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SUMMARY:Madhushree Ghosh presents Safar\, with Sayu Bhojwani & Hawa Hassan
DESCRIPTION:Blends memoir and history to explore the role of Punjabi food in fostering community and identity among South Asian refugees and immigrants.\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Madhushree Ghosh to celebrate and discuss her new book Safar: Finding Home\, History\, and Culture through Punjabi Food in the American West . \nMadhushree wiill be in conversation with Sayu Bhojwani\, author of People Like Us\, and Hawa Hassan\, author of Bibi’s Kitchen. After the talk\, there will be a book signing. \nThe evening will feature special Punjabi food and drinks: \n\nEach ticket comes with mithai courtesy of Chef Surbhi of Tagmo NYC!\nCome early and grab a drink from the P&T Cafe! We’ll be serving our Safar Chai Special ($6 chai)!\n\nDoors open at 6:30pm with the talk starting closer to 7:00pm. \nTickets and books are available both on eventbrite and at the door. \nABOUT THE AUTHORMadhushree Ghosh is the author of the award-winning culinary narrative memoir\, Khabaar: An Immigrant Journey of Food\, Memory and Family. She has written extensively on food\, social justice\, women in science\, and immigration in The New York Times\, Vogue India\, Washington Post\, Los Angeles Review of Books\, Poets and Writers\, LA Times and others. Her work has been Pushcart-nominated and published in the Best American Essays in Food Writing. Madhushree runs the popular global literary salon and supper club\, KhabaarCo using food to discuss activism\, immigration\, social justice and community in San Diego\, New York\, New Delhi and Oaxaca. Madhushree’s TEDx San Diego talk What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Food highlights San Diego’s East African refugee women farmers of City Heights.An oncology diagnostics executive\, Madhushree’s culinary narrative memoir\, SAFAR: Finding Home\, History\, and Culture through Punjabi Food in the American Westis a reflection of South Asian-in particular-Punjabi migration to the American West transforming food\, travel\, prayer and community\, is forthcoming from Bloomsbury in June 2026. She can be reached at @writemadhushree \n \nABOUT THE MODERATORSSayu Bhojwani is a writer\, advocate and civic entrepreneur who founded and led three groundbreaking organizations\, all focused on advancing belonging and inclusion. Born in India\, and raised in Belize\, she is a proud New Yorker who served as the City’s first Commissioner of Immigrant Affairs. Her TED Talk has garnered over a million views\, and her debut book\, People Like Us: The New Wave of Candidates Knocking at Democracy’s Door (New Press\, 2018)\, was described by Kirkus as “an astute appraisal of how the state of American democracy is being preserved by unexpected political newcomers.” Sayu has appeared on CNN\, MSNBC\, and other major outlets\, and maintains the Substack No. 1 Immigrant Daughter. Sayu holds a Ph.D. in Politics and Education from Teachers College\, Columbia University\, and serves on the boards of the Center for Fiction and the North Star Fund. She is writing her debut novel and a nonfiction book on belonging and identity. \nHawa Hassan is a James Beard Award winner\, host of Food Network’s Hawa at Home and Cooking Channel’s Spice of Life\, acclaimed author of In Bibi’s Kitchen\, and founder and CEO of Basbaas\, makers of African-inspired sauces and condiments. An acclaimed speaker and presenter\, Hawa has been covered by major international media including The New York Times\, Vogue\, Vanity Fair\, The Wall Street Journal\, Bon Appetit\, The Seattle Times\, Condé Nast Traveler\, Thrillist\, Ebony\, The Ringer\, San Francisco Chronicle\, Forbes\, The Washington Post\, and New York Magazine. \n \nHousekeeping notes: \n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.\nDoors open at 6:30pm\, with the talk starting around 7:00pm.\nBooks will be available for purchase at the event.\nCost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.\nIf you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/madhushree-ghosh-presents-safar-with-sayu-bhojwani-hawa-hassan/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
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SUMMARY:Kristin T. Lee presents We Mend with Gold\, with Eugenia Leigh
