F160. Asian American Writers Reinventing Los Angeles

Room 512, LA Convention Center, Meeting Room Level
Friday, April 1, 2016
10:30 am to 11:45 am

 

Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders are the fastest growing group in the US, and the LA area has the highest US API population, but APIs are often ignored and stereotyped by mainstream America. This panel presents East and Southeast Asian American writers who write, work, and live in LA, and have cultural ties to the diasporic landscape of the metropolitan area. The panel makes visible the intersectional histories, politics, and artistic practices that feed and are fed by their literary work.


Participants

Moderator:

Ginger Ko is the author of the poetry collection Motherlover, and the chapbook Inherit. She is a PhD student at the University of Georgia’s creative writing program.

Kenji C. Liu‘s poetry appears in American Poetry Review, Barrow Street Journal, Asian American Literary Review, Split This Rock’s poem of the week series, three anthologies, and a chapbook. He has received fellowships from Kundiman, VONA/Voices, Djerassi, and the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley.

Grace Shuyi Liew's first chapbook is forthcoming. Her work can be found in Cream City Review, Twelfth House, Puerto del Sol, West Branch, TYPO, H_ngm_n, PANK, Winter Tangerine Review, and others. She reads for Waxwing magazine.

Lam Pham received his BA in English at the University of California, Los Angeles. He recently earned his MFA in creative writing at the University of Wyoming. He is a Pushcart-prize nominated author, and his fiction has appeared in various publications.

Chiwan Choi is the author of two traditional books—The Flood and Abductions. In 2015, he will have written, presented, and destroyed a new book, Ghostmaker. Chiwan is also founding partner of Writ Large Press, an indie publisher that uses books and publishing to resist, disrupt, and transgress.

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