Andrew Lam discusses the fourteen pieces in Stories from the Edge of the Sea, exploring love and loss, lust and grief, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California. At times humorous and ecstatic, other times poetic and elegiac, the fourteen pieces in Stories from the Edge of the Sea […]
Join authors Andrew Lam and Aimee Phan in conversation on Lam’s new book, Stories from the Edge of the Sea. At times humorous and ecstatic, other times poetic and elegiac, the fourteen pieces in Stories from the Edge of the Sea explore love and loss, lust and grief, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and […]
We are pleased to invite you to a literary salon in Berkeley featuring celebrated authors Maxine Hong Kingston (The Woman Warrior, Knopf, 1976) and Andrew Lam (Stories from the Edge of the Sea, Red Hen Press, 2025). In addition to an inspiring conversation among these authors and Red Hen Press publisher, Kate Gale, you’ll […]
We are pleased to invite you to a special brush painting workshop on Saturday, June 21 where you can learn how to paint one of the Four Gentlemen/Four Seasons of Brush painting - the Bamboo under the guidance of renowned Artist Nan Rae. Her style is based on the Literati or Gentlemen Scholars of ancient China, […]
Join April Ossmann, Beth Malow and Doug Teschner readings from We and Beyond the Politics of Contempt with discussion on bridging political divides at Hartland Public Library!
Watermelon Books LA presents its first public event — a powerful evening of literature, solidarity, and shared histories of diaspora and genocide connecting Palestinian and Armenian experiences. As survivors of ethnic cleansing and genocide, Armenian and Palestinian communities share intertwined histories of loss, endurance, and resistance that continue to inform liberation struggles and shape global […]
Join Von Bar for poetry and prose with Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Vijay Seshedri; Helen Benedict, author of 14 books, including The Good Deed; Stephen O'Connor, novelist and poet, whose novel “We Want So Much to Be Ourselves,” is forthcoming; and Anja Konig whose new poetry collection, Noise, will be out in 2027. Helen Benedict will […]
The Other Strawberry Festival—not to be confused with the popular two-day Strawberry Festival that celebrates all things strawberry—invites us to look at the berry more fully. We will still honor the sweetness of strawberries—and the hands that harvest them. This gathering also asks a deeper question: What would it look like to grow strawberries—and all agriculture […]
David Mason will be touring the US during the month of April, giving readings and workshops in support of the book. April 2–5, Grand Junction, Colorado, reading at Grand Mesa University and other locations Contact: Wendy Videlock, coloradawendy@gmail.com
April 7, The Colorado College Visiting Writers Series Contact: Juan Morales, jmorales2024@coloradocollege.edu
April 8, Trident Bookstore, Boulder, Colorado, 6:30 pm reading with Mark Irwin Contact: briantridentbookstore@gmail.com
April 9, The University of Tulsa, Oklahoma Contact: Boris Dralyuk