DESCRIPTION:“Both a love letter and a wisdom guide.” – Drew Jackson\, poet\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Kristin T. Lee to celebrate and discuss her new book\, We Mend with Gold; a memoir in which a daughter of the Asian American church wrestles with faith\, exile\, and belonging. \nKristin will be joined in conversation by Eugenia Leigh\, author of Bianca. Along with a discussion and audience Q&A\, Kristin will also sign copies of her book. \n \nThe first 20 people who use code GOLD20 when RSVPing through eventbrite will recieve free admission! \n \nBoth tickets and books are available on eventbrite and at the door. Doors open at 6:30pm with the talk starting closer to 7pm. \n \nABOUT THE AUTHORKristin T. Lee is a writer whose work has appeared in Sojourners and Christianity Today\, and a primary care physician serving Boston’s Chinatown community. She writes about faith\, culture\, books\, and solidarity at The Embers and is a contributing columnist to The Covenant Companion. Her passion is highlighting literature written by Asian and BIPOC authors via book reviews and reading groups on Instagram (@ktlee.writes). Lee’s work is informed by her experiences as an adoptive mother\, host to refugees\, and friend to those affected by incarceration. Learn more about her at kristintlee.com. \n \nABOUT THE MODERATOREugenia 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\, The Atlantic\, 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. Learn more about her at eugenialeigh.com. \n \nHousekeeping notes:\n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.\nDoors open at 6:30pm\, with the talk starting around 7:00pm.\nBooks will be available for purchase at the event.\nCost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.\nIf you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kristin-t-lee-presents-we-mend-with-gold-with-eugenia-leigh/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Fire In Our Throats: A Night of Poetry\, Vulnerability\, & Voice
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate “My God’s Been Silent” by Darius Phelps\, with Taiyo Na\, DeeSoul Carson\, Karl Michael Iglesias\, & Andrew Chi Keong Yim\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Dr. Darius Phelps to celebrate and discuss his latest collection of poetry\, My God’s Been Silent. \nTaiyo Na\, DeeSoul Carson\, Karl Michael Iglesias\, & Andrew Chi Keong Yim will join Dr. Phelps on stage to read poetry. Afterwards\, Dr. Phelps will sign copies of his book. \nTickets are available through eventbrite and in-person. \nABOUT THE AUTHOR: \nDr. Darius Phelps is the author of My God’s Been Silent (Writ Large Press\, 2026) and The Holy Ghost Lives In Her Laugh (Kith Books\, 2026). A poet before anything else\, his work bears witness to grief\, faith\, and the act of becoming—offering language as a form of liberation and light. Through the lens of poetic inquiry\, Dr. Phelps explores how verse can function as pedagogy\, healing and survival. Rooted in Black literary traditions and personal testimony\, his poems navigate silence\, ancestry\, and resilience\, creating sanctuaries for voices too often unheard. His work has been featured by Diode\, Een Magazine\, School Library Journal\, and many more across platforms that champion the power of story to honor every body\, every history\, and every voice. \n  \nABOUT THE FEATURED POETS\nTaiyo Na is a writer of poems\, songs\, stories and curricula who lives on unceded Lenape land (Queens\, NY) and whose writing has appeared in Kweli Journal\, Poets House and in the anthology We the Gathered Heat: Asian American and Pacific Islander Poetry\, Performance\, and Spoken Word (Haymarket Books\, 2024). He is the author of the forthcoming God of Water (Pali Press)\, which was a finalist for the St. Lawrence Book Award and Clay Reynolds Novella Prize. \nDeeSoul Carson is a poet\, educator\, and host of the O\,Word? podcast. A Stanford alum\, his work is featured or forthcoming in POETRY Magazine\, Muzzle Magazine\, AGNI\, & elsewhere. For his work\, DeeSoul has received a National Endowment for the Arts and a Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent fellowship from the Poetry Foundation\, as well as fellowships from the NYU MFA program\, the Watering Hole\, and the Sun Valley Writers’ Conference. His debut full-length\, The Laughing Barrel\, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in Spring 2027. Find more of his work at deesoulpoetry.com \nKarl Michael Iglesias is a Puerto Rican actor\, director\, and the author of Catch a Glow. His work can be read in the Madison Review\, Hong Kong Review\, Sierra Nevada Review\, Florida Review\, Brooklyn Review\, and The Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day. Karl lives in Brooklyn\, New York. His latest collection\, The Bounce\, is available on Finishing Line Press. \nAndrew Chi Keong Yim was born and raised in Honolulu\, Hawaiʻi. He was awarded the 2024 New Voices Award in Poetry from Washington Square Review\, selected by Terrance Hayes\, and is a 2025 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowship finalist. His poems have appeared in Best New Poets\, The Adroit Journal\, Bat City Review\, Frozen Sea and other publications. Andrew is the author of the debut poetry collection The Ninth Island\, forthcoming from University of Pittsburgh Press. He lives in New York City\, where he is a public school teacher. \nHousekeeping notes:\n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.\nDoors open at 6:30pm\, with the talk starting around 7:00pm.\nBooks will be available for purchase at the event.\nCost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.\nIf you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-fire-in-our-throats-a-night-of-poetry-vulnerability-voice/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
