Events
Past Events
2023
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March 08-1a, 2023
Panelist
Seattle, WA
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2022
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July 04, 2022
Judge
Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize
Seoul, Korea
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June 27, 2022
Presenter
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June 15, 2022
Presenter and Panel
Poets & Writer Mapping the Maze workshop
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2021
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December 01, 2021
Panelist and Judge
Bucheon Diaspora Literary Award
Bucheon, Korea
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August 31, 2021
Participating Judge
Strangers Press Translation Literary Prize
Seoul, Korea
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July 11-17, 2021
Panelist and Reader
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, California
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June 30, 2021
Judge
Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize
Seoul, Korea
2020
June 29, 2020
Judge
Academy of American Poets Student Poetry Prize
Seoul, Korea
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2019
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July 8-15, 2019
Workshop Leader and Panelist
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
Nevada City, California
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February 21, 2019
Panelist
Wasafiri Magazine Special Issue Launch
London, England
2018
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October 21-27, 2018
Speaker and Reader
Seoul International Writers' Festival
Seoul, Korea
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May 24-27, 2018
Speaker
The Litro Book Festival
The SOAS University
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March 24-25, 2018
Main Speaker and Panel
The Bookworm Literary Festival
Beijing, China
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March 7-10, 2018
Writing Women's Interior Lives
AWP Conference
Tampa, Florida
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February 16, 2018
Reading for Get Lit
Eastern Washington University
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February 12-17, 2018
41st Annual Writers Week Conference
University of California, Riverside
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2017
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September 12-20,2017
Speaker and International Panel
Brooklyn Book Festival
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July 9,2017
Keynote Speaker
Squaw Valley Writer's Workshop
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June 3-4, 2017
Bay Area Book Festival
Berkeley, CA
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​​May 18-22, 2017
2017 Turin International Book Fair
Salone Internazionale del Libro di Torino
Torino, Italy
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April 21-23, 2017
Book Prize Ceremony April 21, Festival of Books April 22-23
USC Campus, LA
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April 20, 2017
Talk at UC Irvine
University of California Irvine
Irvine, CA
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March 16-17, 2017
Macau Literary Festival
Macau, China
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March 4-9, 2017
Adelaide Writers' Week
Reading and Discussion
Adelaide, Australia
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February 11-12, 2017
Reading and Discussion
Times of India Literary Festival
Bangalore, India
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2016
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December 6, 2016 at 6:30PM
Annual Awards Dinner
Metropolitan Club of New York
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November 11, 2016 at 3:00-6:30PM
The New Modern: Understanding Korea Through Film and Literature
Reading and Q&A with Krys Lee
Screening of "The Royal Tailor" and Q&A with Director Won Suk Lee
KLI Auditorium, Yonsei University
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November 8, 2016 7:30-9:00PM
Conversation with Krys Lee
Royal Asiatic Society Korea Branch
Residents' Lounge, Somerset Palace
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October 7, 2016 at 7:30 PM
conversation with Mariko Nagai
Temple University, Japan Campus
Tokyo, Japan
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September 30, 2016 at 7PM
book signing
What the Book?
Itaewon, Seoul
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August 10, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
Los Angeles, CA
In Conversation with Steph Cha
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August 9, 2016 at 6:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
San Francisco, CA
In Conversation with Michael David Lukas
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August 8, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Asian American Writers’ Workshop
New York, NY
In Conversation with Barbara Demick and Sukjong Hong
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August 4, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Reading and Discussion
Brooklyn, NY
In Conversation with Jessie Chaffee
August 3, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
Seattle, WA
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August 2, 2016 at 7:30 PM
Reading and Discussion
The Booksmith
San Francisco, CA
In Conversation with Adam Johnson
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August 3, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Reading and Discussion
Elliott Bay Book Co.
Seattle, WA
May 28, 2016 at 7:00 PM
Keynote Speech
AAJA-Asia’s N3Con
Seoul, South Korea
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February 13-14, 2016
Reading and Panels
Bangkok Edge Festival of Ideas
Bangkok, Thailand
2015
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June 18-21, 2015
Reading and Panels
London Short Story Festival
London, U.K.
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March 12, 2015
Discussion Panel
Kim Dae-jung Forum on the World’s Future
Seoul, South Korea
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2014
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April 8-10, 2014
Discussion Panels and Book Signing
London Book Fair
London, U.K.
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February 4, 2014
Reading
Writers Week
University of California, Riverside
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February 26-March 1, 2014
Reading and Panel
2014 AWP Conference & Book Fair
Seattle, Washington State Convention Center & Sheraton Seattle Hotel
2013
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October 3-6, 2013
Keynote Speaker, Reading, and Panel
Bangkok International Literature Festival
Bangkok, Thailand
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October 29-November 1, 2013
Judge for the 2013 Neustadt International Literary Prize
Neustadt Literary Festival
University of Oklahoma
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November 14-16, 2013
Reading and Panels
Philippine International Literary Festival
Manila, Philippines
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May 7-22, 2013
Reading and Panel
Asia house festival- London
UK, London
2012
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November 2-11, 2012
Reading and Panels
Singapore Writers Festival
Singapore
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October 3-7, 2012
Reading and Panels
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
Bali, Indonesia
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August 11-27, 2012
Reading and Panel
Edinburgh International Book Festival
Edinburgh, Scotland
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July 7-14, 2012
Reading and Panel
Squaw Valley Writer’s Conference
Squaw Valley, California
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June 16, 2012 at 6 PM
What the Book Bookstore
Itaewon, Seoul
Seoul, Korea
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April 21-22, 2012 at 3 PM
Panel and Book Signing
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
University of Southern California (USC),
Los Angeles, CA
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April 12-14, 2012
Reading with Catherine Chung and Alex Gilvarry
Association of Asian American Studies Conference
Capital Hilton Hotel
Washington, D.C.
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Tuesday April 10, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading and Discussion
The Women’s Club of Albany
Albany, NY 12208
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April 9, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading Followed by Q and A with Writer Alexander Chee
The Asian American Writers’ Workshop
New York, NY
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April 6, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading
Boston Korean Adoptees
Cambridge Community Center
Cambridge, MA
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April 5, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading
Porter Square Books
Cambridge, MA 02140
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March 22-25, 2012
Reading and Various Events
Lit Fest
Dallas, TX
March 12, 2012 at 7:30 PM
M.I.A. Art Literary Series
The Fresh Cafe Space
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March 6, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Reading, book signing, and reception
Humanities Building 193
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Los Angeles, CA
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February 29-March 4, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Associated Writers Program Annual Conference
Book signing sponsored by the Center for Fiction
Hilton Chicago & Palmer House Hilton
Chicago, Illinois
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February 23-26, 2012
Desert Night, Rising Stars
Arizona State University Book Festival
Guest lecturer
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February 20, 2012 at 7 PM
The Loft Literary Center
Suite 200, Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55415
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February 16, 2012 at 7 PM
NYU Reading Series (New Women Writers)
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House
New York, NY 10011
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February 10, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading
Vroman’s Bookstore
Pasadena, CA
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February 9, 2012 at 6 PM
Reading
Book Passage
San Francisco, CA
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February 8, 2012 at 7 PM
Reading
University Bookstore
Seattle, WA 98105
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February 6, 2012 at 7 PM
Center for Fiction
New York, NY 10017
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