Tipsy Bee Author Spelling Bee on September 18, from 6-8 PM, at Francis Kite Club in New York City. With Abraham Chang, Erin Crosby Eckstine, Jakob Guanzon, Olivia Wolfgang-Smith, Elyse Graham, and Danny Goodman defending against reigning champ Hyeseung Song. Thanks to Kerri Schlottman, Jeff Waxman, and Julie Wernersbach of Hive Mind Books! Eventbrite link here.

Hyeseung Song leads the discussion of Jeannie Vanasco’s third memoir A SILENT TREATMENT, at P&T Knitwear on the Lower East Side.

At Jake’s Dilemma on the Upper West Side.

Hyeseung Song in conversation with Elissa Altman, the author of PERMISSION, at Hudson Valley Books for Humanity.

Hyeseung Song in conversation with Annabelle Tometich, the author of The Mango Tree, at Print in Portland, Maine.

“Two Korean American Debut Authors on Writing Immigrant Daughters and the Path Towards Authenticity," a talk with Hyeseung Song and Rosa Kwon Easton, author of White Mulberry.

Philadelphia launch of the Docile paperback with Eshani Surya, author of the forthcoming Ravishing, at Head House. For tickets please see this link.

At Kingston, NY’s Rough Draft, with Veena Dinavahi (The True Happiness Company), Leah Konen (The Last Room on the Left), and Laura van den Berg (State of Paradise).

With Megha Majumdar, Katie Kitamura, Qian Julie Wang and Vicky Nguyen: a Women's Media Group's panel, celebrating AANHPI Storytellers at Penguin Random House (1745 Broadway, between 55th & 56th Streets). Ticket link here.

A Showing of the Film AMERICAN FICTION, followed by an expert panel of publishers, at Woodstock Town Hall Theatre.

Hosted by Magazine editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, Open Secrets Live is a one-day personal storytelling event featuring Open Secrets Magazine contributors, essayists, memoirists, and storytellers working on topics like relationships, family, identity, LGBTQIA life, mental health, and work. Tickets available here.

Khaholi Bailey, Haley Dix, Hyeseung Song and Dena Igusti at From Here to Sunday at 567 Union Street, Brooklyn.

Whether they’re writing memoir or fiction inspired by their lives, authors often have a huge hurdle to overcome first: feeling permitted to share their stories, and those of others. It can be a matter of shyness, shame, concern over possibly implicating and upsetting others—and in some cases, fear of legal liability. In this panel, inspired by Elissa Altman’s wonderful new memoir/craft book, Permission: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create, we’ll discuss all of the above. Participating will be Altman; Hyeseung Song, author of Docile: Memoirs of a Not-So-Perfect Asian Girl; Jonathan Lerner, author of Performance Anxiety: The Headlong Adolescence of a Mid-Century Kid. The panel will be moderated by Sari Botton, author of And You May Find Yourself: Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo, and editor of both Oldster Magazine and Memoir Land, the latter of which is dedicated to all aspects of first-person writing. Part of Woodstock Bookfest, at Woodstock Community Center at 56 Rock City Road in Woodstock, NY.

Serving as Helena Rho’s conversation partner at the upstate launch of her debut novel STONE ANGELS (Hachette: Grand Central Publishing), at Blue Heron Books in High Falls, New York.

Docile at Miss Manhattan Reading Series at Niagara Bar (112 Avenue A at E. 7th St) in Alphabet City, New York! With:

Peekaboo Pointe
Khaholi Bailey
Heather McCalden
and
Nicole Treska

Please RSVP to lesbleusnyc@gmail.com for a seat and the address to the salon!

Skye Jackson, author of LIBRE

Hyeseung Song, author of DOCILE

Irvin Weathersby, author of IN OPEN CONTEMPT

Cynthia Weiner, author of A GORGEOUS EXCITEMENT

Jenny Williamson, author of ENEMY OF MY DREAMS

Tickets available here. Powerhouse at Industry City is located at 238 36th St Building 2, Brooklyn.

Ditmas Lit Reading Series at The Urbane Arts Club in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.

In the Student Activities Center of UT Austin: WCP 1.106

“Great Expectations, Tragic Consequences: The Model Minority Myth,” with Prachi Gupta, author of They Called Us Exceptional and Other Lies that Raised Us. Capitol Extension Room E2.012. Please check Texas Book Festival for updates.

Hosted at Yarborough Public Library, in advance of Texas Book Festival.

In conversation with Eve J. Chung, author of Daughters of Shandong, at World’s Borough Bookshop in Jackson Heights, Queens.