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SUMMARY:Jen Shin launches "The Blue House I Loved\," with Andrea Chiney
DESCRIPTION:“Encourages us to engage with one another in the communal—and vital—practice of remembering. A beautiful book.” —Bao Phi\n\n\nJoin us for the launch of Kao Kalia Yang and Jen Shin’sThe Blue House I Loved\, a beautifully illustrated story of Hmong refugees’ beloved first home after arriving in the United States.\nIlustrator Jen Shin will read The Blue House I Loved\, followed by a conversation\, Q&A\, and signing. \nPreorder your copy of The Blue House I Loved! \nCan’t make it to the event? Preorder at the link above to receive a signed copy for store pickup or shipping. Indicate any personalization requests in the “Instructions and comments” field during checkout. \n \nAbout the book\nThe Blue House I Loved centers on a family of newly arrived Hmong refugees who move into the lower level of a duplex in St. Paul\, Minnesota. The narrator loves her aunt and uncle’s home with its mismatched furniture\, but it is too small for the large family. The boy cousins sleep in the three-season porch\, where their wet hair freezes in wintertime\, and the rest of the family crowds into two bedrooms. Yet this is the cherished home where they live and love\, their own small corner of a very large and unfamiliar place\, and in this blue house a young girl learns about her new country. Eventually\, the family moves in search of more space\, and years later the house is torn down. Where it was\, green grass now grows. But for this girl and her family\, the ghost of the house remains\, its memories a strong thread that holds time at bay and hearts close together. \nCombining Kao Kalia Yang’s lyrical prose with ethereal illustrations by artist and architect Jen Shin\, The Blue House I Loved speaks to the multitude of refugee experiences around the world\, honoring the challenges they face and the homes they create together. \nAdvanced Praise \n“For those of us denied a place in the history books\, our memory is like beautiful art meant to be shared. Through the gift of her art\, Kao Kalia Yang once again encourages us to engage with one another in the communal—and vital—practice of remembering. A beautiful book.”—Bao Phi\, author of You Are Life \n“Artist Shin’s architectural prowess enables spectacularly meticulous illustrations from multiple viewpoints that undeniably elevate Hmong American Yang’s poignant\, longing prose. Intricate full-color details—hanging flyswatter\, scattered sneakers\, fading hopscotch grid\, a child too small to reach the faucet—add resonating depth\, underscoring a loving family in constant motion.” —Kirkus Reviews \n \nAbout the illustrator\nJen Shin is an interdisciplinary artist and urbanist. The daughter of immigrants and granddaughter of refugees\, she is fascinated by what it means to make a home and by the places where communities create home together. A Flatbush resident\, Jen has contributed illustrations to Voices of Lefferts\, a community history project in Flatbush/Prospect Lefferts Gardens. She lives and works in Brooklyn. \n \nAbout Andrea Chiney\nAndrea Chiney is an architect and educator with Peruvian\, Chinese\, and Japanese roots. She brings over a decade of experience in architecture\, specializing in public engagement. Prior to joining A+A+A\, she collaborated with institutional clients\, including the Brooklyn Public Library\, Queens Public Library\, and the Crystal Bridges Museum\, to develop community engagement and impact strategies for new libraries and public art installations. Drawing from her multicultural background\, Andrea applies her design skills to bridge connections between diverse groups\, enriching public spaces with varied perspectives.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/jen-shin-launches-the-blue-house-i-loved-with-andrea-chiney/
LOCATION:Lofty Pigeon Books\, Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, USA\, 743 Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11218\, United States
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SUMMARY:Writing Our City: Chinese American Memoirs of New York
