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Fall 2023 Tour

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DECEMBER 2023

Wed 12/6@5 - Angel Island Immigration Station (Zoom)

Th 12/7@12:30 - SF Book Chums, (email: hellofranklavin@gmail.com)  

Th 12/7 @7 - Books Inc, Pruneyard, 1875 Bascom, Campbell, CA

Fr 12/8 @7 - Changing Hands Books, Tempe, AZ

Sa 12/9 @2 - Anythink Lib., Wright Farms, Thornton, CO w/ Gil Asakawa

Mo 12/11 @4:15 - Wolverine Publick House, Ft. Collins, CO

Tu 12/12 @6 - Under the Umbrella, Salt Lake City, UT

2024 CALENDAR (IN FORMATION)

Su 1/14 @1 - Andover Bookstore, Andover, MA

We 1/17 @TBD - Clark University, Worcester, MA

Th 1/18 @12:20 - Brandeis University, Waltham, MA

 Fr 1/19 @6pm - Lala's Bookstore, Lowell, MA

Th 1/25 @6:30pm - Georgetown University, Washington, DC

Fr 1/26 @3 - Tucker Boatwright Festival, Richmond, VA

Sa 1/27 @TBD - Bookmarks Moveable Feast, Winston-Salem, NC

Mo 1/29 3:30pm - University of NC, Chapel Hill, NC

Tu 1/30 @TBD - Duke University, Durham, NC

Th 2/1 @TBD - Michigan State University, Lansing, MI

Sat 2/3 @1 - West Bloomfield Public Library, West Bloomfield, MI

Su 2/4 @1 - Troy Public Library, Troy, MI

Su 2/4 @3:45 - Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI

Mo 2/5 @7 - Grosse Pointe Library, Grosse Pointe, MI

Tu 2/6 @7 - Rochester Hills Public Library, Rochester Hills, MI

We 2/7 - St. Louis, MO (to be confirmed)

Fr 2/9 @1:45 - AWP Conference, Kansas City, MO

We 2/14 @11 - California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA 

Sa 2/17 @3 - Santa Monica Public Library, Santa Monica, CA

Mo 2/26 @TBD - Columbia University, New York, NY

Mo 3/4@1 - University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

Th 3/7 @TBD - Tucson Book Festival, Tucson, AZ

Th 3/21 @TBD - Charlottesville Book Festival, Charlottesville, VA

Sat 3/23 @ 11:30- Historical Society of MI, Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI

Mo 3/25 - Bloomfield Township Library, Bloomfield, MI

More info and dates to come, including Houston, Austin, San Diego, and Indianapolis. To invite the author, email info@curtisfromdetroit.com

COMPLETED EVENTS

 

Mon 10/16 @7 (Eastern) - PRE-LAUNCH KICK-OFF hosted by AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Run AAPI (Zoom)

Tu 10/17 @7 - Strand Bookstore, Manhattan, NYC with Jafreen Uddin

Wed 10/18 @12 - Asian Pacific Islander American Health Forum, DC

Th 10/19 @ 11 -- St. Peter's University, Jersey City

Th 10/19 @7 - MLK Library, DC with Ben DeGuzman

Fr 10/20 @ 12:30 - East Brunswick Library

F 10/20 @6 - Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA with David L. Eng

Sa 10/21 @5 - Princeton Library Beyond Words Gala, NJ with A.M. Homes

Su 10/22 @6 - Porter Square Books, Cambridge, MA with Rani Neutill

M 10/23 @ 4:30 - Boston Foundation, Boston

M 10/23 @7 (Cen) - Ramsey Library, St. Paul, MN with Katie Chin (Zoom)

Tu 10/24 @ 6 - Boston Atheneum, MA with Amber Payne

Th 10/26 @1 - Cal Poly Pomona, CA

Th 10/26 @7 - Skylight Books, LA, CA with Jeff Yang

Fr 10/27 @7 - Stop AAPI Hate at JANM, LA, CA with Manjusha Kulkarni

Sa 10/28 @2 - Oakland Asian Cultural Center, CA with Terry Park

Su 10/ 29 @6 - Books, Inc., Palo Alto, CA with Michelle Tam 

M 10/30 @7 - Green Apple Books, 1231 9th Ave., SF with Dominic Lim

W 11/1 @6 - Ocean Star Restaurant with Dr. Jang Huh, Seattle, WA

Th 11/2 @12:30 - Univ. of Wash at Tacoma with C. Miura & T. Velasquez

F 11/3 @7 - Portland State Univ, OR with Amy Wang

Su 11/5 @2 - Boswell Books, Milwaukee, WI with Z Zakaria

M 11/6 @7 - North Central College, Naperville, IL with Liz Spencer

Tu 11/7 @6 - American Writers Museum, Chicago, w/ G. Chan McKibben

W 11/8 @TBD - Oakland Univ, Rochester Hills, MI with Randiah Green

Th 11/9 @ 4 - Univ Michigan (Rackham) Ann Arbor, MI with Manan Desai

Sa 11/11 @ 6:30 - Ann Arbor District Library, MI with Doris Truong

Su 11/12 @ 2 - Detroit Historical Museum, MI with Jamon Jordan

Mo 11/13 @1 - University of Toledo, OH

Tu 11/14 @4:30 - Bowling Green Univ, OH

W 11/15 @5 - Oberlin College, OH

Th 11/16@1 - Asian Services in Action, 526 Main Street, Akron, OH

Th 11/16 @7 - Cuyahoga Library, Beachwood, OH

Fr 11/16@3:30 - NAME Conference, Montgomery, AL (Zoom)

Fr 11/17 @7 - Norcross Public Library, GA with Natalie Keng

Sat 11/18 @12:30 - Miami Book Fair, FL

Thanks to the University of Michigan  Alumni Association and other community groups for supporting individual readings.

 

Thanks to The Asian American Foundation for their generous support of our tour and commitment to building belonging through narrative change. Funds will be used to help with travel and promotion.
 

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