Award-winning poet award-winning poet Bao Phi and renowned cartoonist Thi Bui appear at the University of Virginia on Friday, March 23rd at 7:00 PM featuring an opening act by Katie Zhang from UVA Flux.
Bao Phi’s “Thousand Star Hotel”
“POEMS FROM A FATHER, A REFUGEE, AN ACTIVIST RESISTING THE INVISIBILITY OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN URBAN POOR.
Thousand Star Hotel confronts the silence around racism, police brutality, and the invisibility of the Asian American urban poor.”
Thi Bui’s “The Best We Could Do”
“Exploring the anguish of immigration and the lasting effects that displacement has on a child and her family, Bui documents the story of her family’s daring escape after the fall of South Vietnam in the 1970s, and the difficulties they faced building new lives for themselves… In what Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen calls “a book to break your heart and heal it,” The Best We Could Do brings to life Thi Bui’s journey of understanding, and provides inspiration to all of those who search for a better future while longing for a simpler past.”
This event is part of ASU Presents: Asian American Literature and Art Series. RSVP on Facebook!
