Upcoming Signature Events

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...
Past Signature Events

May 15, 2023 , 6:00 PM
AAWW & MOMA PRESENT WRITING CLUB AT HOME: ON MEMORY WITH SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS
REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club At Home. This May, Writing Club at Home welcomes guest writer Sarah Thankam Mathews to facilitate a writing workshop on the theme of memory, focusing on artworks by Lorna Simpson and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons on view in the installation...

May 9, 2023 , 6:00 PM
AAWW & MOMA PRESENT WRITING CLUB: ON MEMORY WITH SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS
REGISTER NOW! In collaboration with the Museum of Modern Art, AAWW Presents Writing Club. This May, Writing Club at Home welcomes guest writer Sarah Thankam Mathews to facilitate a writing workshop on the theme of memory, focusing on artworks by Lorna Simpson and Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons on view in the installation History into Being. This workshop takes place in person at...
![[VIRTUAL] In Celebration of DISORIENTATION: Elaine Hsieh Chou and Sabrina Imbler](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/WinterSpring-2023-Programs-Graphics-11.png)
March 21, 2023 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF DISORIENTATION: ELAINE HSIEH CHOU AND SABRINA IMBLER
RSVP HERE! The Asian American Writers’ Workshop presents a virtual event celebrating the paperback launch of Elaine Hsieh Chou's DISORIENTATION. This debut novel explores a Taiwanese American woman’s coming-of-consciousness as she ignites eye-opening revelations and chaos on a college campus. The hilarious satire is an examination of privilege and power...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Deepti Kapoor and Mira Jacob](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/FallWinter-2022_Programs-Graphics-3.png)
January 3, 2023 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: DEEPTI KAPOOR AND MIRA JACOB
Deepti Kapoor, Mira Jacob
Stream this conversation on YouTube! For our first event of 2023, we're welcoming authors Deepti Kapoor and Mira Jacob in a deep and riveting conversation on Deepti's new novel, Age of Vice. Hailed by Booker-Prize winning author Marlon James as "epic, crazy, shocking, mind-blowing, brutal, tender, heartbreaking," Age of Vice is a lush and...
![[VIRTUAL] The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit-Feminist Led Celebration & Discussion](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/FallWinter-2022_Programs-Graphics-36.png)
December 1, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] THE TRAUMA OF CASTE: A DALIT-FEMINIST LED CELEBRATION & DISCUSSION
Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Pabitra Dash, Mimi Mondal, John Boopalan, Dhanya Addanki
RSVP HERE In December, we'll convene a A Dalit feminist-led celebration and discussion of Thenmozhi Soundararajan's anticipated new book, The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition featuring Thenmozhi Soundararajan (the @DalitDiva), John Boopalan, Pabitra Dash, and Mimi Mondal, and moderated by Dhanya Addanki. Purchase a...
![[VIRTUAL] In Celebration of COCOON: Zhang Yueran, Jeremy Tiang, and Jade Song](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FallWinter-2022_Programs-Graphics-15.png)
October 19, 2022 , 9:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF COCOON: ZHANG YUERAN, JEREMY TIANG, AND JADE SONG
Zhang Yueran, Jeremy Tiang, Jade Song
RSVP HERE! / 在这里预约注册 This October, the Asian American Writers' Workshop will convene a bilingual virtual celebration of Zhang Yueran's novel Cocoon, translated by Jeremy Tiang. We'll be joined by both the author and translator, as well as artist and author Jade Song, for readings from the book in Chinese and English, and...
![[VIRTUAL] In Celebration of: The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FallWinter-2022_Programs-Graphics-11.png)
October 13, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CELEBRATION OF: THE FUTURE IS DISABLED: PROPHECIES, LOVE NOTES, AND MOURNING SONGS
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson
RSVP HERE On October 13th, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop celebrates The Future is Disabled: Prophecies, Love Notes, and Mourning Songs (Arsenal Pulp Press, October 22), Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s highly anticipated collection of essays. An expansion of Leah’s prolific book Care Work (Arsenal Pulp, 2018), Leah asks, “What if disability...
![[VIRTUAL] Martial Law at 50: To Remember Is to Resist](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/FallWinter-2022_Programs-Graphics-8.png)
September 20, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] MARTIAL LAW AT 50: TO REMEMBER IS TO RESIST
This event will be streamed on the Asian American Writers' Workshop YouTube page. The Asian American Writers’ Workshop presents readings and performances curated by 2022 Open City Fellow Vina Orden in remembrance of a dark period in the history of the Philippines. 50 years ago, on September 21, 1972, dictator...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: No'u Revilla and Julian Aguon](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/SpringSummer-2022_Programs-Graphics-2.png)
