\, Rajiv Mohabir is the author of five books of poetry and has been awarded two gold medals from the Foreword INDIES and Eric Hoffer Medal Provocateur. His other honors include being a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the PEN/America Open Book Award\, the Lambda Literary Award\, the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction\, and both second place and finalist for the Guyana Prize for Literature. His translations have won the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award from the Academy of American Poets. Currently he teaches poetry at the University of Colorado Boulder. \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 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/writing-city-nature-writing-the-city-self/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop,Writing
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T210000
DTSTAMP:20250902T134739Z
CREATED:20250823T133304Z
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SUMMARY:Alpha Beta Blah - The Party Scene
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for Alpha Beta Blah\, a new reading series that removes the secret from secret society!\n\n\nThe 2025 AAWW Margins fellows present “Alpha Beta Blah”\, a new reading series that invites writers to come frat out with the fellows. \nThe inaugural reading will take place on September 2nd at 7 pm ET. Readers must submit a sample in advance that speaks to the theme “the party scene” – send us a piece of that campus novel\, give us meet cutes at a rave\, submit a cocktail of sonnets\, take us to the house party that ruined a friend group. \nThis reading series is a part of the AAWW Margins fellowship program. \n__ \nVeena Dinavahi is an Indian American writer currently splitting her time between Connecticut and Brooklyn. A graduate of Columbia University with a degree in psychology\, she has had essays published in The Rumpus\, Pulp Magazine\, and the Columbia Daily Spectator. She works in the fashion industry and The True Happiness Company is her first book. \nPaolo Iacovelli is a French-Italian-Colombian writer born and raised in New York City. He received his MFA from Columbia’s School of the Arts. The King of Video Poker is his debut novel. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/alpha-beta-blah-the-party-scene-2/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Open Mic
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250731T210000
DTSTAMP:20250731T121728Z
CREATED:20250712T110251Z
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SUMMARY:Alpha Beta Blah - The Party Scene
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for Alpha Beta Blah\, a new reading series that removes the secret from secret society!\n\n\nThe 2025 AAWW Margins fellows present “Alpha Beta Blah”\, a new reading series that invites writers to come frat out with the fellows. \nThe inaugural reading will take place on July 31st at 7 pm ET. Readers must submit a sample in advance that speaks to the theme “the party scene” – send us a piece of that campus novel\, give us meet cutes at a rave\, submit a cocktail of sonnets\, take us to the house party that ruined a friend group. \nSubmit your sample to events@aaww.org by July 25th to be considered for the lineup. \nThis reading series is a part of the AAWW Margins fellowship program. \n__ \nM Lin is a Chinese writer living in the US. Born and raised in Beijing\, she writes in English as her second language; her mother tongue is Mandarin\, which she favors in speech. Her short story collection\, The Memory Museum\, is forthcoming from Graywolf Press in April 2026. \nPaolo Iacovelli is a French-Italian-Colombian writer born and raised in New York City. He received his MFA from Columbia’s School of the Arts. The King of Video Poker is his debut novel. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/alpha-beta-blah-the-party-scene/
LOCATION:Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250729T210000
DTSTAMP:20250729T120234Z
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SUMMARY:lactose intolerant
DESCRIPTION:Join us for readings by Adlan Jackson\, Ama Kwarteng\, Kyle Carrero Lopez\, May Teng\, and Ruth Minah Buchwald!\n\n\nThe Asian American Writers’ Workshop is proud to host lactose intolerant (@lactoseintolerantnyc)\, an anti-clout reading series featuring writers of color in NYC. \nJoin us for readings by Adlan Jackson\, Ama Kwarteng\, Kyle Carrero Lopez\, May Teng\, and Ruth Minah Buchwald! \n__ \nCOMMUNITY CARE & ACCESSIBILITYAt 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. We are located on the 9th floor of 18 W 21st Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. To protect our friends with chemical sensitivities\, AAWW is a fragrance-free space. Masks are highly recommended for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have three commercial grade air purifiers\, and a quiet room in the back should you need some space from the crowd. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/lactose-intolerant-2/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250726T150000
DTSTAMP:20250726T120246Z
CREATED:20250711T110231Z
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SUMMARY:From Journalists to Authors: The Making of Stories
DESCRIPTION:Join AAJA and AAWW for a conversation on transitioning from reporting to long-form storytelling!\n\n\nJoin AAJA and AAWW for an enlivening conversation on transitioning from reporting to long-form storytelling\, featuring Vicky Nguyen and Youngmi Mayer! The panelists will reflect on the challenges of shifting from the fast-paced\, fact-driven world of journalism to the slower\, more introspective craft of writing books! \n__ \nVicky Nguyen is an NBC News chief consumer investigative correspondent\, anchor of NBC News Daily and New York Times best-selling author of the new memoir “Boat Baby.” She reports for the Today show\, Nightly News with Tom Llamas and NBC News Now. She graduated as valedictorian from the University of San Francisco. Vicky lives in New York with her husband and three daughters. \nYoungmi Mayer is a standup comedian and host of the podcasts Feeling Asian and Hairy Butthole. She has been on The Today Show\, ABC News\, Rolling Stone\, CNN\, Vice Munchies\, Eater’s Guide to the World and The Mind of a Chef. Her work has been featured in Netflix is a Joke\, Comedy Central and BBC. She has written for Lucky Peach\, Cherry Bomb\, InStyle and Women’s Health Magazine. She is one of the rare comedians working today who has obtained success both on online platforms and in the mainstream. She lives in New York City with her son\, Mino Bowien. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/from-journalists-to-authors-the-making-of-stories/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:In Person,Professional Development
