Virtual literary event with Chai and Lim on Nov. 12
Chai will read from her new essay collection, ‘My Hungry Ghosts: Essays and Incantations.’ Lim will read poems from ‘Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island.’
Creative Writing Professor May-lee Chai will participate in a virtual reading and conversation with San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 3 p.m.
Chai will read from her new essay collection, “My Hungry Ghosts: Essays and Incantations” (Blair, September 2026), and Lim will read poems from “Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island” (University of Washington Press). Chai and Lim will also discuss writing in Diaspora, Ancestors and the journeys that haunt them.
This virtual literary conversation is the last event that Asian American activist and labor organizer Bea Dong helped to organize, and it will be Eastwind Books of Berkeley’s first event held since she joined the Ancestors. The event is dedicated to Bea, in gratitude to her activism and her lifelong support of AAPI writers and artists.