August 16, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: NO'U REVILLA AND JULIAN AGUON
No'u Revilla, Julian Aguon
RSVP HERE! This August, the Asian American Writers' Workshop joins Milkweed Editions in celebrating No'u Revilla's debut collection Ask the Brindled, which was selected by poet Rick Barot as a winner of the 2021 National Poetry Series. Praised by Craig Santos Perez as "an astonishing addition to the canon (or canoe)...
![[LIVE] In Conversation: Dur e Aziz Amna and Sarah Thankam Mathews](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/SpringSummer-2022_Programs-Graphics-1.png)
August 10, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[LIVE] IN CONVERSATION: DUR E AZIZ AMNA AND SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS
Dur e Aziz Amna, Sarah Thankam Mathews
RSVP HERE! Debut novelists Dur e Aziz Amna (American Fever) and Sarah Thankam Mathews (All This Could Be Different) will join us this August with readings from their books, and conversation on community, otherness, and writing immigrant futures in twenty-first century America. We ask that you respect the following COVID-19...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Jamil Jan Kochai and Karan Mahajan](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Spring-2022_Programs-Graphics-7.png)
July 19, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: JAMIL JAN KOCHAI AND KARAN MAHAJAN
Jamil Jan Kochai, Karan Mahajan
RSVP HERE! This July, the Asian American Writers' Workshop brings together authors Jamil Jan Kochai and Karan Mahajan to discuss and celebrate Jamil's debut short story collection, The Haunting of Hajji Hotak and Other Stories. A luminous exploration of the Afghan diaspora and modern-day Afghanistan, these stories trace the wounds...
![[LIVE] I WANT SKY in New York: A reading for Sarah Hegazi](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Red-Banner-scaled.jpg)
June 27, 2022 , 6:30 PM
[LIVE] I WANT SKY IN NEW YORK: A READING FOR SARAH HEGAZI
RSVP HERE! In celebration of the life of Sarah Hegazi, two years after her tragic death, join us for a loving Pride reading in New York. Guest editor Mariam Bazeed will be joined by authors from the special tribute publication I Want Sky to read in a garden space for...
![[VIRTUAL] PAGE TURNER 2022 – The AAWW Publishing Conference](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/2022-PUB-CON_EVENTBRITE-2160-×-1080-px-6.png)
June 18, 2022 , 9:30 AM
[VIRTUAL] PAGE TURNER 2022 – THE AAWW PUBLISHING CONFERENCE
This summer, we are thrilled to be presenting PAGE TURNER: The Asian American Writers’ Workshop Publishing Conference, a signature program that we’ll present virtually, all-day on Saturday, June 18. Our publishing conference will center the work and experiences of writers of color, and aims to demystify the often opaque business...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Joseph Han and Crystal Hana Kim](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Spring-2022_Programs-Graphics.png)
June 14, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: JOSEPH HAN AND CRYSTAL HANA KIM
Joseph Han, Crystal Hana Kim
RSVP HERE! The Asian American Writers' Workshop presents a virtual book launch event for Joseph Han's debut novel, Nuclear Family. An occasionally hilarious, and deeply moving story about family and history, this is a "moving exploration of the losses we inherit, the continual violence of borders, and the embodiedness of history"...
![[VIRTUAL] Our Existence is a Rebellion](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Our-Existence-is-a-Rebellion_video-graphics.png)
May 19, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] OUR EXISTENCE IS A REBELLION
Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, Sanam Sheriff, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Yashica Dutt, Hala Alyan, Kazim Ali, Adeeba Shahid Talukder, Bao Phi, Rajiv Mohabir, Seema Reza, Mahogany L. Browne, Sahar Romani, Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, Tina Zafreen Alam, Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Taiyo Na, Divya Victor, Cynthia Dewi Oka, Hawa Amin-Arsala, Tara Betts, Zeyn Joukhadar, Fariha Róisín, Faisal Mohyuddin, Dilruba Ahmed, Tanaïs, Zeina Hashem Beck, Yalini Dream, Husnaa Hashim, Arshia Haq, Ladan Osman, Tarfia Faizullah, Walidah Imarisha, Turiya Autry, Thenmozhi Soundarajan, Sonny Singh
The Asian American Writers' Workshop, in collaboration with Sham-e-Ali Nayeem, presents a special reading event to spread awareness about the terrifying and dangerous situation unfolding in India with the threat of fascism endangering the lives of many caste oppressed people, indigenous communities, and those from marginalized religions in India. We...
![[VIRTUAL] Stories of the Future: Diasporic Literary Community on Campus](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Spring-2022_Programs-Graphics.png)
May 6, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] STORIES OF THE FUTURE: DIASPORIC LITERARY COMMUNITY ON CAMPUS
Silayan Camson, Jerrica Li, Ruchi Shah, Amy Zhang, Jyothi Natarajan, Meg Young
