Featuring Debbi Michiko Florence, Christina Soontornvat, Andrea Wang (WFYP, June 2011), Veera Hiranandani, and Mike Jung. Join Middle Grade authors as they share their experiences growing up as Asian Americans and how their backgrounds influence the books they write. Discussion will center on the need for MANY Asian American penned novels to reflect the diversity […]
Author Celia Jeffries (Fiction and Nonfiction, 2008) will be joined in conversation with Janet Pocorobba (Nonfiction, 2006), Associate Director of the Lesley MFA Program, to celebrate the launch of Jeffries’ new book, Blue Desert. Blue Desert is the story of Alice George, a headstrong young British woman, and her life among the Tuareg, a tribe of nomadic […]
Featuring Andrea Wang (WFYP, June 2011), Kristen Giang, Benson Shum, Wendy Wan-Long Shang, Gracey Zhang, and Mượn Thị Văn Entertain your little ones! Join six Asian American/Asian Canadian authors as they read their recent picture books: Andrea Wang (WATERCRESS), Kristen Giang (GINGER AND CHRYSANTHEMUM), Benson Shum (ALEX’S GOOD FORTUNE), Wendy Wan-Long Shang (THE RICE IN […]
A Reading of New Works... in honor of mothers everywhere. Featuring works from: "A Lovely Day Outside" by Rhiannon Ciara Vaughn (WSS, January 2019) "Leftovers" by Sarah Hunter "You've Got to Keep Mother Alive" by Vance Walker "Counterpoint" by Hortense Gerardo "Crusades" by John Mabey "Mom's Recipes" by Ken Levine
CCW book launch, featuring Clarissa Adkins (Poetry, June 2018) author of Building Alexandria (Lily Poetry Review, 2021). Join on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 7:00 pm Eastern to hear Clarissa read from her book and for you to share your poetry. After Clarissa's reading there will be time for an open-mic for those who are interested.
Featuring: Kat Cho, Axie Oh (WFYP, June 2017), Lyla Lee, Stephan Lee, Maurene Goo A BTS look at the Blood, Sweat, and Tears that goes into creating the DNA of a K-Pop Young Adult book. From the bright lights of the stage to the sweet bloom of first love, these authors write it all amid […]
The Faraday Publishing Company will be hosting their first event of the year, “The Shores of Self: Creativity and Complex Narratives in Diasporic Communities”, on Wednesday, June 2 at 6:30pm EDT. They will be joined by writers and scholars: Alyss Dixson, Tony Medina, Lisa Pegram (Poetry, June 2012), and Craig Santos Perez. This panel discussion, […]
Please join Cambridge Commons Writers for a night of poetry featuring pieces published recently in Voices Amidst the Virus by Lily Poetry Press, edited by Lesley graduates Eileen Cleary (Poetry, June 2016) and Christine Jones (Poetry, January 2014). Fellow poetry Lesley alums Suzanne Edison (July 2016), Cindy Hunter Morgan, Jon Lee (January 2017), Robert Gamble (January 2017), Anne Riesenberg (Nonfiction), Michael Mercurio […]
Chaney Kwak (Fiction, June 2009) appears in conversation with the legendary Daniel Handler (aka Lemony Snicket) to discuss The Passenger at Green Apple Books in San Francisco. Handler is the author of seven novels, including Bottle Grove.In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the Arctic Sea. Rocked […]
Chaney Kwak (Fiction, June 2009) appears in conversation (virtually) with Lori Ostlund to discuss The Passenger hosted by Magers & Quinn Booksellers in Minneapolis.In a starred review, Foreword Reviews writes, “The Passenger, with its bare-bones honesty and dry, cynical humor, reveals that when all is said and done, it’s the little things that matter: small […]
Chaney Kwak (Fiction, June 2009) appears in conversation with travel writer Nathan Hake to discuss The Passenger at Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver.In March 2019, the Viking Sky cruise ship was struck by a bomb cyclone in the Arctic Sea. Rocked by 60-foot swells and 87-mile-per-hour gales, the ship lost power and began to […]
