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August 1, 2016 By Sonya Chung

For scheduling inquiries please contact Lauren Cerand at [email protected].

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Current/Upcoming

Who knows what 2021 will bring…

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Past

January 14, 2020
Escape to Create Artists Residency
Coastal Branch Library
Santa Rosa Beach, FL
With Heather Sellers
@ 11 a.m.

June 6, 2019
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
New York City
Margins’ Fellows & Mentors Reading
@6:30pm
w/ Zena Agha, Ava Chin, Sonya Chung, Pik-Shuen Fung, Jen Lue, Hasanthika Sirisena, Ayesha Raees, and Monica Youn

April 18-20, 2018
Ithaca College New Voices Festival
Ithaca, NY
With Sarah DeLappe, Chris Santiago, James Allen Hall, Stephanie Powell Watts, Emily Fridlund, Hermione Hoby

February 22, 2018
Hofstra University
Hempstead, NY
w/Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas and Kelly McMasters
@ 6:30pm

January 12, 2018
Books Are Magic
Brooklyn, NY
w/Leigh Newman and Amanda Petrusich
@ 7:30pm

December 1, 2017
Northshire Bookstore
Saratoga Springs, NY
w/ Kelly McMasters and Akiko Busch
@ 7pm

October 28, 2017
Boston Book Festival
Copley Square, Boston
This Is the Place: Women Writing About Home reading and panel

October 4, 2017
Wrexham Road Reading Series
The Writing Institute @ Sarah Lawrence College
w/ Christina Adams, Leland Cheuk, Sayantani DasGupta, Melissa Faliveno
@ 6:30pm

May 9, 2017
First Person Plural Harlem reading series
Shrine, 2271 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd
New York, NY
with Terry Blackhawk, Deborah Emin, and Alexander Chee
@ 7pm

May 7, 2017
The Muse & the Marketplace
Boston, MA
“Many Paths to Publishing” workshop (registration required)
@ 11:30 am

March 6, 2017
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
New York, NY
with Rowan Hisayo Buchanan and Annie Kim
@ 7pm

February 10, 2017
Gypsy Sally’s Vinyl Lounge
Washington, DC
Why There Are Words reading series
@ 6:30pm

February 10, 2017
AWP Conference, Marriott Marquis
Washington, DC
“Home: A Four-Letter Word” w/Kelly McMasters, Rachel Dewoskin, Hasanthika Sirisena & Elissa Washuta
@ 9am

December 8, 2016
KGB Bar
New York City
Behind the Book reading series w/ Nicole Dennis-Benn & Marcy Dermansky
@ 7pm

December 1, 2016
Center for Fiction
New York City
“The Modern Family” w/ Min Jin Lee, Tanwi Nandini Islam, and Alden Jones
@ 7pm

November 17, 2016
Northshire Bookstore
Saratoga Springs, NY
@ 7pm

November 10, 2016
East City Bookshop
Washington, DC
w/Daniel Paisner
@ 6:30pm

November 1, 2016
Chevalier’s Books
Los Angeles, CA
in conversation w/ Julia Fierro
@ 7pm

October 25, 2016
Book Culture
New York City, 450 Columbus Avenue
Official launch — hosted by Harper’s magazine
@ 7pm

October 20, 2016
Excelsior Bay Books
Excelsior, MN
w/ Rae Meadows, Stephanie Wilbur Ash, and Louise Miller
@ 7pm (*ticketed event, SOLD OUT)

October 11, 2016
French Institute: Alliance Française
New York City
Intro to Claire Denis’ US GO HOME and Antonie Desrosières’ HARAMISTE
@ 7:30pm

September 28, 2016
One More Page Books / Fall for the Book
Arlington, VA
w/ Daniel Paisner
@ 7pm

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