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SUMMARY:Out of Place: New Novels about Travel\, Restlessness\, and Home
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Roohi Choudhry\, Karen Outen\, & Cleyvis Natera\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Roohi Choudhry\, author of Outside Women\, Karen Outen author of Dixon\, Descending\, & Cleyvis Natera\, author of Neruda on the Park\, for a panel on travel\, restlessness\, and home within their novels. \nAs discourse around place and displacement becomes increasingly fraught\, the focus of this conversation will be on how ideas of searching and belonging come up in both leisure travel and migration within their novels. They will also be discussing how writers tackle representations of place\, and how we address both restlessness and rootedness in these narratives of movement. \n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.\nDoors open at 6:30pm.\nBooks will be available for purchase at the event.\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.\nIf you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\n\nABOUT THE PANELISTS: \nRoohi Choudhry was born in Pakistan\, grew up in southern Africa\, and now calls Brooklyn home. She is the author of Outside Women (University Press of Kentucky\, 2025)\, named one of the most anticipated feminist books of 2025 by Ms. Magazine and described as “riveting… an incisive story of how change happens” by Publishers’ Weekly. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan and is the recipient of a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship and residencies at Hedgebrook and Djerassi. Her stories and essays have appeared in Ploughshares\, Callaloo\, Longreads\, Poets & Writers\, and the Kenyon Review. She has worked as a researcher in criminal justice reform and public health\, wrote for the United Nations\, and facilitates creative writing workshops for community organizations. Learn more at roohichoudhry.com. \nKaren Outen’s debut novel Dixon\, Descending (Dutton\, 2024) was a Library Journal Editor’s Pick and was longlisted for both the Crook’s Corner Book Prize and the Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award. Her fiction has appeared in Glimmer Train\, The North American Review\, Essence\, and in the anthologies Where Love is Found and Mother Knows: 24 Tales of Motherhood (both from Washington Square Press). Her essays have been published in Scoundrel Times\, Lit Hub\, Electric Lit\, and the anthology From Curlers to Chainsaws: Women and their Machines. She received a 2018 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers Award\, a Careers in the Making Fellowship from the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan\, and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts. She has taught writing at the University of Michigan\, where she earned an MFA\, and at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. \nCleyvis Natera is an award-winning author\, essayist\, and critic. Her debut novel\, Neruda on the Park\, was a New York Times Editor’s Choice and was awarded a Silver Medal by the International Latino Book Awards for Best First Book of Fiction. Her work has appeared in Kirkus\, The New York Times\, The New York Times Book Review\, Bon Appétit\, TIME\, The Washington Post\, USA TODAY\, Pleiades\, The Kenyon Review\, Aster(ix) and Kweli Journal\, among others. Natera has received awards\, fellowships and artist residencies by the Vermont Studio Center\, PEN America\, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts\, and Hermitage Artist Retreat\, among others. She was the recipient of the prestigious Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference 2024 Toni Morrison Fiction Fellowship. She is currently a Fulbright Specialist. She joined Montclair State University in the fall of 2024 as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing where she currently leads the development of a M.F.A. in Bilingual Creative Writing. Natera is also part of the creative writing faculty at Barnard College of Columbia University andThe New School M.F.A. program. Natera’s second novel is The Grand Paloma Resort.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/out-of-place-new-novels-about-travel-restlessness-and-home/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:The Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival
