Larissa Lai
@haamyue
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poet, novelist, critic, prof
Toronto
Joined July 2009
Aquariums by J. D. Kurtness The Ministry for the Future by KSR The Tiger Flu by @haamyue The Swan Book By Alexis Wright The Telling By @ursulakleguin Oryx and Crake & The Year of the Flood by @MargaretAtwood The City in the Middle of the Night by Charlie Jane Anders & on…
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✨Highlights from #literASIAN Toronto 2024 Recovery! Featured the moderator and author Larissa Lai @haamyue, who led the discussion on what it means to uncover memories and imagine intersecting pathways to recovery. @EastAsianLib; @uoftlibraries; @acww.
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Happening online on June 15th! Free registration
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@LiterASIAN Toronto: A delightful afternoon w/ #AsianCanadian writers moderated by @haamyue. Featuring @JanikaOza, @_DeniseChong, Marjorie Chan, & Linda Rui Feng, exploring "Recovery." They shared personal journeys towards memory/healing & reflected on truth in their work. @acww
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🎉#LiterASIAN Toronto "Recovery" was a delightful afternoon with #AsianCanadian writers @JanikaOza, @_DeniseChong, Marjorie Chan, and Linda Rui Feng, moderated by @haamyue. Through sharing personal journeys of memory & healing, the panelists explored what it means to "recover".
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Today at 2pm, if you're in Toronto and interested! This is an Asian Heritage Month Event featuring Janika Oza, Linda Rui Feng, Marjorie Chan and Denise Chong, moderated by yours truly.
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Much appreciation to Rita Wong for reading The Lost Century with such care and attention, and to Jorge Amigo at the Vancouver Public Library for such excellent hosting! Here'a recording of the event! https://t.co/8HpWAGNc54
#VPL #arsenalpulppress
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The @acww April newsletter is out! Read it here for upcoming events, including #literASIAN 2024: https://t.co/3rEdabfTpH
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Really looking forward to talking about The Lost Century with Rita Wong at the Vancouver Public Library on April 10! Please register. @Arsenalpulp @VPL
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Why is what we know of the past so full of holes? In her recent novel The Lost Century, award-winning author Larissa Lai takes us to World War II Hong Kong and uses the back-drop of the island's...
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This is really, really great!!
I've got an essay-review on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha in the new issue of American Literary History, reflecting on Cha's long-delayed "breakthrough" into the mainstream and the role of biography and scholarship in that breakthrough.
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Larissa Lai @haamyue reads from her latest novel THE LOST CENTURY along with paulo da costa (TRUST THE BLUER SKIES) at @QueenBooksTO on Feb 15, 6pm!
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Passing of our friend and author, Larry Wong. Thank you, Larry, for sharing your friendship, mentorship, and love of stories with our community. We will miss you dearly. https://t.co/BbvY9nadJo
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In a move that shocked its organizing partners, the Smithsonian canceled the Asian American Literature Festival, scheduled to take place in just a few weeks, "due to unforseen circumstances." I asked them why:
washingtonpost.com
In a move that stunned the Smithsonian's partners for the event, the program was canceled just weeks before it was to take place in August.
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In 2 weeks I'll be @ULisboa_ #Rhome2023 conference talking about Canadian 🍁🔥🌎 dystopias by @MargaretAtwood
@EmilyMandel
@omarelakkad
@haamyue
@thea_lim
@SaleemaNawaz
@waub
@JWhitehead204
@chineloonwualu
@canadianist
@lizharmer & more incl the real-life dystopian fires
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Tomorrow, tomorrow: I am so lucky to get to "sit down" & talk with the esteemed Larissa Lai .@haamyue about Asian/American/Canadian SF. Free registration for "Circling #Asianfuturisms":
larissalai.com
Circling Asianfuturisms: the closing seminar in the series "Insurgencies: Speculative Fiction, Cultural Organizing, and Utopian Thought".
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📍🗓️@haamyue's closing seminar under the MZ fellowship at @uhu_global will be held on Monday, June 19th at 18:00 CET. It will be a conversation with @edmondchang on the topic of Asianfuturisms. To register click here https://t.co/7i6O8NJPcC Don’t miss it!😍
eventos.uhu.es
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Happy Pride Month! This June, we’re celebrating books by BIPOC authors that celebrate queer joy in all of its manifestations. Featuring titles from @JWhitehead204 @thedannyramadan @haamyue and @Trapmystic1—check out these recommendations on the FOLD website today! The 2023
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