Book tour for Returning to My Father's Kitchen: Essays
1) Las Vegas, NV (Book Launch): May 15, 2025, 7 pm, Majestic Repertory Theatre, Downtown Las Vegas (in conversation with Kim Foster, author of The Meth Lunches)
2) Virtual Event with Bel Canto Books in Long Beach, CA: May 21, 2025, 5 pm PT/8 pm ET (in conversation with Marisa Siegel, author of Fixed Stars)
3) Austin, TX: May 26, 2025, 7 pm, BookPeople (in conversation with Greg Marshall, author of Leg)
4) Houston, TX: June 2, 2025, 6:30 pm, Brazos Bookstore (in conversation with Karen Siu)
**Stay tuned for more announcements about additional events!**
2) Virtual Event with Bel Canto Books in Long Beach, CA: May 21, 2025, 5 pm PT/8 pm ET (in conversation with Marisa Siegel, author of Fixed Stars)
3) Austin, TX: May 26, 2025, 7 pm, BookPeople (in conversation with Greg Marshall, author of Leg)
4) Houston, TX: June 2, 2025, 6:30 pm, Brazos Bookstore (in conversation with Karen Siu)
**Stay tuned for more announcements about additional events!**
Pre-Launch events (All at awp la 2025)
1) AWP Los Angeles, March 29, 2025, 9:00-10:15 AM: The Challenges to Speaking Our Truth: Filipino Women Writing Nonfiction (panel moderator)
What craft techniques, including storytelling styles from our own culture, can we utilize to write into and around truth(s)? How can nonfiction subvert or defy expectations imposed on us as women and nonbinary people in underrepresented communities? Filipino women and femme nonfiction writers discuss the complexities and nuances of sharing their experiences, while confronting the uncomfortable truths of a culture that hasn’t always looked favorably on the act of public disclosure.
Location: Room 511AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center
With Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, Melissa Chadburn, Jen Palmares Meadows, and Anna Cabe
2) AWP Offsite Reading With Storyknife Writers Retreat Alumnae, March 27, 2025, 5-7 pm
@ First Draft DTLA, 1230 S Olive St.
3) Litowitz MFA + MA Faculty and Northwestern University Press Celebratory Reception. Thursday, March 27, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Los Angeles JW Marriott Hotel, Gold Ballroom 4
What craft techniques, including storytelling styles from our own culture, can we utilize to write into and around truth(s)? How can nonfiction subvert or defy expectations imposed on us as women and nonbinary people in underrepresented communities? Filipino women and femme nonfiction writers discuss the complexities and nuances of sharing their experiences, while confronting the uncomfortable truths of a culture that hasn’t always looked favorably on the act of public disclosure.
Location: Room 511AB, Level Two, Los Angeles Convention Center
With Laurel Flores Fantauzzo, Melissa Chadburn, Jen Palmares Meadows, and Anna Cabe
2) AWP Offsite Reading With Storyknife Writers Retreat Alumnae, March 27, 2025, 5-7 pm
@ First Draft DTLA, 1230 S Olive St.
3) Litowitz MFA + MA Faculty and Northwestern University Press Celebratory Reception. Thursday, March 27, 6:00PM-7:30PM, Los Angeles JW Marriott Hotel, Gold Ballroom 4