Dates: 4-5 February 2011
The Asian American Writers' Workshop's 20th-Anniversary Reading
Saturday, February 5 · 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location: Washington Marriott Wardman Park
2660 Woodley Road NW
Featuring: Ken Chen, Kimiko Hahn, Marie Lee, Ed Lin, Patrick Rosal, Jennifer Tseng
Over the past twenty years, the Asian American Writers' Workshop has grown from a Greek diner meeting into a preeminent intellectual sanctuary for Asian American literature. Join us for a cross-genre, cross-generational reading celebrating the Workshop's twentieth year. Writers will read from their work and talk about the Workshop's influence and history.
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Page Turners: Asian American Literature in the 21st Century
Friday, February 4 · 10:30am - 11:30am
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street
Washington, DC
Featuring: Ken Chen, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Manijeh Nasrabadi , and Xu Xi
From Hmong to Iran to Turkmenistan, Asian American literature is broadening its terrain. The Asian American Writers' Workshop is at the fore of this conversation on "radical inclusivity." But what unifies these cultures and aesthetics? Join an eclectic group of Asian American Writers in conversation as they come together to discuss the future of the Asian American arts movement in a post multi-cultural world.
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