Events upcoming
May 8, 2024 , 7:00 PM
BOOK EVENT: NINA SHARMA WITH MECCA JAMILAH SULLIVAN
Join us and Greenlight Books for Nina Sharma in conversation with acclaimed author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, along with a reading and book signing. Nina Sharma presents THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL, a hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship.
May 9, 2024 , 7:00 PM
[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF NICOLE CHUNG'S A LIVING REMEDY WITH CRYSTAL HANA
Also-Known-As and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop are thrilled to welcome back Nicole Chung, in conversation with Crystal Hana Kim, to celebrate the paperback release of her critically acclaimed memoir A Living Remedy.
May 15, 2024 , 6:00 PM
SHANGHAILANDERS WITH JULI MIN AND VANESSA CHAN
Join AAWW and Yu & Me Books for an in-person event in celebration of Juli Min's debut novel, SHANGHAILANDERS, with Vanessa Chan, author of THE STORM WE MADE.
May 16, 2024 , 7:00 PM
[IN PERSON] POETRY AS PRAYER: IN CELEBRATION OF REMEMBERING (Y)OUR LIGHT
Join us for a reading in celebration of remembering (y)our light with River 瑩瑩 Dandelion, Jasmine Reid, Jimena Lucero & Taylor Alyson Lewis!
May 22, 2024 , 6:00 PM
DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH: PATRICIA PARK'S WHAT'S EATING JACKIE OH? & A.H. KIM'S RELATIVE STRANGERS
Join us for an in-person double book launch event at Yu & Me Books to celebrate Patricia Park's new novel, What's Eating Jackie Oh? and A.H. Kim's Relative Strangers!
May 22, 2024 , 7:00 PM
AAWW & THE STRAND PRESENT: VICTOR MANIBO + YUME KITASEI: ESCAPE VELOCITY
Join AAWW and The Strand for an in-person event with speculative fiction writer, Victor Manibo, for the release of his new novel, Escape Velocity. Victor will be in conversation with Yume Kitasei!
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Remember To Return
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Events upcoming
May 8, 2024 , 7:00 PM
BOOK EVENT: NINA SHARMA WITH MECCA JAMILAH SULLIVAN
Join us and Greenlight Books for Nina Sharma in conversation with acclaimed author Mecca Jamilah Sullivan, along with a reading and book signing. Nina Sharma presents THE WAY YOU MAKE ME FEEL, a hilarious and moving memoir in essays about love and allyship told through one Asian and Black interracial relationship.
May 9, 2024 , 7:00 PM
[IN PERSON] IN CELEBRATION OF NICOLE CHUNG’S A LIVING REMEDY WITH CRYSTAL HANA
Also-Known-As and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop are thrilled to welcome back Nicole Chung, in conversation with Crystal Hana Kim, to celebrate the paperback release of her critically acclaimed memoir A Living Remedy.
May 15, 2024 , 6:00 PM
SHANGHAILANDERS WITH JULI MIN AND VANESSA CHAN
Join AAWW and Yu & Me Books for an in-person event in celebration of Juli Min's debut novel, SHANGHAILANDERS, with Vanessa Chan, author of THE STORM WE MADE.
May 16, 2024 , 7:00 PM
[IN PERSON] POETRY AS PRAYER: IN CELEBRATION OF REMEMBERING (Y)OUR LIGHT
Join us for a reading in celebration of remembering (y)our light with River 瑩瑩 Dandelion, Jasmine Reid, Jimena Lucero & Taylor Alyson Lewis!
May 22, 2024 , 6:00 PM
DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH: PATRICIA PARK’S WHAT’S EATING JACKIE OH? & A.H. KIM’S RELATIVE STRANGERS
Join us for an in-person double book launch event at Yu & Me Books to celebrate Patricia Park's new novel, What's Eating Jackie Oh? and A.H. Kim's Relative Strangers!
May 22, 2024 , 7:00 PM
AAWW & THE STRAND PRESENT: VICTOR MANIBO + YUME KITASEI: ESCAPE VELOCITY
Join AAWW and The Strand for an in-person event with speculative fiction writer, Victor Manibo, for the release of his new novel, Escape Velocity. Victor will be in conversation with Yume Kitasei!
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before she could contemplate doing something for herself with her time
لكن المنـفى ينبت مرة أخرى كالحشائـش البرية تحت ظلال الزيتـون | Exile sprouts anew, like untamed grass beneath the shade of olive trees
A young woman struggles to stay in a loving relationship while being haunted by a past abuser.
With plans for a new jail in Chinatown underway, community trust in the police erodes.
Once a Maoist dry-goods business, the store has become a hub for Asian American culture and community
It’s no wonder / that so very few / survive / the experience of being / cast out / into the blinding light.
Writers share the books they have turned to when imagining a world without without cages
The layered histories of Black and Asian communities in the Queens neighborhood.
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