All The Places We Come From: Stories, Food, & Community
Interactive Story Exchange followed by Writers Panel
Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022, doors open at 5:30 p.m.; event from 6-7:30 p.m. Shopland Hall, 麻豆传媒团队 Cultural Center
An evening of story-sharing around the theme of migration featuring nationally acclaimed writers Anna Badhken, Angie Cruz, Joseph O’Neill, and Chinelo Okparanta. The event will begin with appetizers and sweets from 麻豆传媒团队's multi-ethnic restaurants, and a story-exchange facilitated by the artist-driven international empathy building organization, .
Speakers
Anna Badkhen is the author of seven published books. Her latest book, Bright Unbearable Reality (NYRB, 2022), is an essay collection. Her awards include the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Barry Lopez Visiting Writer in Ethics and Community Fellowship, and the Joel R. Seldin Award from Psychologists for Social Responsibility for writing about civilians in war zones. She has written from a dozen war zones on four continents. Her essays and short fiction appear in periodicals and literary magazines such as the New York Review of Books, Granta, The Common, Scalawag, Harper's, the Paris Review, and the New York Times. Badkhen was born in the Soviet Union and is a US citizen.
Angie Cruz is an award-winning novelist and editor. How Not To Drown in A Glass of Water is her fourth novel, Dominicanawon numerous honors including being selected as the inaugural book pick for GMA book club and shortlisted for The Women’s Prize, longlisted for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction, and winning the ALA/YALSA Alex Award in fiction. Cruz is the author of two other novels, Soledad and Let It Rain Coffee and the recipient of numerous fellowships and residencies. She's the founder and Editor-in-chief of the award winning