DESCRIPTION:Featuring Micaiah Johnson\, Cassandra Khaw\, Yume Kitasei\, Veronica Roth\, and Julia Vee!\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome The Traveling Science Fiction & Fantasy Festival for their New York City stop. \nOver two weeks and eight cities\, Science Fiction & Fantasy authors with new releases will be hitting the road in “traveling book festival” style. Each night\, they’ll be making a stop at a new location to discuss a different aspect of this genre. They will be exploring how the genre is evolving\, how our identities and backgrounds inform our own writing\, and where we think SFF is headed. In some locations\, local authors will join the discussion. \nNew York City’s panelists will feature Micaiah Johnson\, Matthew Kressel\, Yume Kitasei\, Veronica Roth\, and Julia Vee! \nThey will discuss\, “History and Speculation: How does history and speculation inform science fiction and fantasy as a genre and use as writers? What ideas do we find ourselves returning to? How do we approach the research? What draws us to poke at the edges of time?” \nHousekeeping notes:\n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating.\nDoors open at 6:30pm.\nBooks will be available for sale at the event.\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the event books.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear.\nIf you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\n\n  \nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nMicaiah Johnson is a Brooklyn-based author and scholar. She received her BA in creative writing from the University of California\, Riverside\, and her MFA in fiction from Rutgers-Camden and her doctorate at Vanderbilt university. Her debut novel THE SPACE BETWEEN WORLDS won the Compton Crook Award and was an Editors’ Choice at The New York Times. NPR named it one of best books of 2020 and one of the best science fiction books of the last decade. \nMatthew Kressel – Matthew Kressel is a Nebula and World Fantasy Award nominated author and coder. His books include a short story collection\, HISTORIES WITHIN US\, and novels SPACE TRUCKER JESS and THE RAINSEEKERS. He runs the Fantastic Fiction at KGB reading series with Ellen Datlow and created the Moksha submissions system used by many fiction publishers today. \nYume Kitasei is a Japanese and American speculative fiction author of THE DEEP SKY\, THE STARDUST GRAIL\, and SALTCROP. She lives in Brooklyn with two cats\, Boondoggle and Filibuster. \nVeronica Roth is the #1 New York Times best-selling author of When Among Crows\, Arch-Conspirator\, Poster Girl\, Chosen Ones\, the Divergent series\, and the Carve the Mark duology. She lives in Chicago\, Illinois. \nJulia Vee was a trial lawyer in Silicon Valley for over two decades. She attended U.C Berkeley and majored in Asian Studies. She often writes with co-author Ken Bebelle. Their novel EBONY GATE\, an Asian-inspired urban fantasy was a Golden Poppy Finalist for the Octavia E. Butler award. The series conclusion\, PEARL CITY\, released in July of 2025
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-traveling-science-fiction-fantasy-festival/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:Hyeseung Song presents Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl
DESCRIPTION:“Often funny\, and always unflinchingly honest\, Song has created a Portrait of the Artist as a Young AAPI Woman.” — David Henry Hwang\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome back Hyeseung Song to celebrate the publication of the paperback edition of her first book\, Docile: a “profound and poetic meditation on the value of living” (Grace M. Cho\, author of Tastes Like War)\, told through Song’s own story of subverting the model minority myth\, contending with mental illness\, and finding her self-worth by looking within. \nAlong with a discussion and audience Q&A\, Hyeseung will also sign copies of Docile. \nRESERVE YOUR SIGNED PAPERBACK EDITION OF DOCILE: MEMOIRS OF A NOT-SO-PERFECT ASIAN GIRL\nAVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES \n\n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating. Doors open at 6:30pm.\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.