DATE/TIME

EVENT TITLE

PARTICIPANTS

Sat, Jan 17,  5:00 PM

Watermark Reading

Quang Bao, le thiem thuy, Barbara Tran Watermark: Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose

Thurs, Feb 5, 7:30 PM

Mei Ng Eating Chinese Food Naked

Mei Ng

Thurs, Feb 12, 7:00 PM

Apaj Journal Reading

Susham Bedi, Diana Chang, Carla Ching, Nick Carbo & Kimiko Hahn

Weds, Feb 18, 7:30 PM

Literary Magazine Panel

Eileen Tabois, editors from Chelsea & Conjuctions

Thurs, Feb 19, 7:00PM

Xu Xi (Sally Chako)

Xu Xi (Sally Chako)

Weds, Feb 25, 7:00 PM

Agha Shahid Ali, S. Shankar

Agha Shahid Ali, S. Shankar

Thurs, Mar 12, 7:00 PM

David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang

Weds, March 18, 7:00PM

Watermark Reading & Panel Vietnamese American Poetry & Prose

Christian Lanworthy, Truong Tran, Mong Lan, le thi diem thuy, & Linh Dinh

Fri, Mar 27, 7:00 PM

Gail Tsukiyama Night of Many Dreams

Gail Tsukiyama

Thurs, Apr 2, 7:00 PM

Mei-mei Berssenbrugger Beyond Life Sentences, Eileen Tabois The Four Year Old Girl

Mei-mei Berssenbrugger,  Eileen Tabois

Apr 1998

NuyorAsian Literary Cafe Eavesdropping

Bino A. Realuyo

Apr/ May 1998

Black Lightning Reading & Panel

Unlisted

May 13-17, 1998

Peeling the Banana

AWWW’s Theatre Group

Thurs, May 28, 7PM

Bamboo Girls

Unlisted

Fri, June 12, 7 :00 PM

Tongues Afire : Readings by African American & Asian American Writers

Tish Benson, Regie Cabico, Steve Cannon, Kimiko Hahn, Peter Ong, Carl Hancock Rux, & Cheryl Boyce Taylor

Thurs, June 18, 7:00PM

Aiya! Reading

Andrea Louie, Mei Ng, Tan Lin

Fri, June 26, 8 :00PM

Jamez & The Mountain Brothers

Jamez & The Mountain Brothers

Thurs, Jul 2, 7:00 PM

John Yau, Sophia Romero, Thaddeus Rutowski, Wang Ping

John Yau, Sophia Romero, Thaddeus Rutowski, Wang Ping

Sun, Jul 19^th, 4:00PM

Readings by Queer Asian American Writers

Ellen Krout-Hasagawa, Chen Lin, Timothy Liu, and Mei Ng

Sat, Jul 25, 5:00PM

Black Lightning

Kimiko Hahn, John Yau

Thurs, Jul 30, 7:00PM

Seminar Andrea Louie How to Get Published

Andrea Louie

Wednesdays 17 June- 20 July

Summer Book Club

Host: Lilly Chu

Thurs, Sep 24, 7:00 PM

Widening the Margins

Sunaina Maira, Bino Realuyo, Eileen Tabois, Monique T.D. Truong

Thurs, Oct 8, 7:30PM

New York Stories

Ameena Meer, Thaddeus Rutowski, and John Yau

Fri, Oct 23, 7:00PM

Book Launching

Lara Stapleton, Eileen Tabois

Tues, Oct 27, 7:00PM

Indran Amirthanayagam

Indran Amirthanayagam, Eileen Tabois

Thurs, Oct 29, 7:00PM

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge Book Party: Four Year Old Girl

Mei-mei Berssenbrugge

Fri, Nov 6, 6:00 PM

Border Raids & The Treaties of the Heart

Junot Diaz, Cornelius Eady, Kimiko Hahn, Hosted by Thulani Davis

Mon, Nov 16, 8:00PM

Asian American Literary Awards

Hosts: David Henry Hwang, Jessica Hagedorn

Readings by: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, Lawrence Chua, and Timothy Liu

Thurs, Dec 3, 7:00PM

Dis-Commemorating of The Treaty of Paris

Eileen Tabois, Nick Carbo, Bino A. Realuyo, Lola Rodriguez Christina Quisumbing Ramo, Paul Pfeiffer, and Genara Banzon

Sat, Dec 5, 5:00PM

Tell Me How It Is: An Evening of Spoken Word Performances

Miguel Algarin, Regie Cabico, Ava Chin, Kengmo, Willie Perdomo, and Carl Hancock Rux

Thurs, Dec 10, 7:00PM

Tongues Afire Poetry Marathon

Anthony Bonair-Agard, Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Regie Cabico, Nick Carbo, Faye Chiang, Ava Chin, Staceyann Chin, Gabrielle David, Keith Gilyard, Louis Reyes Rivera, Eileen Tabois, Lori Tsang, and Lisa Yun, Christian Langworthy, Shirley Bradley, LeFlore & Bertha Hope, Kyoko Mori, Ishle Park, Lynn Procope

Fri, Dec 11, 6:30PM

Tongues Afire Poetry Performance & Panel Discussion

Sonia Sanchez, Ava Chin, Kalamu ya Salaam & Regie Cabico, Gary Okihiro, Steve Cannon, Karen Har-Yen Chow, Ricardo Rene Laremont, Robert Ji-Fong Ku, Arati Rao, Elizabeth Reynolds, Peter Ong, and Lisa Yu