RSVP HERE! This May, in collaboration with Barnard College’s arts and literary magazine Echoes, we are gathering a panel of academic and student leaders to discuss the role of diasporic on-campus literary communities in mobilizing and giving form — but never definition — to the elusive notion of “Asian America.”...
![[LIVE] Launch Party: The Immortal King Rao](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Winter-2022-Programs-for-Website-6-1.png)
May 5, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[LIVE] LAUNCH PARTY: THE IMMORTAL KING RAO
Vauhini Vara, Tony Tulathimutte, Anthony Ha, Anna North
RSVP HERE! The Asian American Writers' Workshop presents a celebration of author and journalist Vauhini Vara's debut novel, The Immortal King Rao, with a reading and conversation at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. This highly anticipated novel is a "form-inventing, genre-exploding triumph" (R. O. Kwon), and Vauhini will be joined in...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Louisa Lim and Gina Chua](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/9.png)
April 19, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: LOUISA LIM AND GINA CHUA
Louisa Lim, Gina Chua
RSVP HERE! Award-winning journalist and devoted Hong Konger Louisa Lim will join the Asian American Writers' Workshop for a virtual event celebrating the publication of her newest title, Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong. Indelible City is both a battle cry and a love letter to a complex...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Lisa Hsiao Chen and Anelise Chen](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Winter-2022-Programs-for-Website-9.png)
April 13, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: LISA HSIAO CHEN AND ANELISE CHEN
Lisa Hsiao Chen, Anelise Chen
RSVP HERE! This April, the Asian American Writers' Workshop will convene writers Lisa Hsiao Chen and Anelise Chen in conversation to celebrate the publication of Lisa's debut novel, Activities of Daily Living. A deeply moving novel exploring the connections between working and living, this is a "beguiling and brilliant meditation on what...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Mai Al-Nakib and Noor Naga](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Winter-2022-Programs-for-Website-3.png)
April 12, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: MAI AL-NAKIB AND NOOR NAGA
Mai Al-Nakib, Noor Naga, Ghinwa Jawhari
RSVP HERE! This April, the Asian American Writers' Workshop will be joined by authors Mai Al-Nakib and Noor Naga, who will read from their forthcoming books An Unlasting Home and If An Egyptian Cannot Speak English. Meditating on literature by and for Arab women, they'll be joined in conversation by former AAWW...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Eric Kim and Mayukh Sen](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Winter-2022-Programs-for-Website-4.png)
April 7, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: ERIC KIM AND MAYUKH SEN
Eric Kim, Mayukh Sen
RSVP HERE! New York Times staff writer Eric Kim joins the Asian American Writers' Workshop to celebrate and discuss the stories and recipes included in his first cookbook, Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home. Kim will be joined in conversation by James Beard award-winning writer Mayukh Sen (Taste Makers:...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Sindya Bhanoo and Thrity Umrigar](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Winter-2022-Programs-for-Website-8.png)
March 15, 2022 , 8:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: SINDYA BHANOO AND THRITY UMRIGAR
Sindya Bhanoo, Thrity Umrigar, Shruti Swamy
RSVP HERE! Authors Sindya Bhanoo (Seeking Fortune Elsewhere) and Thrity Umrigar (Honor) will join the Asian American Writers' Workshop this March to read from and discuss their work. Their haunting, intimate, and unforgettable fiction illuminates the lives of women in India and the wider the Indian diaspora, from Tamil Nadu...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Lan Samantha Chang and Sarah Thankam Mathews](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Winter-2022-Programs-for-Website-4.png)
February 17, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: LAN SAMANTHA CHANG AND SARAH THANKAM MATHEWS
Lan Samantha Chang, Sarah Thankam Mathews
RSVP HERE Join Lan Samantha Chang, director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop in conversation with former AAWW Margins Fellow and debut novelist Sarah Thankam Mathews to celebrate her new novel, The Family Chao, a literary mystery centered on a Chinese-American family set in a small town in Wisconsin. This event...
![[VIRTUAL] In Conversation: Sequoia Nagamatsu and Kim Fu](https://aaww.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Winter-2022-Programs-for-Website-3.png)
February 10, 2022 , 7:00 PM
[VIRTUAL] IN CONVERSATION: SEQUOIA NAGAMATSU AND KIM FU
Sequoia Nagamatsu, Kim Fu
RSVP HERE Join us in celebrating two highly anticipated February releases: Sequoia Nagamatsu’s How High We Go in the Dark and Kim Fu’s Lesser Known Monsters of the Twentieth Century. Nagamatsu and Fu will join the Asian American Writers' Workshop to discuss the ways their work blurs the boundary between the...