DESCRIPTION:Kick off AANHPI Heritage Month with a discussion with Alvin Eng and Qian Julie Wang on growing up Chinese American in NYC\n\n\nJoin Lofty Pigeon Books this Asian American\, Native Hawaiian\, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month for this special panel discussion featuring two singular and seminal memoirists on growing up Chinese American in New York: Alvin Eng (Our Laundry Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond) and Qian Julie Wang (Beautiful Country: A Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood). \nThe authors will be joined by historian Alex Ho for a discussion\, audience Q&A\, reception\, and book signing. \nAbout Alvin Eng\nAlvin Eng is a native NYC author/playwright\, songwriter\, educator and performer. His plays and performances have been seen Off-Broadway\, in Paris\, Hong Kong and Guangzhou\, China. He is currently a New York Public Library Long Term Fellow—developing a companion book to his acclaimed memoir\, OUR LAUNDRY\, OUR TOWN: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond. His next book\, URBAN ORACLE BONES\, is a stage-to-page adaptation of his acoustic punk raconteur performance piece\, HERE COMES JOHNNY YEN AGAIN\, and examines the impact of the Opium Wars on the Chinese diaspora of NYC and the “heroin chic” punk/counterculture. He is on the Artist Advisory Committee of the New York Foundation for the Arts. \nAbout Qian Julie Wang\nQian Julie Wang is the New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Country: A Memoir of An Undocumented Childhood\, which was named a best book of 2021 by the New York Times\, President Obama\, NPR\, Newsweek\, and more. Qian Julie is also managing partner of Gottlieb & Wang LLP\, a firm dedicated to advancing educational civil rights for marginalized populations. She lives in Kensington with her family\, just minutes away from where she lived during the years that Beautiful Country traces\, and is proud to call Lofty Pigeon her local bookstore. \nAbout Alex Ho\nAlex Jia-feng Ho is a lecturer in Asian American history and Chinese culture and history at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. Alex is a second-generation Taiwanese American\, who grew up in Central New Jersey and currently resides in Brooklyn. He has previously worked in museum education and media arts education at the Museum of the Moving Image and is currently a 2025 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Awardee.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/writing-our-city-chinese-american-memoirs-of-new-york/
LOCATION:Lofty Pigeon Books\, Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, USA\, 743 Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11218\, United States
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SUMMARY:Clare Osongco presents "Midnights With You\," with Shannon C.F. Rogers
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the New York launch of this YA romance about first love\, family ghosts\, and healing from generational trauma\n\n\nJoin Los Angeles–based biracial Filipina American writer Clare Osongco for the New York launch of her debut novel—a compelling YA romance about two traumatized teens who fall in love over a series of secret late-night driving lessons—with a reading\, conversation with author Shannon C.F. Rogers (I’d Rather Burn Than Bloom)\, signing\, and reception.\n \nPreorder your copy of Midnights With You! \n \nAbout the book\n \n“Where were you thinking of going?”“Nowhere.”“Great\,” he says lightly\, putting the car in gear. “Then we’ll go there.” \nSeventeen-year-old Deedee’s life is full of family ghosts and questions she can’t ask. She longs to escape her stifling home\, but guilt holds her back—that\, and the fact that her strict Filipino single mom won’t let her learn to drive. \nBut one sleepless night leads Deedee down a road she never thought possible: secret driving lessons with the new boy next door\, Jay\, whose turbulent family life also keeps him up until sunrise. \nAs midnights stretch into days\, Jay helps Deedee begin to unravel her past\, and as shared secrets blossom into love\, Deedee starts to imagine a life where happiness is possible. But the deeper she digs into the trauma that has shaped her\, the more that trauma threatens to tear Deedee and Jay apart. Together\, these two must decide if the pain they’ve both inherited has the power to choose their fate\, or if they have the power to choose for themselves. \n \nAbout the author\nClare Osongco is a biracial Filipina American author who likes to write about diaspora feelings and complicated relationships. Midnights With You (Disney-Hyperion\, Nov. 12\, 2024) is her debut novel. \n \nAbout Shannon C.F. Rogers\n​​Shannon C.F. Rogers is a multiracial American writer of young adult novels and plays. While studying Creative Writing at the University of New Mexico and Writing For Young People at Antioch University Los Angeles\, she also served as an educator\, after-school program director\, and lost mitten finder at schools in Albuquerque\, Chicago\, and Brooklyn\, where she now lives. Her debut novel\, I’d Rather Burn Than Bloom\, won the Asian/Pacific American Award for Youth Literature in 2024.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/clare-osongco-presents-midnights-with-you-with-shannon-c-f-rogers/
LOCATION:Lofty Pigeon Books\, Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, USA\, 743 Church Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11218\, United States
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