\nCost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\n\n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR\nHyeseung Song is a first-generation Korean American painter and the author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl. Docile has been called a “savagely beautiful memoir” by David Henry Hwang\, a “revelation” by Chloé Cooper Jones and was named a “Best Book” by Apple and “Most Anticipated” by Electric Literature\, BookRiot and more. Raised in Texas\, Song studied philosophy at Princeton and Harvard Universities\, and painting at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. A two-time Greenshields award winner\, TedX speaker\, and resident artist of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico\, the Vermont Studio Center and the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program\, Song has also taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is at work on her first novel. Song lives in Brooklyn and upstate New York. \n  \nABOUT THE MODERATOR \nPatricia Park writes about young Korean American women coming of age. She’s the author of Re Jane\, a retelling of Brontë’s Jane Eyre\, and the YA novels Imposter Syndrome & Other Confessions of Alejandra Kim and What’s Eating Jackie Oh? She’s written for The New York Times\, New Yorker\, Guardian\, and others. She is a professor of creative writing at American University.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hyeseung-song-presents-docile-memoirs-of-a-not-so-perfect-asian-girl/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250522T183000
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SUMMARY:BOTH/AND: Five AAPI Writers on the Intersection of Mental Health & Identity
DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion hosted by Hyeseung Song\, author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Hyeseung Song to lead a discussion with Hannah Bae\, Prachi Gupta\, Helen Rho\, and Nina Sharma on artmaking and mental health for AAPI writers and artists\, with a Q&A following the conversation. . \n  \n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating. Doors open at 6:30pm.\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\n\n  \nABOUT THE MODERATOR\nHyeseung Song is a first-generation Korean American painter and the author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl. Docile has been called a “savagely beautiful memoir” by David Henry Hwang\, a “revelation” by Chloé Cooper Jones and was named a “Best Book” by Apple\, Electric Literature\, and more. Raised in Texas\, Song studied philosophy at Princeton and Harvard Universities\, and painting at the Grand Central Atelier in New York City. A two-time Greenshields award winner\, TedX speaker\, and resident artist of the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico\, the Vermont Studio Center and the Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program\, Song has also taught at the Maryland Institute College of Art and the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is at work on a novel\, a meditation on grief\, mental illness and the power of artmaking. Song lives in Brooklyn and upstate New York. \nABOUT THE PANELISTS \nHannah Bae is a Korean American freelance journalist\, nonfiction writer and illustrator who is at work on a memoir about family estrangement. She was a 2024 grantee in literature for the New York State Council on the Arts and a 2024 juror in nonfiction for The Kirkus Prize. She has contributed to several anthologies\, including (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation about Mental Health. Follow her on Instagram at @hannahbae. \nPrachi Gupta is an award-winning journalist\, author\, and speaker. Her debut memoir\, They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us\, was longlisted for the PEN/Open Book Award\, named one of the best books of the year by Amazon and Audible\, and nominated for a Goodreads Choice Award. \nHelena Rho is a four-time Pushcart Prize nominated writer and the author of American Seoul: A Memoir. A former assistant professor of pediatrics\, she has practiced and taught at top ten children’s hospitals: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia\, Johns Hopkins Hospital\, and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is a devoted fan of K-dramas\, Korean green tea\, and the haenyeo of Jeju Island. Stone Angels\, now out with Grand Central Publishing\, is her debut novel. \nNina Sharma’s work has appeared in The New Yorker\, Harper’s Bazaar\, Electric Literature\, and The Washington Post\, among other publications. She received her MFA in writing from Columbia University’s School of the Arts and has been awarded residencies from Vermont Studio Center and St. Nell’s Humor Writing Residency. \nNina is formerly the Programs Director at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and with Quincy Scott Jones she co-created Blackshop\, a column that thinks about allyship between BIPOC people\, featured on Anomaly. A two-time Asian Women Giving Circle grantee for her workshop\, “No Name Mind: Stories of Mental Health from Asian America\,” she currently teaches at Barnard College and Columbia University. \nNina is a proud co-founder of Not Your Biwi Improv. Her debut collection of personal essays is The Way You Make Me Feel: Love In Black and Brown (Penguin Press 2024).
