Seventeen Syllables' Not Your Model Minority: Artists, Rebels, & Misfits

777 Valencia Street,San Francisco CA 94110

23 October, 2021

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Litquake's 2021 Lit Crawl runs from 5-9pm on Saturday, October 23rd. Full schedule at https://www.litquake.org/litcrawl2021.html "As children and grandchildren of Asian immigrants, we were taught the key to success is hard work, education, and fitting in. However, as this year has made clear, meritocracy in America is a frustrating myth, and we are not all the same. We contain multitudes: our personal and professional paths go far beyond the straitjacket of the model minority. As we fight anti-Asian sentiment and work toward more inclusive AAPI representation, this Seventeen Syllables reading offers stories and poems that resist stereotypes, celebrate complexity and diversity, and expand our notion of Asian America."- Grace Loh Prasad. Free. This program is indoors. Mask and proof of vaccination are required at the door. Please read the requirements at litquake.org/covid. Browse the Lit Crawl bookstore here -- https://bookshop.org/lists/litquake-s-lit-crawl-2021 Litquake’s diverse live programs are created with the aim of inspiring critical engagement with the key issues of the day, bringing people together around the common humanity encapsulated in literature, and perpetuating a sense of literary community, as well as a vibrant forum for Bay Area writing. We believe in literature as a public good, so we work to produce events that are accessible to all. Learn more at litquake.org