Tuesday, October 20 06 PM to 08 PM
Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU
8 Washington Mews, New York, NY 10003
World War II incarceration camp literature, adoptee subjectivities, post-9/11 narratives, and queer interventions. The Cambridge Companion to Asian American Literature (Cambridge University Press, August 2015) provides insight into the myriad historical formations, cultural movements, and literary genres that have shaped the Asian American literary landscape. Co-editors Crystal Parikh (NYU Departments of English and Social & Cultural Analysis) and Daniel Y. Kim (Brown University Department of English) toast the Companion’s publication with contributors and leading scholars Josephine Park (University of Pennsylvania Asian American Studies Program and Department of English) and Joseph Keith (Binghamton University Department of English). Ed Lin (Ghost Month) and lê thi diem thúy (The Gangster We Are All Looking For) read from recent works. Introduced by Sukhdev Sandhu (Director, A/P/A Studies in the NYU Department of Social & Cultural Analysis).
The event is free to the public! For more information visit: http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/