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/both-and-five-aapi-writers-on-the-intersection-of-mental-health-identity/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:Obsessions! A Memory Piece Paperback Launch with Lisa Ko
DESCRIPTION:“A heartbreaking elegy for a communal\, almost utopian approach to urban life.” — Rumaan Alam\, critically acclaimed author of Entitlement\n\n\nTo celebrate the paperback release of Lisa Ko’s most recent novel\, Memory Piece\, P&T Knitwear is pleased to host a night of author presentations on topics they’re obsessed with — from recent internet wormholes to novel ‘research.’ \nLisa will be joined by Jennifer Baker\, author of Forgive Me Not; Temim Fruchter\, author of City of Laughter; Benedict Nguyễn\, author of Hot Girls with Balls; and Nina Sharma\, author of The Way You Make Me Feel: Love in Black and Brown. Each of these writers will share presentations on their favorite obsessions. Afterwards\, Lisa will sign copies of Memory Piece. \nAn innovative and visionary novel\, set across eighty years — the predigital 1980s\, the art and tech subcultures of the 90s\, and an imagined portrait of the 2040s — from the critically acclaimed author of The Leavers\, Memory Piece investigates the lives of three lifelong friends as their relationship matures\, their definitions of success become complicated\, and their sense of what matters evolves. \n  \nRESERVE YOUR SIGNED PAPERBACK EDITION OF MEMORY PIECE: A NOVEL\nAVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES\n• NAMED ONE OF TIME’S MUST-READ BOOKS OF 2024 • ONE OF NPR’s BEST READS OF 2024 • A VOGUE BEST BOOK OF 2024 • ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE READS OF SUMMER 2024• \n\n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating. Doors open at 6:30pm.\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.\nCost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\n\n  \nABOUT THE AUTHORS\nLisa Ko is the author of the nationally bestselling novel The Leavers\, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the PEN/Hemingway Award\, and winner of the 2016 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. Ko’s short fiction has appeared in The Best American Short Stories and her essays and nonfiction have been published in The New York Times and The Believer. \nJennifer Baker is a publishing professional of twenty years\, the creator and host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast\, and editor of the short story anthology Everyday People: The Color of Life. She has volunteered with organizations such as We Need Diverse Books and I\, Too\, Arts Collective\, and spoken widely on topics of inclusion\, the craft of writing\, podcasting\, and the inner workings of the publishing industry. Her fiction\, nonfiction\, and criticism have appeared in various print and online publications. \nTemim Fruchter is a queer nonbinary anti-Zionist Jewish writer who lives in Brooklyn\, NY. She holds an MFA in fiction from the University of Maryland\, and is the recipient of fellowships from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities\, Vermont Studio Center\, and a 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award. She is co-host of Pete’s Reading Series in Brooklyn. Her debut novel\, City of Laughter\, a New York Times Editors’ Pick\, is out now on Grove Atlantic. \nBenedict Nguyễn is a freelance dancer\, creative producer\, and gym buff. She’s the author of the freelance labor zine nasty notes and the debut novel Hot Girls with Balls\, forthcoming from Catapult on July 1. \nNina Sharma’s work has appeared in The New Yorker\, Electric Literature\, Longreads\, and The Margins. A graduate of the MFA program at Columbia University\, she served as the programs director at the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and currently teaches at Columbia and Barnard College. She is a proud cofounder of the all–South Asian women’s improv group Not Your Biwi.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/obsessions-a-memory-piece-paperback-launch/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person,Storytelling
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SUMMARY:Author Sheetal Sheth presents Anjali Can!