February 4, 2022 , 7:00 PM
IN CONVERSATION: JESSAMINE CHAN, JEAN CHEN HO, WEIKE WANG
Jessamine Chan, Jean Chen Ho, Weike Wang
RSVP HERE This February, we're welcoming a powerhouse line-up of Asian American novelists to the Workshop's virtual stage, featuring Jessamine Chan, Jean Chen Ho, and Weike Wang in conversation on their highly anticipated 2022 releases, The School for Good Mothers, Fiona and Jane, and Joan is Okay. Jessamine, Jean, and Weike...

December 7, 2021 , 7:00 PM
TELL ME HOW TO BE
Neel Patel, Abdi Nazemian
RSVP HERE! Join us as we celebrate the launch of Neel Patel's debut novel, Tell Me How to Be, with a reading and 1:1 author conversation with Neel. This "daring, hilarious, poignant" (Deesha Philyaw, author of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies) story of the bond between an Indian-American mother...

December 3, 2021 , 7:00 PM
REMEMBERING OUR INTIMACIES: MOʻOLELO, ALOHA ʻĀINA, AND EA
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, Terisa Siagatonu, Noenoe Silva
RSVP HERE! In December we will convene a panel of Pacific Islander poets, activists, and scholars to discuss the driving forces behind their work, and their connections to Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio's forthcoming book Remembering Our Intimacies: Moʻolelo, Aloha ʻĀina, and Ea. Incorporating discussions of their creative work and scholarship, our...

November 13, 2021 , 1:00 PM
WIN ME SOMETHING
Kyle Lucia Wu, T Kira Madden, Pik-Shuen Fung, Yanyi
RSVP HERE! Join us this November for a celebration of former AAWW Margins Fellow Kyle Lucia Wu and her newly released novel, Win Me Something, a self-aware bildungsroman with a deep yearning for belonging, revealing chasms and the malleability of deep-seated relationships. Kyle will be joined in conversation with authors T...

November 11, 2021 , 7:00 PM
TASTE MAKERS: SEVEN IMMIGRANT WOMEN WHO REVOLUTIONIZED FOOD IN AMERICA
Mayukh Sen and Monique Truong
Join us as we celebrate Mayukh Sen’s new book, Taste Makers, which brings forward the stories of seven immigrant women whose legacies are complicated and often erased, despite their outsized global influence on food. Their histories unwrap, layer by layer, issues of labor, immigration and gender. Mayukh will be joined in conversation by novelist Monique Truong.

