Rick Barot & Monique Truong: Asian American Literature Today

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Association of Asian American Studies
N/A
New York, NY 10023
United States

VIRTUAL EVENT

Kundiman is partnering with the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center and Association of Asian American Studies to present Asian American Literature Today: Monique Truong + Rick Barot. As part of the Asian American Literature Today series launched in 2014, novelist Monique Truong and poet Rick Barot will read from their books (The Sweetest Fruits & The Galleons) and discuss their writing with moderator Jason Oliver Chang. The reading and conversation will be followed by audience Q&A. There will be live captioning throughout! RSVP here.

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Rick Barot

Rick Barot is the author of Moving the Bones. He was born in the Philippines, grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, and attended Wesleyan University and The Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa.His fourth book of poems The Galleons was published by Milkweed Editions in 2020. It was listed on the top ten poetry books for 2020 by the New York Public Library, was a finalist for the Pacific Northwest Book Awards, and was on the longlist for the National Book Award. He teaches at Pacific Lutheran University and lives in Tacoma, Washington.
The Galleons: Poems book cover
Poetry

The Galleons

Poems
By
Rick Barot
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Poetry

In The Galleons, Rick Barot widens his scope, contextualizing the immigrant journey of his Filipino-American family in the larger history and aftermath of colonialism.