Apsara In New York

Author of APSARA IN NEW YORK, Sokunthary Svay, will be in Lowell, MA reading poems from her book. She will engage the community in conversation about her book and growing up 1.5 generation Khmer in New York City. She will make you laugh, cry, process and reflect.

FREE ADMISSION (Donations Accepted)
Where: CMAA, 465 School Street, Lowell, MA
Time and date: Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018 at 11:30AM
Contact: calaa.lowell@gmail.com

Organized by the Cambodian American Literary Arts Association (CALAA), in partnership with the Cambodian Mutual Assistance Association (CMAA).

This event is part of a series of workshops happening on the same day called, FUN STUFF Workshops. Fun Stuff Workshops series consist of Khmer Poetry and Storytelling & Folktales (ages 2 plus). Both workshops are occurring at 9:30AM - 11:30AM. Sokunthary Svay's reading and conversation will occur at 11:30AM-12:30PM. All three events on Sat., Aug. 11 are free (donations accepted).

Books available for purchase.

Please RSVP @ www.EventBrite.com (search: Fun Stuff).

Bio:
Sokunthary Svay was born in a refugee camp in Thailand shortly after her parents fled Cambodia after the fall of the Khmer Rouge regime. They were sponsored to come to the United States and resettled in the Bronx where she grew up. She is currently poetry editor for Newtown Literary, a founding member of the Cambodian American Literary Arts Association (CALAA), the recipient of the American Opera Projects' Composer and the Voice Fellowship for 2017-19 and the 2018 Emerging Poets Fellowship at Poets House. Her publication credits include Homelands: Women’s Journeys Across Race, Place and Time, FLESH, Prairie Schooner, Women’s Studies Quarterly, Perigee, and The Margins. Her first collection of poetry, Apsara in New York, is available from Willow Books. She is an incoming Ph.D. student in English at the CUNY Graduate Center. More info can be found on her website: www.sokunthary.com.,