신 선 영 Sun Yung Shin

Next event: U of Minnesota

Wednesday, January 28th @ Bell Auditorium on the U of M Twin Cities campus
2:30 - 3:40 pm
Lecture: How to Begin a Poem

The winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Poetry is Sun Yung Shin for Skirt Full of Black

Monday, December 8
11th Annural Asian American Literary Awards
Awards Ceremony

For the 11th Annual Asian American Literary Awards, The Workshop will present a Lifetime Achievement Award to playwright David Henry Hwang, who will reunite with B.D. Wong in a special reading and celebration for the 20th anniversary of their seminal contribution to Asian American culture, M. Butterfly. Hwang and Wong will discuss their seminal contribution to Asian American culture with Oskar Eustis, the Artistic Director of The Public Theater. Every audience member will receive a free paperback of M. Butterfly.

The winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Fiction is Mohsin Hamid for The Reluctant Fundamentalist (Harcourt). The winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Nonfiction is Vijay Prashad for The Darker Nations (New Press). The winner of the Asian American Literary Award for Poetry is Sun Yung Shin for Skirt Full of Black (Coffee House Press).

Awards Ceremony @ Cantor Theater at NYU, 7:30pm - 9pm
36 East 8 St. | Map it

$20 members | $30 non-members | $45 for tickets & membership

VIP Reception @ Deutsches Haus at NYU, 6pm - 7:30pm
42 Washington Mews | Map it

$100

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Upcoming book signing and reading for new anthology

ion on a Stick

Books by this author: Fiction on a Stick more info

“Our title suggests a more grounded and democratic image of the state than its whimsical reference may first present. For if we see the State Fair as an opportunity for people from all walks of life, from all corners of the region, to get together at one time, we also see this anthology as a similar celebration of the changing yet enduring face and personality of Minnesota.” –from the Editor’s Introduction Widely regarded as one of the most literate states in the nation, Minnesota has a distinguished literary history. From Sinclair Lewis to Louise Erdrich, and from F. Scott Fitzgerald to Charles Baxter, the North Star State has produced any number of outstanding writers. As the state marks its sesquicentennial in 2008, Fiction on a Stick presents a fresh and invigorating portrait in prose. This anthology suggests what residents of the state have known for some time: Minnesota has changed enormously since 1858. The population has grown particularly quickly in the burgeoning suburbs that ring the cities. Family farms have given way to industrialized agribusiness. And several waves of immigration have left the state far more diverse than the nation’s image of it would suggest. This and far more is reflected in the contents.     Rich, compelling, and often surprising, Fiction on a Stick offers a provocative and promising glimpse of the Minnesotan experience at the outset of the twenty-first century.     Minneapolis, Minnesota Thursday, December 11, 2008 @ 7 PM Fiction on a Stick Reading/Signing Contributors Chrissy Kolaya, Sun Yung Shin, Diego Vazquez, Robert Voedisch, and May Lee-Yang Co-sponsored by Milkweed Editions and The Loft Literary Center Open Book, Target Performance Hall (2nd Floor) 1011 Washington Avenue S., 55415   Minneapolis, Minnesota Friday, December 12, 2008 from 12 pm-1 pm Fiction on a Stick Signing Barnes and Noble (downtown store) 801 Nicollet Mall   Saint Paul, Minnesota Tuesday, January 20, 2008 @ 7pm Fiction on a Stick reading/signing with Jacey Choy, John Reimringer, and Ethan Rutherford  Co-sponsored by Micawbers and Friends of the St. Paul Public Library Micawbers, 2238 Carter Ave.     Contributors: Ann Bauer, Jacey Choy, Pallavi Sharma Dixit, Anastasia Faunce, Shannon Gibney, Linda LeGarde Grover, Miriam Karmel, Chrissy Kolaya, Steven Lang, May Lee-Yang, Éireann Lorsung, John Reimringer, Marcie Rendon, Ethan Rutherford, Dominic Saucedo, Kaethe Schwehn, Sun Yung Shin, Sarah Stonich, Josiah Titus, Diego Vázquez, Robert Voedisch, Michael Walsh, Diane Wilson, Kirk Wisland