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September 6, 2009
Back on the road at some very cool events in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Honolulu.
October 1 ? 7:00 pm | New York City | Asian American Writers? Workshop
I join poets Hoa Nguyen and Paulo Javier for a delightful evening?s readings and discussion.
October 9 ? 2:00 pm | Los Angeles, CA | UCLA, Westwood
The reading and talk is with the Japanese literature and poetry seminar, Royce Hall 243, ALC Seminar Room.
October 13 ? 12:00 pm | Los Angeles, CA | Pomona College, Claremont, CA | Oldenborg Center
Sponsored by the Pacific Basin Institute, I'm giving a lecture on ?mono no aware?.
October 15 ? 7:30 pm | Los Angeles, CA | Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena
A special lecture and reading in the beautiful Pacific Asia Museum.
October 17 ? 7:15 pm | San Francisco, CA | LitQuake Festival
LitCrawl event at Modern Times Bookstore
Join me and writers Josh Bazell, Lee Konstantinou, Victor Martinez , Holly Shumas, Christina Sunley, and Wendy Nelson Tokunaga.
October 20 ? 7:00 pm | Capitola, CA | Capitola Book Caf?
I will be reading and discussing with author Liza Dalby.
October 29 ? 3:00 pm | Honolulu, HI | University of Hawaii, English Department Colloquium
Linda and I join Tom Gammarino, author of Big in Japan for a reading and discussion.
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