DESCRIPTION:“A fun\, feisty tale about community organizing.” — Kirkus\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Sheetal Sheth to celebrate the publication of her newest book\, Anjali Can! — the third installment in the Always Anjali series \, in which Anjali must quickly find a way to save a beloved community space in risk of shutting down. Along with a reading and audience Q&A\, Sheetal will sign copies of Anjali Can! \nRESERVE YOUR SIGNED COPY OF ANJALI CAN! \nAVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES\n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating. Doors open at 2:30pm.\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.\nCost of a book bundle ticket reflects the total cost of the feature event book (MSRP plus tax). Each book bundle ticket guarantees ticket holders one (1) copy of the feature event book.\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!\n\nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nSheetal Sheth is an award-winning actress\, producer\, author\, and activist. She is also the author of the Anjali picture-book series\, Making Happy\, and Raashi’s Rakhis. She is known for her provocative performances in a wide range of film and TV roles and for being a fierce advocate of traditionally marginalized communities. She is one of the founders of the nonprofit For the Love of Reading and Listen to the KidZ\, served in AmeriCorps\, and is currently on the board of SAYA and the advisory board of Equality Now. She has had op-eds published on CNN\, The Daily Beast\, Parents.com\, and Thrive Global.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/sheetal-sheth-presents-anjali-can/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Book,In Person
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SUMMARY:The Dark Heart: Thrillers\, Killers\, and the Art of Obsession
DESCRIPTION:Presented in part by the 2024 Brooklyn Book Festival\n\n\nP&T Knitwear\, in conjunction with the 2024 Brooklyn Book Festival\, is pleased to present The Dark Heart: Thrillers\, Killers\, and the Art of Obsession! Follow three storytellers down the world’s dark alleyways for a night of international crime. New York Times-bestselling author Flynn Berry conjures double agents\, old flames\, and the specter of the Irish Troubles in Trust Her; New Immigrant Writing Prize-winner Praveen Herat trails long-lost twins and an anonymous kingpin across continents in Between This World and the Next; and translator Sam Bett brings us a yakuza princess in peril with queer thriller The Night of Baba Yaga by Akira Otani. Moderated by Ed Lin\, author of Death Doesn’t Forget. \nThis event is an official 2024 Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event. \n \n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event books or any product in our café the night of an event.\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!\n\n \nABOUT THE AUTHORS \nFlynn Berry is the New York Times bestselling author of Under the Harrow\, winner of the 2017 Edgar Award for Best First Novel; A Double Life\, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice; and Northern Spy\, a Reese’s Book Club pick that was named one of the ten best thrillers of 2021 by The New York Times and The Washington Post. The recipient of a Yaddo fellowship\, Berry is a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers and Brown University. Northern Spy is being adapted for film by Netflix. \nSam Bett is a fiction writer and Japanese translator. Working with David Boyd\, he co-translated the Mieko Kawakami novels Heaven\, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize; All the Lovers in the Night\, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction; and Breasts and Eggs. \nPraveen Herat was born in London to Sri Lankan parents and educated at Oxford and the University of East Anglia. He lived in Phnom Penh\, Cambodia\, for several years\, a period that marked him profoundly and prompted his research for what would become his novel\, Between This World and the Next. Since 2010\, he has lived in Paris. \nABOUT THE MODERATOR \nEd Lin is a journalist by training and an all-around stand-up kinda guy. He’s the author of the Taipei Night Market series: Ghost Month\, Incensed\, 99 Ways to Die\, and Death Doesn’t Forget; his literary debut\, Waylaid; and the Robert Chow crime series set in 1970s Manhattan Chinatown: This Is a Bust\, Snakes Can’t Run\, and One Red Bastard. Lin\, who is of Taiwanese and Chinese descent\, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards. Lin lives in New York with his wife\, actress Cindy Cheung\, and son.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/the-dark-heart-thrillers-killers-and-the-art-of-obsession/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
