Join us to celebrate the publication of the groundbreaking new anthology I Will Not Go: Translations, Transformations, and Chutney Fractals (Kaya Press, October 2024). Edited by Rajiv Mohabir, I Will Not Go features 17 Indo-Caribbean poets who experiment with their own personal interpretations of two famous Chutney songs. RSVP Here. The book launch will feature […]
The Asian American Lit Fest is upon us! Curated and produced by a collective of artists, librarians, educators, scholars, and publishers, this is the only festival of its kind. The AALF will convene writers and readers through immersive in-person and hybrid events–including interactive installations, readings, salons, and workshops. For the first time in its history, […]
The Muscle Memory tour is making a virtual stop at Literati Bookstore! Don’t miss Jenny Liou in conversation with John Vercher as part of the Ann Arbor bookstore’s At Home with Literati webinar series. Thursday, October 20 | 7 PM ET | Zoom | Free! Jenny Liou (born 1983) is an English professor at Pierce […]
Saturday, October 22 | 3 – 4:30 PM | Artbook @ Hauser & Wirth, 917 E 3rd St, Los Angeles | Free! Register HERE. Visit Hauser & Wirth in the Los Angeles Arts District, for a Muscle Memory book signing with Jenny Liou and Kaya playwright Sam Chanse. Preorder SIGNED copies here! Sam Chanse is a […]
Friday, October 21 | 6 – 8 PM | Twiggs Bakery & Coffeehouse, 4590 Park Blvd, San Diego | Free! Register HERE. Jenny Liou will be joined by Kaya author Kazim Ali, and writers Brandon Som and Phuong T. Vuong for a knock-out reading in San Diego! Kazim Ali has been working in multiple genres […]
In her debut poetry collection Muscle Memory, Washington-based poet Jenny Liou grapples with violence and identity, beginning with the chain-link enclosure of the prizefighter’s cage and radiating outward into the diasporic sweep of Chinese American history. Join Liou and poet Sally Wen Mao for readings and conversation. October 1 | 5:30 – 7:00 pm ET | […]
