Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | 12pm to 1:30pm
This lecture is part of the 2022-23 Harriet and Kenneth Kupferberg Holocaust Center (KHC) and National Endowment for the Humanities Colloquium entitled, “Trauma, Remembrance, and Compassion.”
Author & illustrator Laura Gao will present on her debut graphic memoir, Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American. Gao will present her own experiences around the themes of trauma, remembrance, and compassion. What are some things that inspired the creation of Messy Roots, and how might readers be able to draw inspiration from her journey and story as presented in this debut graphic memoir? In Messy Roots, Gao illustrates her coming-of-age as the girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter.
Co-Sponsor
Kupferberg Holocaust Center, Queensborough Community College/CUNY
Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY