Events upcoming

May 31, 2023 , 7:00 PM
AAWW & THE STRAND PRESENT: THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE WORLD BY SIDDHARTHA DEB WITH KEN CHEN
Siddhartha Deb, Ken Chen
This May, join us for an event with award-winning author Siddhartha Deb for the release of his new book The Light at the End of the World. Joining Siddhartha in conversation is Barnard College professor and author Ken Chen. Purchase a ticket here! Connecting India’s tumultuous 19th and 20th centuries to its distant past...

June 1, 2023 , 7:00 PM
BALLADS AT BATTERY PARK: QUEER DELIGHT AND DESIRE
Wo Chan, Jasmine Reid, Xan Forest Phillips, and Devyn Manibo
Join us at Rector Park on June 1st at 7 PM ET where the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Battery Park City present In Celebration: Queer Delight and Desire, the second installment of our summer poetry series, Ballads at Battery Park City. This event will be a reading with a...

June 2, 2023 , 4:30 PM
[WORKSHOP] MAPPING THE MET, WILDERNESS IN ISLAMIC ART
Sana Khan and Aaisha Bhuiyan
Friday, June 2, 2023 | (4:30 Arrival) 5 PM ET - 7 PM ET | Sliding Scale $15- $30 In-Person | 1 Session | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship...

June 3, 2023 , 2:00 PM
[VIRTUAL WORKSHOP] BLURRING THE GENRE LINES OF SPECULATIVE FICTION
Victor Manibo
Saturdays, June 3 and 10, 2023 | 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET | Sliding Scale $100- $200 Online | 2 Sessions | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship...

June 5, 2023 , 5:30 PM
BLUESTOCKINGS BOOKSTORE, LAMBDA LITERARY, AND AAWW PRESENT: QUEER BLACK AND ASIAN VOICES
Akil Kumarasamy, Courtney Faye Taylor, Golden, Bushra Rehman, and Natalie Wee
RSVP HERE! Celebrate Pride Month with the 2022 Lambda Literary finalists of color, organized by Lambda Literary and the Asian American Writers Workshop in co-partnership. Featuring readings by Akil Kumarasamy (Meet Us by the Roaring Sea, finalist in Bisexual Fiction), Courtney Faye Taylor (Concentrate, finalist in Lesbian Poetry), Golden (A...

June 14, 2023 , 7:00 PM
THE ART OF THE SHORT STORY: M. EVELINA GALANG ON WHEN THE HIBISCUS FALLS WITH HANNAH BAE
M. Evelina Galang, Hannah Bae
RSVP HERE! This June, join the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) and The Center for Fiction to celebrate When the Hibiscus Falls, a story collection by award-winning writer M. Evelina Galang that traverses borderlines, mythic and real, to delve into the lives of Filipino and Filipino American women and their...
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Events upcoming

May 31, 2023 , 7:00 PM
AAWW & THE STRAND PRESENT: THE LIGHT AT THE END OF THE WORLD BY SIDDHARTHA DEB WITH KEN CHEN
Siddhartha Deb, Ken Chen
This May, join us for an event with award-winning author Siddhartha Deb for the release of his new book The Light at the End of the World. Joining Siddhartha in conversation is Barnard College professor and author Ken Chen. Purchase a ticket here! Connecting India’s tumultuous 19th and 20th centuries to its distant past...

June 1, 2023 , 7:00 PM
BALLADS AT BATTERY PARK: QUEER DELIGHT AND DESIRE
Wo Chan, Jasmine Reid, Xan Forest Phillips, and Devyn Manibo
Join us at Rector Park on June 1st at 7 PM ET where the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Battery Park City present In Celebration: Queer Delight and Desire, the second installment of our summer poetry series, Ballads at Battery Park City. This event will be a reading with a...

June 2, 2023 , 4:30 PM
[WORKSHOP] MAPPING THE MET, WILDERNESS IN ISLAMIC ART
Sana Khan and Aaisha Bhuiyan
Friday, June 2, 2023 | (4:30 Arrival) 5 PM ET - 7 PM ET | Sliding Scale $15- $30 In-Person | 1 Session | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship...

June 3, 2023 , 2:00 PM
[VIRTUAL WORKSHOP] BLURRING THE GENRE LINES OF SPECULATIVE FICTION
Victor Manibo
Saturdays, June 3 and 10, 2023 | 2 PM ET - 5 PM ET | Sliding Scale $100- $200 Online | 2 Sessions | REGISTER HERE! **Apply for a scholarship seat here! Limited scholarship seats are available and will be chosen by lottery. The deadline to apply for a scholarship...

June 5, 2023 , 5:30 PM
BLUESTOCKINGS BOOKSTORE, LAMBDA LITERARY, AND AAWW PRESENT: QUEER BLACK AND ASIAN VOICES
Akil Kumarasamy, Courtney Faye Taylor, Golden, Bushra Rehman, and Natalie Wee
RSVP HERE! Celebrate Pride Month with the 2022 Lambda Literary finalists of color, organized by Lambda Literary and the Asian American Writers Workshop in co-partnership. Featuring readings by Akil Kumarasamy (Meet Us by the Roaring Sea, finalist in Bisexual Fiction), Courtney Faye Taylor (Concentrate, finalist in Lesbian Poetry), Golden (A...

June 14, 2023 , 7:00 PM
THE ART OF THE SHORT STORY: M. EVELINA GALANG ON WHEN THE HIBISCUS FALLS WITH HANNAH BAE
M. Evelina Galang, Hannah Bae
RSVP HERE! This June, join the Asian American Writers’ Workshop (AAWW) and The Center for Fiction to celebrate When the Hibiscus Falls, a story collection by award-winning writer M. Evelina Galang that traverses borderlines, mythic and real, to delve into the lives of Filipino and Filipino American women and their...
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