October 28, 2021 , 7:00 PM
A LOVE LETTER TO NEW YORK CITY: 2021 OPEN CITY FELLOWS FINAL READING
Aaisha Bhuiyan, Ayesha Islam, Jessica Jacolbe, Lylla Younes, Teresa Mathew, Hannah Bae, Noel Pangilinan
RSVP HERE! This October, join us for a celebratory reading with our 2021 Open City Fellows, as they read from, and discuss the work they have completed over the course of their Fellowship term. We’ll hear from Open City Neighborhood Fellows Jessica Jacolbe and Teresa Mathew, who have been documenting...

October 27, 2021 , 7:00 PM
AAWW AT 30: DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF HOME
Jafreen Uddin, Snighda Sur, Cathy Linh Che, Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis
For AAWW at 30, we'll celebrate with leaders of major Asian American organizations and publications the importance of finding a space of our own plus the literal and figurative definitions of home. Moderated by Cathy Linh Che of Kundiman, the panel features our very own Jafreen Uddin, Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis of the Smithsonian Asian Pacific Center, and Snigdha Sur of The Juggernaut.

October 14, 2021 , 7:00 PM
BECOMING THE ARCHER: RACHNA NIVAS & SHRUTI SWAMY
Rachna Nivas, Shruti Swamy, Ria DasGupta
AAWW in collaboration with the Leela Dance Collective presents BECOMING THE ARCHER: a conversation on classical dance and literature between world renowned Kathak artist Rachna Nivas and author of The Archer Shruti Swamy.

October 12, 2021 , 7:00 PM
CONCEPCION: AN IMMIGRANT FAMILY'S FORTUNES
Albert Samaha, Matt Ortile
Join us to celebrate Albert Samaha's powerful new release, Concepcion. This intimate and incisive memoir explores the unjust legacy of imperialism in the Philippines and the pursuit of a dream through the lens of the author's family migration history. Albert will be joined in conversation by writer and editor, Matt Ortile.

September 14, 2021 , 5:00 PM
NAMES FOR LIGHT: A FAMILY HISTORY
Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, Sunisa Manning
RSVP HERE! Join us as we celebrate Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint's lyric memoir, Names for Light: A Family History, with Thirii and author Sunisa Manning (A Good True Thai). Discussing memory, family, and legacies of postcolonial violence in Southeast Asia, our panel will illuminate connections between their work and craft. ...

September 8, 2021 , 8:00 PM
THE ARCHER
Shruti Swamy, Rajiv Mohabir
RSVP HERE! The Asian American Writers' Workshop is kicking off our fall events with a celebration of Shruti Swamy's forthcoming novel, The Archer. This riveting historical novel follows a young woman as she comes of age in India in the 1960s and 70s, defined by the rhythms of Kathak dancing. Shruti...

July 13, 2021 , 7:00 PM
GHOST FOREST
Pik-Shuen Fung, K-Ming Chang
RSVP HERE! In July, the Asian American Writers' Workshop celebrates the launch of former AAWW Margins fellow Pik-Shuen Fung's highly anticipated new novel, Ghost Forest. This powerful debut explores migration and grief, joy and sorrow, through the eyes of an unnamed protagonist as she travels through the collective memories of...

July 12, 2021 , 7:00 PM
#WETOO
RSVP HERE! This July, the Asian American Writers' Workshop brings together writers who contributed to #WeToo, a collection of essays, poems, creative nonfiction, and experimental works, published by the Journal of Asian American Studies and AAWW's The Margins in February. Edited by erin Khuê Ninh and Shireen Roshanravan, the #WeToo reader served...

June 10, 2021 , 7:00 PM
LINGO
Anik Khan, Clover Hope
RSVP HERE! This summer, the Asian American Writers' Workshop brings together hip-hop artist and activist Anik Khan and music journalist and writer Clover Hope to discuss the intersections in Black and Brown musical cultures. Speaking to music, community, citizenship, and more, they will dive into shared musical influences, from Bangladesh...

