BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//PYVOBJECT//NONSGML Version 1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:events.uid.3064@www.discovernikkei.org DTSTART:20110507T000000Z DTEND:20110507T000000Z DESCRIPTION:<span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Calibri\; mso-farea st-font-family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-an si-language: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA\; mso-bidi-language: AR-S A\;"><em>A day-long celebration of eight of today&rsquo\;s most accomplish ed and exciting Asian American writers\, plus a Japanese poet who splits t ime between Japan and California--and\, for good measure\, her interpreter .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\; Hosted by the Japanese American National Museum\, to be held on May 7<sup>th</sup>\, 2011\, from 10 a.m.- 5:45 p.m.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes\;">&nbsp\; Free to the public.</em >\n<span style="font-size: 12pt\; font-family: Calibri\; mso-fareast-font- family: 'Times New Roman'\; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri\; mso-ansi-langu age: EN-US\; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA\; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\;">\n< p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\; font-v ariant: small-caps\;">Featuring<span style="font-family: Calibri\;">:\n\n< p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\;">Joy K ogawa &bull\; R. Zamora Linmark &bull\; Ray Hsu &bull\; Viet Nguyen &bull\ ; Brian Ascalon Roley &bull\; Reese Okyong Kwon &bull\; Kip Fulbeck &bull\ ; Hiromi Itō &amp\; translator Jeffrey Angles &bull\; Rishi Reddi\n\n<p s tyle="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\; font-vari ant: small-caps\;">Schedule<span style="font-family: Calibri\;">:\n\n<p st yle="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\;">Introduct ory remarks by AALR editors-in-chief Lawrence-Minh B&ugrave\;i Davis and G erald Maa\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Ca libri\;">&nbsp\;\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-fam ily: Calibri\;">10 a.m.-11:30 a.m.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <span style="mso-tab-count: 1\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; Brian Ascalon R oley &amp\; Viet Nguyen\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="f ont-family: Calibri\;">11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.<span style="mso-tab-count: 2\;">& nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1\ ;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;R. Zamora Linmark &amp\; Reese Okyong Kwon\n\n<p style="m argin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\;">1 p.m.-2:30 p.m .<span style="mso-tab-count: 2\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp \;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&n bsp\;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Kip Fulb eck &amp\; Ray Hsu\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-f amily: Calibri\;">2:30 p.m.-4 p.m.<span style="mso-tab-count: 2\;">&nbsp\; &nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbs p\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1\;">&nb sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Joy Kogawa &amp\; Rishi Reddi\n\n<p style="margin : 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\;">4 p.m.-4:45 p.m.<spa n style="mso-tab-count: 2\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nb sp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\; <span style="mso-tab-count: 1\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;Hiromi Itō & amp\; translator Jeffrey Angles\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\;">4:45 p.m.-5:45 p.m.<span style="mso-tab-cou nt: 1\;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;<span style="mso-tab-count: 1\ ;">&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;&nbsp\;& nbsp\;Book Signing\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;">&nbsp\;\n\n<p style ="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\; font-variant: small-caps\;">Community &amp\; Media Sponsors<span style="font-family: Ca libri\;">:\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: C alibri\;">Japanese American National Museum &bull\; International Center f or Writing and Translation &bull\; USC Asian American Studies Program &bul l\; UCLA Asian American Studies Center &bull\; UCLA English Department and the UCLA Friends of English &bull\; Vietnamese American Arts &amp\; Lette rs Association &bull\; Coffee House Press &bull\; <em>Hyphen Magazine</em> &bull\; Philippine Expressions Bookshop &bull\; Kaya Press &bull\; Diaspo ric Vietnamese Artists Network &bull\; Giant Robot &bull\; Asian American Journalists Association\, Los Angeles Chapter &bull\; <em>Audrey Magazine< /em> &bull\; Asian Arts Initiative &bull\; Calypso Press &bull\; Asian Pac ific American Studies at Loyola Marymount University &bull\; Asian Pacific American Librarians Association &bull\; Japan America Society of Southern California\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\;">&nbsp\;\n\n<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt\;"><span style="font-s ize: 10pt\; font-family: Calibri\; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma\; mso-bidi -font-size: 12.0pt\;">This event is supported by Poets &amp\; Writers\, In c. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation.\n\n DTSTAMP:20240426T054848Z SUMMARY:8+1: A Symposium\, Voices from The Asian American Literary Review URL:/en/events/2011/05/07/81-a-symposium-voices-from-the-asian-american-l/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR