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Good morning! 🌞 We are ready to go at #SCWH2022. Stop by to browse offerings in #americanhistory, #civilwar, #race, #ethnicstudies, and more. Browsing online? Don't forget your coupon code - SCWH2022 The Society of Civil War Historians
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Saturday at 9am PT: Join us for a remote event to celebrate the publication of Professor A. W. Strouse’s new book, Form and Foreskin: Medieval Narratives of Circumcision (Fordham University Press, 2021). This event is organized by #UCLAenglish Professor Arvind Thomas. Details --> https://english.ucla.edu/events/professor-a-w-strouse-book-launch/
We are exhibiting in-person at #SCWH2022! Stop by our booth to browse our new titles . We're also hosting a virtual book exhibit online http://ow.ly/1TQn50JpoYw The Society of Civil War Historians #ReadUP #CivilWarHistory #Twitterstorians #AmericanHistory
Author Talk at the Hudson Park Library on Saturday, June 25th. Playwright Alvin Eng writer-performer shares his riveting, tender story of finding voice, identity & community through the transformative power of Asian American arts, activism, punk rock and theater http://ow.ly/AGCi50J3fx0
Happy Pride Month! 🏳️🌈 Celebrate with 30% off select titles with coupon code PRIDE22 #ReadUP #ReadwithPride #LGBTQIA #LoveisLove #FridayReads http://ow.ly/v4FW50Jp8em
Save the Date! JUNE 8 - Join Alvin Eng writer-performer at 5 p.m. at Yu & Me Books to discuss his new #memoir, Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond Over the River Public Relations http://ow.ly/6RFI50Jns7V
Save 30% on select titles during the 10 year anniversary of the Patterson Triennial Conference on Christian Unity, "Nicaea, Conciliarity and the Future of Christianity." Use promo code PTC2022 at checkout. Orthodox Christian Studies Center, Fordham University http://ow.ly/oYIU50Jnkfw
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Look Round for Poetry: Untimely Romanticisms, by Brian McGrath #NewRelease http://ow.ly/sqYg50ISu3Y
Spotlight: Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond by Alvin Eng — What Is That Book About
From behind the counter of his parents’ laundry and a household rooted in a different century and culture to the turbulent, exciting streets of 1970s New York City, playwright Alvin Eng shares his riveting, tender story of finding voice, identity and community through the transformative power of A...
The Politics of the Near: On the Edges of Protest in South Africa, by Jérôme Tournadre, translated by Andrew Brown #NewRelease http://ow.ly/5vjx50ISt0E
The It’s Bibliotherapy blog joins the OUR LAUNDRY, OUR TOWN virtual book tour today! Thanks for the spotlight feature on Alvin Eng writer-performer's compelling #chineseamerican memoir available now by Fordham University Press.
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💫 Book Tour 💫
Our Laundry, Our Town by Alvin Eng
Pub Day: May 17th, 2022
What’s your favorite city to visit? 🏙 To me, there’s nothing like a long weekend in New York. Though I’ve spent most of my time in Manhattan and Brooklyn, this book is set in Queens—back in the 1970s. 🖤 Check out the details below.👇🏼
“Alvin Eng grew up in Flushing, Queens, a neighborhood of that singular universe that was New York City in the 1970s – back then, his was one of the few immigrant Chinese families to live there. 🇨🇳
“His parents had an arranged marriage and ran a Chinese Hand Laundry. In OUR LAUNDRY, OUR TOWN: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond, Eng has created an illuminating time capsule of the Chinese-American experience, from the Chinatowns of the U.S to China’s motherland. 🧺 Eng explores issues of identity, race, and societal expectations with marvelous humor, introspection and tenderness.” 💭
Thank you to @otrpr for this copy! ✨
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#itsbibliotherapy #OurLaundryOurTown #AlvinEng #AsianAmericanMemoir #AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth #FordhamPress #ChineseAmericanMemoir #1970sNYC #NYCmemoir #DowntownNYCtheater #1970spopculture #FlushingQueens #otrpr #booktour #bookstagrammer #books #bookish #booklover #reading #bibliophile #amreading #bookaddict #goodreads #reader #whattoread #booknerd #readersofinstagram
Adapt!: On a New Political Imperative, by Barbara Stiegler, translated by Adam Hocker #NewRelease http://ow.ly/qg1v50ISq44
ICYMI, Host Rhina Valentin (BronxNet Community Television) speaks to designer Elie Balleh, Elba Cabrera & Nydia Edgecombe (Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture) of Evelina 100, Greg Miller of Dance Parade New York, performer Alvin Eng writer-performer & sports with Bobby C. http://ow.ly/930J50J9UeR
On this edition of OPEN BxRx, Host Rhina speaks to fashion designer Elie Balleh to discuss advocating for better customer service systems and security education on social media platforms. Then, Rhina speaks to Evelina 100 Centennial celebration co-chairs, Elba Cabrera ...
Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond, by Alvin Eng writer-performer #NewRelease #EmpireStateEditions http://ow.ly/UHEE50IUtCJ
Publication Day––May 17th! "Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond" is published by Fordham University Press.
On Friday, May 20, there will be a Two-Part Book Launch party. The Virtual Launch (Part I) is from 5:30-7pm (EST). In-Person (Part II) is 7-9pm (NYC). Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Register for either (or both!) Parts though this FB event link.
https://www.facebook.com/events/5777577805590677
Hope you can join us!
Thank You: Fordham University Press; Over the River Public Relations; Asian American / Asian Research Institute - City University of New York; City Lore ...current and future readers.
#ourlaundryourtown #aapiheritagemonth #fordhampress
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Counterforms: Roberto Tejada Interviewed by Rosa Alcalá - BOMB Magazine
Poetry that imagines an alternative future to colonialism’s legacies.
🎧 Listen to Deidre Tyler of New Books Network interview Alvin Eng writer-performer about his new book, Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond - available in stores tomorrow! #ReadUP Over the River Public Relations http://ow.ly/eQ3650J92Iz
Dr. Michael Good, author of "The Search for Major Plagge," had the opportunity to give a talk at the state capital in Topeka, Kansas for Holocaust Remembrance Day. He told the story of his father's incredible tale of survival during the #holocaust and also discussed the danger of #whitesupremecy here in #America. Here is a link to a video of the talk👉 http://ow.ly/CVRR50J8ZTX
#holocaustsurvivor #MajorPlagge #whitesupremacyisterrorism #buffalo #mondaythoughts
Tune in to Literary Thursdays with the Queens Public Library! On Thursday, June 2 at 4 p.m. ET Alvin Eng writer-performer will discuss his memoir about life growing up in Flushing, Queens in the 1970s. #Culture #StreetLife #PunkRock #ReadUP #Queens #ChineseAmerican #NYC #Theater http://ow.ly/O1EY50J3eWc
Join Kew and Willow Books on May 26th at 7pm via Crowdcast to celebrate the launch of OUR LAUNDRY, OUR TOWN with Alvin Eng writer-performer Alvin with be in conversation with Amy Chin, President of the Board for ThinkChinatown http://ow.ly/GjuP50J3bpJ
Register now for Kew and Willow Books's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Thursday May 26, 2022 at 7:00 pm EDT.
Book Talk! Wednesday, May 25 - Asian-American Family Secrets: Hidden in Plain Sight | Alvin Eng writer-performer and genealogist Amy Chin will discuss the journey of unearthing long-buried family secrets and ‘airing’ the family laundry. #ReadUP #Memoir #Family #AAPIHM #NYC ThinkChinatown http://ow.ly/Cxfg50J3cVI
"Growing up in Flushing had a profound impact on Alvin Eng writer-performer, a local author, playwright, performer, educator, and punk rock raconteur, whose family was one of only a few immigrant Chinese families to move into the community at the time."—Queens Ledger News | Our Laundry, Our Town will be released by Fordham University Press on May 17 queensledger.com/flushing-playw…
By Daniel Offner [email protected] Growing up in Flushing had a profound impact on Alvin Eng, a local author, playwright, performer, educator, and punk rock raconteur, whose family was one of only a few immigrant Chinese families to move into the community at the time. His parents were from a...
Tune in to Leonard Lopate at Large today (Wednesday, May 11th) at 1PM to hear @Alvin Eng writer-performer discuss his new memoir, OUR LAUNDRY, OUR TOWN ( @Fordham University Press ; May 17, 2022): https://www.wbai.org/upcoming-program/?id=5564
Save the Date! May 20th - Two Part Book Launch for Our Laundry, Our Town: Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage & Beyond by Alvin Eng writer-performer Part 1 with Asian American / Asian Research Institute - City University of New York http://ow.ly/scMn50J3f91 and Part II with City Lore http://ow.ly/pm7r50J3f90
Tune in tonight at 10:30 p.m.! 📺 Alvin Eng writer-performer speaks with Spectrum News NY1 about his new #memoir, Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond #ourlaundryyourtown #AAPIHM #AAPIHeritageMonth #Queens #NYC #ReadUP Over the River Public Relations
Mark your calendars! Alvin Eng writer-performer will be at Book Club Bar on Thursday, May 19th with Mel Chanté, Poet and Robert Galinsky to read some lyrics and poems from his new memoir, Our Laundry, Our Town #Memoir #NYC #Queens #Theatre #AAPIHM #AAPIHeritageMonth http://ow.ly/u6ma50J38wQ
PLEASE SAVE THE DATE: Friday, MAY 20, 2022
TWO-PART BOOK LAUNCH! Virtual & In-Person/NYC
"Our Laundry, Our Town: My Chinese American Life from Flushing to the Downtown Stage and Beyond," A memoir by Alvin Eng
Part I (May 20)
Virtual Book Launch Reading and Talk / 5:30pm – 7 pm (EST)
Asian American / Asian Research Institute - City University of New York
Register for event: https://aaari.info/22-05-20eng/
Part II (May 20)
In-Person Book Launch / 7pm - 9pm (EST)
City Lore Gallery, 56 East 1st Street, East Village, NYC
“Alvin Eng’s masterful, sweeping memoir about growing up with his five siblings in a dysfunctional family in the back of the Foo J. Chin Chinese Hand Laundry in Flushing, Queens is laced with his marvelous humor, family anecdotes and metaphors that bring a century of the Chinese American Experience to life. I was deeply touched, especially by the spirits parallels between the folks in Thornton Wilder's Our Town and the laundry and the beautiful idea that his parents didn't really see each other either––like the characters in the play. Just a beautiful book.”
Steve Zeitlin, author Poetry of Everyday Life, Founding Director of City Lore
Hope you can join us online or in-person to celebrate the publication! More details soon!
OUR LAUNDRY, OUR TOWN
Fordham University Press publication date: May 17, 2022
Available for pre-order:
https://www.fordhampress.com/9781531500368/our-laundry-our-town/
https://bookshop.org/books/our-laundry-our-town-my-chinese-american-life-from-flushing-to-the-downtown-stage-and-beyond/9781531500368
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Redirecting Ethnic Singularity: Italian Americans and Greek Americans in Conversation, edited by Yiorgos Anagnostou, Yiorgos Kalogeras, and Theodora Patrona #NewRelease http://ow.ly/zylb50IStFy
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