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SUMMARY:Quarterlife: A Conversation with Devika Rege & Merve Emre
DESCRIPTION:Sponsored by the Asian American Writer’s Workshop\n\n\nP&T Knitwear\, in conjunction with the Asian American Writer’s Workshop\, is pleased to welcome Devika Rege to celebrate the U.S. publication of her critically acclaimed debut novel\, Quarterlife: a reflective narrative about India’s political pulse and changing value systems circa 2014. Following a mosaic of characters amidst a shifting socio-political landscape\, Quarterlife offers a thoughtful exploration of identity and the dynamics of societal transformation. \nDevika will be joined in conversation by Merve Emre\, editor of the forthcoming story collections I Am Alien to Life and Waiting for the Fear. After the talk\, Devika will sign copies of Quarterlife . \nThis event is sponsored by the Asian American Writers’ Workshop. \n\nPREORDER YOUR SIGNED COPY OF QUARTERLIFE: A NOVEL\nAVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES\n  \n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!\n\n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nDevika Rege is the author of Quarterlife. The novel came out in India in 2023\, where it was hailed as ‘a landmark novel’ by The Indian Express. It was also a finalist for multiple literary awards\, eventually winning the Mathrubhumi Book of the Year Award and the Ramnath Goenka Sahitya Samman. It will be published in the USA and elsewhere in 2024. Devika is a graduate of the universities of Mumbai and Iowa\, and lives in Bangalore. \n  \nABOUT THE MODERATOR \nMerve Emre is an associate professor of English at the University of Oxford and the author of several books\, including The Personality Brokers. \n  \nABOUT THE AAWW \nFor over 30 years\, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop has been dedicated to publishing and amplifying Asian American literary culture. Operating from a radically inclusive ethos\, AAWW expands the definition not only of who is a writer\, but also of who is Asian American. Through a robust and diverse lineup of programming\, AAWW serves as a vital sanctuary space for writers and readers alike. In cultivating and curating the next generation of Asian American storytellers\, AAWW works to mobilize the literary community toward a more just future.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/quarterlife-a-conversation-with-devika-rege-merve-emre/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Book,Book Reading,In Person
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SUMMARY:Hansen Shi presents The Expat: A Novel\, ft. Christopher Bollen
DESCRIPTION:” to mind Grahame Greene & John le Carré’s later work . . . magnificent.” — Zia Haider Rahman\, author of In the Light of What We Know\n\n\nP&T Knitwear is pleased to welcome Hansen Shi for a celebration of his debut novel\, The Expat: a contemporary spin on the classic espionage novel that is “smart as it is engrossing . . . a haunting exploration of the seductions and the disappointments of national and ethnic affiliations.” (Ju Yon Kim\, Harvard University\, author of The Racial Mundane) \nHansen will be joined in conversation by Christopher Bollen\, author of the forthcoming novel Havoc. After the discussion and audience Q&A\, Hansen will sign copies of The Expat. \n\nRESERVE YOUR SIGNED COPY OF THE EXPAT: A NOVEL\nAVAILABLE TO SHIP MOST PLACES\n  \n\nThis is a ticketed in-store event with limited amphitheater-style seating\nCost of a $5 general admission ticket can be applied towards your purchase of the featured event book or any product in our café the night of an event.\nWe encourage all guests to wear masks.\nThe talk will be followed by a book signing. Books signed at P&T Knitwear events must be purchased from P&T Knitwear. If you would like a signed copy and cannot attend the event\, we’re happy to take your pre-order. We ship most places!\n\n  \nABOUT THE AUTHOR \nHansen Shi is a writer and technology investor. He studied literature at Harvard College where he was on the Fiction Board of the Harvard Advocate. He currently works as a venture capitalist in New York City. \nABOUT THE MODERATOR \nChristopher Bollen is the author of the critically acclaimed novels The Lost Americans\, A Beautiful Crime\, The Destroyers\, Orient\, and Lightning People. He is a frequent contributor to various publications\, including Vanity Fair\, the New York Times\, and Interview. He lives in New York City.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/hansen-shi-presents-the-expat-a-novel-ft-christopher-bollen/
LOCATION:P&T Knitwear Books & Podcasts\, 180 Orchard Street\, New York\, NY\, 10002\, United States
CATEGORIES:Author Interview,Book,Book Reading,In Person
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