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Beyond Genres: A Panel with Patrick Rosal, K-Ming Chang & T Kira Māhealani Madden, Moderated by J. Mae Barizo, Sponsored by Kundiman
Friday, March 25, 2022
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Renowned writers Patrick Rosal, K-Ming Chang, and T Kira Māhealani Madden will take the stage for a crossgenre panel discussion. As acclaimed writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, this panel will discuss the expansive possibilities within Asian American identity and storytelling through a navigation across genres. A conversation on craft moderated by J. Mae Barizo will follow. This event will be livestreamed. ASL interpretation and live captioning will be provided.
Participants
J. Mae Barizo is a prize-winning poet, critic, and performer. She is the recipient of awards from Bennington College, the Jerome Foundation, and Poets House. A champion of crossgenre work, she's collaborated with artists such as Mark Morris, Salman Rushdie, and the American String Quartet.
Patrick Rosal is author of The Last Thing: New and Selected Poems. He is a professor of English and campus codirector of the Institute for the Study of Global Racial Justice at Rutgers-Camden. He has been awarded the Lenore Marshall Prize, as well as fellowships from the NEA, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, and the Fulbright Program.
K-Ming Chang is a Kundiman fellow, a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree. She is the author of the New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice novel Bestiary and the forthcoming short story collection Gods of Want.
T Kira Mahealani Madden is a lesbian, APIA author of New York Times Editors' Choice memoir Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, and founding editor in chief of No Tokens. Winner of the 2021 Lambda Judith A. Markowitz Award, she is an assistant professor at College of Charleston.