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250723T210000
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SUMMARY:In Celebration of Marginlands
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Marginlands by Arati Kumar-Rao!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Marginlands by Arati-Kumar Rao! \nAs a child growing up in Mumbai\, Arati Kumar-Rao’s parents instilled in her an abiding love for the natural world and a passion for storytelling. Years later\, adrift in a corporate job and concerned by the unbridled development of her country\, she asked herself\, “When will you stop doing what you can do and start doing what you really want to do?” \nAnimated by an instinctive sense that our fate is bound to that of the earth and the more-than-human world\, Kumar-Rao sets out on a journey across India\, listening along the way to stories the land and its people share with her. In the Thar Desert\, often reduced to the value of extractable commodities\, she learns about ancient methods of harvesting rainwater from shepherds with deep ancestral memories. In the delta formed by the confluence of the Ganges\, Brahmaputra\, and Meghna Rivers at the Bay of Bengal\, she walks ancient shorelines and mangrove forests with a marine biologist\, exploring tidepools and learning of the extent to which this astonishingly diverse ecology is increasingly endangered by commercial trawlers and overfishing. And on India’s northernmost plateau\, surrounded by the Himalaya and home to snow leopards\, ibex\, and numerous endangered species of eagles and owls\, she finds glaciers disappearing at an alarming rate and meets with inhabitants who play little role in creating climate change but now bear the brunt of it. \nRichly illustrated with the author’s photographs and drawings\, Marginlands is a vibrant and compelling account of the changes reshaping India today. Engaging and urgent\, infused with wonder and profound empathy\, this is a work of love and hope\, inspiring readers across the world to preserve and protect the world around us. \n__ \nArati Kumar-Rao is a National Geographic Explorer\, an independent environmental photographer\, a writer\, and an artist. Her work has appeared in National Geographic\, Emergence\, BBC\, and in leading Indian publications. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-marginlands/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250620T210000
DTSTAMP:20250620T101750Z
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SUMMARY:In Celebration of Sage
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for a celebration of Yaffa’s latest book\, Sage!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Yaffa’s latest book\, Sage! \nSage is a poetry collection that acknowledges all transphobia is systemic but the pain of everyday interpersonal violence is still felt in our bones. A collection that highlights challenges and joy within interpersonal relationships from the perspective of a queer and trans Palestinian living at the margins of displacement\, disability\, immigration & ongoing genocide. Sage is a beacon of light\, shedding light to wounds that have festered and rotted\, and finding the paths forward as fascism claims more of who we are. \nAll proceeds go to Trans folks most affected by ongoing gen0cides. \nFollow @yaffasutopia and @merajpublshing to stay updated. \n__ \nYaffa (they/them) is a stand-up comedian currently withholding their comedy until Falasteen is free. In the meantime\, they have vowed to flood the market with books\, visual art\, and perhaps even plays. They are an acclaimed disabled\, autistic\, trans\, queer\, Muslim\, Indigenous Palestinian. Mx. Yaffa is the Executive Director of the Muslim Alliance for Sexual and Gender Diversity (MASGD) and the founder of several non-profits and community projects. They are multi-generationally displaced and currently searching for the next country to move to. They currently split their time between Jordan and Occupied Lisjan territory\, where they are in service to Indigenous communities until they can return home to Falasteen. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-sage/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250617T210000
DTSTAMP:20250617T101732Z
CREATED:20250606T094732Z
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SUMMARY:In Celebration of Mothersalt and Becoming Ghost
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a celebration of Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Becoming Ghost by Cathy Lin Che\, with Sahar Muradi and Eugenia Leigh!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for a celebration of Mothersalt by Mia Ayumi Malhotra and Becoming Ghost by Cathy Lin Che\, featuring readings by Sahar Muradi and Eugenia Leigh! \n__ \nMia Ayumi Malhotra is the author of MOTHERSALT (Alice James Books\, 2025) and ISAKO ISAKO\, a California Book Award finalist and winner of the Alice James Award\, Nautilus Gold Award for Poetry\, National Indie Excellence Award\, and Maine Literary Award. She is also the author of the chapbook NOTES FROM THE BIRTH YEAR\, winner of the Bateau Press Chapbook Contest. Mia’s work has received the Hawker Prize for Southeast Asian Poetry and the Singapore Poetry Prize\, and she is a Kundiman Fellow and founding member of The Ruby SF\, a gathering space for women\, transfeminine\, and nonbinary artists. