Asian American Studies will host poet and essayist Franny Choi for a poetry reading and Q&A. Their books include The World Keeps Ending, and the World Goes On (Ecco, 2022), a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, Soft Science (Alice James Books, 2019), and Floating, Brilliant, Gone (Write Bloody Publishing, 2014). Franny is Faculty in Literature at Bennington College and the current Poet Laureate of Northampton, MA.
Following the Q&A, there will be a book signing line. Evanston's Bookends & Beginnings will provide copies of Franny's books for sale before and after the event.
We're Hiring!
The Asian American Studies Program invites applications for a teaching assistantship to a Northwestern doctoral student with research interests relevant to Asian American Studies. The TA will be asked to spend three (3) quarters working with the Program Director and Program Assistant performing administrative tasks and teaching in some capacity as a grader, a Teaching Assistant, or as an Instructor of their own course. See more details in the application portal.
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, Evanston
Pedro Iacobelli (History, Universidad de los Andes) This presentation explores Latin American views of the growing Japanese presence in...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, Evanston
Come listen to Dr. Laureen Hom's talk about her latest book, The Power of Chinatown! The book includes over 4 years of intensive fieldw...
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM, Evanston
Kamakakēhau Fernandez is an award winning ‘ukulele player and Hawaiian falsetto singer. Coming all the way from Hawai'i, he's excited t...