June 1, 2021 , 7:00 PM
THE CHOSEN AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Nghi Vo, R. F. Kuang
RSVP HERE! In June, the Asian American Writers' Workshop joins Books Are Magic to celebrate the launch of Nghi Vo's highly anticipated new novel, The Chosen and the Beautiful. This queer, speculative Great Gatsby retelling remixes and reinvents a classic, "subvert[ing] and expand[ing] the possibilities of an American story" (K-Ming...

May 11, 2021 , 7:00 PM
ANGEL & HANNAH
Ishle Yi Park and Willie Perdomo
RSVP HERE! Ishle Yi Park, the first woman poet laureate of Queens, joins the Asian American Writers’ Workshop to celebrate the launch of Angel & Hannah, a novel of dynamic free verse. The book follows Hannah, a Korean American girl from Queens, and Angel, a Puerto Rican boy from Brooklyn,...

April 22, 2021 , 7:00 PM
CRYING IN H MART
Michelle Zauner and Hrishikesh Hirway
RSVP HERE! This April, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop will partner with indie bookstore Books Are Magic to celebrate musician Michelle Zauner’s debut memoir, Crying In H Mart. Best known for her work as the musician Japanese Breakfast, Zauner’s memoir is an astonishing debut: a rich, intimate, and lyrical story...

April 8, 2021 , 7:00 PM
WOMEN WARRIORS: A SOLIDARITY READING
RSVP HERE! "I had forgotten this chant that was once mine, given me by my mother, who may not have known its power to remind. She said I would grow up a wife and a slave, but she taught me the song of the warrior woman, Fa Mu Lan. I...

March 11, 2021 , 7:00 PM
THE CITY OF GOOD DEATH
Priyanka Champaneri and Marjan Kamali
RSVP HERE! Join the Asian American Writers' Workshop and Restless Books for a celebration of Priyanka Champaneri's debut novel, The City of Good Death. Priyanka will be in conversation with special guest Marjan Kamali, author of The Stationery Shop. Winner of the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing, The...

March 9, 2021 , 7:00 PM
NORTHERN LIGHT
Kazim Ali and Billy-Ray Belcourt
RSVP HERE! Acclaimed poet, novelist, and essayist Kazim Ali joins the Asian American Writers’ Workshop and Milkweed Editions to launch his new memoir, Northern Light: Power, Land, and the Memory of Water. Northern Light, a sensitive and elegantly structured exploration of land and power, is told through Ali’s recollections of his...

February 6, 2021 , 12:00 PM
BROWN BABY
Nikesh Shukla, Mira Jacob
RSVP HERE! The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is delighted to celebrate the launch of writer Nikesh Shukla’s new memoir, Brown Baby: A Memoir of Race, Family, and Home. An intimate look at love, grief, and fatherhood, Shukla’s memoir “bears witness to our turbulent times” (Bernardine Evaristo) with humor, honesty, and...

February 4, 2021 , 7:00 PM
MY YEAR ABROAD
Chang-rae Lee and Bryan Washington
RSVP HERE! Join the Asian American Writers’ Workshop as we celebrate award-winning writer Chang-rae Lee’s electrifying new novel, My Year Abroad. A surprising, tender, and humorous work, My Year Abroad is a story unique to Chang-rae Lee’s immense talents as a writer, and explores the division between East and West,...

January 26, 2021 , 7:00 PM
RADICAL THINKERS
Simon Han and Tahseen Shams
RSVP HERE! Our series Radical Thinkers places radical academics directly in conversation with trailblazing writers, poets, and artists, creating and nurturing two-way dialogues that will interrogate some of the most pressing issues facing Asian and Asian diasporic communities today. Featuring an interdisciplinary lineup of scholars and creatives, these unexpected pairings...

January 12, 2021 , 7:00 PM
THE PAST IS NOT FOR LIVING IN: GISH JEN AND MENG JIN
Gish Jen, Meng Jin
RSVP HERE! Join the Asian American Writers’ Workshop for our first event of the new year: a joint paperback launch of Gish Jen’s The Resisters and Meng Jin’s Little Gods. These two novels, released in early 2020, sketch out a dystopian near future that takes aim at several current catastrophes,...