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area\, where she teaches poetry and writes about music and the interior life. \nCathy Linh Che is a writer and multidisciplinary artist. She is the author of Becoming Ghost (Washington Square Press\, 2025)\, Split (Alice James Books) and co-author\, with Kyle Lucia Wu\, of the children’s book An Asian American A to Z: a Children’s Guide to Our History (Haymarket Books). Her video installation Appocalips is an Open Call commission with The Shed NY\, and her film We Were the Scenery won the Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction at the Sundance Film Festival. She teaches as Core Faculty in Poetry at the low residency MFA program in Creative Writing at Antioch University in Los Angeles and works as Executive Director at Kundiman. She lives in New York City. \nSahar Muradi is author of the collection OCTOBERS\, selected by Naomi Shihab Nye for the 2022 Donald Hall Prize for Poetry and a finalist for the National Poetry Series. She is author of the chapbooks [ G A T E S ]\, Ask Hafiz\, and A Garden Beyond My Hand\, and co-editor\, with Seelai Karzai\, of EMERGENC(Y): Writing Afghan Lives Beyond the Forever War\, An Anthology of Writing from Afghanistan and its Diaspora. Her writing has been supported by Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, Bethany Arts Community\, Blue Mountain Center\, and Sustainable Arts Foundation. Sahar lives in New York City\, where she directs the arts education programs at City Lore and dearly believes in the bottom of the rice pot. \nEugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet and the author of Bianca (Four Way Books\, 2023) and Blood\, Sparrows and Sparrows (Four Way Books\, 2014). Her poems and essays have appeared in numerous publications including TIME\, The Nation\, Poetry\, Ploughshares\, Waxwing\, and the Best of the Net anthology. Eugenia serves as a Poetry Editor at The Adroit Journal and as Valentines Editor at Honey Literary. http://www.eugenialeigh.com \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are strongly encouraged for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have two commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/in-celebration-of-mothersalt-and-becoming-ghost/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250605T210000
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SUMMARY:Book Event: Memory & Mollusks: In Celebration of Clam Down and Anam
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for the joint launch of André Dao’s new novel\, Anam\, and Anelise Chen’s new memoir\, Clam Down!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for the joint launch of André Dao’s new novel\, Anam\, and Anelise Chen’s new memoir\, Clam Down! \nAnelise Chen is an American writer of fiction and nonfiction. She teaches creative writing at Columbia University. Her first novel\, So Many Olympic Exertions\, was published by Kaya Press in 2017. It was a VCU Cabell First Novelist Award Finalist. Her second book\, Clam Down (One World)\, based on her brief stint as the Paris Review Daily’s “mollusk correspondent\,” will be out in June 2025. She is a National Book Foundation 5 under 35 Awardee. Her writing has appeared in The Atlantic\, New York Times\, The Believer\, McSweeney’s\, BOMB\, The New Republic\, NPR\, Village Voice\, Conjunctions\, and more. \nAndré Dao is an author and researcher from Naarm/Melbourne\, Australia. His debut novel\, Anam\, won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Fiction\, the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for New Writing\, and was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Voss Literary Award. In 2024\, he was named a Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist. He is the co-founder of Behind the Wire\, the award-winning oral history project documenting the stories of the adults and children who have been detained by the Australian government after seeking asylum in Australia. \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. \nThe event will be live streamed on Zoom with auto captioning for those who cannot join us in person. For those joining us in person\, we are located on the 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. Masks are required for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours\, one will be provided for you. We have three commercial grade air purifiers. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. If you have had COVID or have had known contact with someone who has tested positive for COVID in the 10 days prior\, we ask you tune in for the live stream instead. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/memory-mollusks-in-celebration-of-clam-down-and-anam/
LOCATION:18 W 21st St suite 900\, 18 West 21st Street\, #suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250520T210000
DTSTAMP:20250516T091807Z
CREATED:20250508T084737Z
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SUMMARY:After All This: Making Your Second Work
DESCRIPTION:Join AAWW for the PBS-streaming premiere of After All This\, featuring Sarah Thankam Mathews\, Andrew Nadkarni\, and Maryam Mir!\n\n\nJoin AAWW for the PBS-streaming premiere night of documentary short After All This profiling Margins alumnus\, Sarah Thankam Mathews\, directed by Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker Andrew Nadkarni and produced by Open City alumnus\, Maryam Mir! \n– \nAfter All This (15 minutes) follows 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 be in conversation with Andrew Nadkarni\, moderated by 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 and Conversation/Q&A will last around an hour\, followed by an informal reception with light refreshments. \n– \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. To protect our friends with chemical sensitivities\, AAWW is a fragrance-free space. Masking is strongly encouraged.  We highly encourage all guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests\, including ADA accessible bathrooms\, chairs with added back support\, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/after-all-this-making-your-second-work/
LOCATION:Asian American Writers’ Workshop\, 18 West 21st Street\, Suite 900\, New York\, NY\, 10010\, United States
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