Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Malaysian American writer Chin Woon Ping will read Dadah: A Meditation on Opium, featured in CUNY FORUM Volume 3:1, which evokes the times and life of the overseas Chinese who grew up in Malacca, Malaysia, once a British port for the opium trade. In prose and poetry, in the form of a linked imaginary historical … Read more
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2015 Time: 6:30PM to 9:30PM Program will begin promptly at 7PM! Place: Jing Fong Restaurant 20 Elizabeth Street, New York, NY 10013
Mingmei Yip will discuss her new novel, The Witch’s Market, about a young Chinese-American woman who is a professor specializing in witchcraft. Dr. Yip will discuss Chinese shamans, healings, spells and underworld journeys. Reading and book signing will be included. Dr. Geoffrey Redmond will also be available to do tarot card readings. Book Description Chinese-American … Read more