| Description | from The Convergence Zone is a series of author readings, and artist talks and performances, sponsored by the MFA in Creative Writing & Poetics at the University of Washington Bothell. It brings together sometimes peaceable, sometimes combustible, fronts of discovery and experiment. This series brings to the (virtual) Seattle metropolitan area exciting writers and artists who "cross" and "trans" genres and media. It discusses and performs written arts in an expanded field.
Please join the MFA for Creative Writing and Poetics Cultural Change seminar for a Craft Talk & Conversation on Community Curation with Lawrence Minh-Davis via Zoom.
Pre-register for this event to receive an e-mail with the Zoom details the day of the event. This talk is open to the public and will be recorded.
January 14, 2021: Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis
Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis, PhD is Curator of Asian Pacific American Studies at the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center. He oversees the Smithsonian Literature + Museum Initiative, devoted to rethinking collective responsibility for what we write and read, and why. He serves as lead organizer for the Asian American Literature Festival, co-hosted by the Smithsonian, Library of Congress, and Poetry Foundation, and is a co-founder of the pop-up Center for Refugee Poetics. He is also founding Director of the arts antiprofit The Asian American Literary Review and editor-in-chief of its literary journal. He is currently ranked as the 9th best ice cream maker in human history.
Lawrence-Minh Bùi Davis’ craft talk and conversation is funded through the MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics. Please contact Ching-In Chen (chingin@uw.edu) for more information. |
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