The Asian American Writers’ Workshop is proud to host lactose intolerant (@lactoseintolerantnyc), an anti-clout reading series featuring writers of color in NYC.
Join us for readings by Adlan Jackson, Ama Kwarteng, Kyle Carrero Lopez, May Teng, and Ruth Minah Buchwald!
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Ruth Minah Buchwald is a Seoul-born writer, comedian, and performer from New Jersey. Her writing has been published and supported by The Creative Independent, ELLE, Autostraddle, Electric Literature, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Margins, CRAFT, and Ma-Yi Theater Company. She curates and hosts lactose intolerant, an anti-clout monthly reading series featuring writers of color in NYC. She is an incoming first-year MFA candidate in fiction at the New Writers Project at UT Austin. Find her online ruthminahbuchwald.com
Adlan Jackson is a critic, writer and co-owner of Hell Gate, a cooperatively-run publication covering New York City. Adlan has also written music criticism and arts coverage for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Pitchfork, and more. Adlan was a 2020 fellow at the National Critics Institute hosted at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, and was an Axinn Fellow in Creative Nonfiction in the MFA program at NYU. He is from Kingston, Jamaica and is based in New York.
Ama Kwarteng is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn. She attended the Tin House Summer Workshop in 2024. She has previously held editorial positions at Coveteur and Cosmopolitan. Her work has also appeared in Essence, InStyle, and more.
Kyle Carrero Lopez’s most recent poetry and prose appears in The New Republic, The Yale Review, and Document Journal. He serves as Editor for the Newsletter—the Poetry Project’s quarterly publication—and his debut full-length poetry collection PARTY LINE will be out next year with Graywolf Press.
May Teng is an Indonesian-American essayist. Her writing fixations include fragmented narratives, portraits of place, boundaries and borders, and collective memory. May is a nonfiction MFA dropout from the University of Iowa, where she taught creative writing and learned to use the word “lacuna” in a sentence. She’s currently working on a linked essay collection.
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At AAWW, the safety and comfort of our community is our top priority. We invite you to practice intentionality and care in your behavior and language when engaging with our programs and with each other. Violence of any kind, including but not limited to racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism, class or casteism, bigotry or bias toward religion or faith, or any action or assault against marginalized identities, is not tolerated. Those who bring harm to our community in person or online are not welcome, and will be asked to exit the space. We are located on the 9th floor of 18 W 21st Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues), there is an elevator that will take you directly to our office. To protect our friends with chemical sensitivities, AAWW is a fragrance-free space. Masks are highly recommended for audience members for all AAWW events; if you forget yours, one will be provided for you. We have three commercial grade air purifiers, and a quiet room in the back should you need some space from the crowd. We highly encourage all in person guests to take a COVID test at home prior to the event. Please reach out to msaleh@aaww.org for additional accessibility requests, including ADA accessible bathrooms, chairs with added back support, and beyond. This space is for YOU!
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