A Night with Award-Winning Author Ha Jin
Reading and Cocktail Reception
in support of the Asian American
Writers' Workshop
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Home of Virginia Davies and Willard Taylor
299 West 12th Street #PHA
New York, New York 10014
off 8th Ave
Please join us for an intimate evening with writer Ha Jin, winner of
the National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The
Workshop is proud to welcome Jin and to present the public with a rare
opportunity to meet the author at a classic West Village penthouse.
This special event focuses on Jin's newest book, Writer as Migrant,
published by the University of Chicago Press. In his first work of
nonfiction, Jin writes three interconnected essays and tackles issues
relating to being a migrant writer.
Ha Jin is the critically renowned author of five novels, including,
Waiting and War Trash, as well as three collections of short stories
and three books of poetry. His short story collection, The Bridegroom,
won the Asian American Literary Award. He currently teaches literature
at Boston University.
INFORMATION: http://www.aaww.org/hajin
