On Permission: Daring to Tell, Hosted by Sari Botton at Woodstock Bookfest
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.
Open Secrets Live, a one-day STORYTELLING EVENT in NYC
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.
Helena Rho, author of STONE ANGELS, in conversation with hyeseung song at blue heron books, high falls, 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.
Miss Manhattan Reading Series
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
Les Bleus Literary Salon
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
Rosa Kwon Easton, Author of WHITE MULBERRY, with HYESEUNG SONG at POWERHOUSE AT IC, Brooklyn
Tickets available here. Powerhouse at Industry City is located at 238 36th St Building 2, Brooklyn.
Ditmas Lit Reading Series
Ditmas Lit Reading Series at The Urbane Arts Club in Ditmas Park, Brooklyn.
Author talk hosted by Sigma Phi Omega sorority and the Center for Asian AMerican Studies of University of Texas at Austin
In the Student Activities Center of UT Austin: WCP 1.106
Texas Book Festival (Austin, TX)
“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.
World's Borough Bookshop with Eve J. Chung
In conversation with Eve J. Chung, author of Daughters of Shandong, at World’s Borough Bookshop in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Manor Mill Writers Guild Prose Night (Monkton, MD)
In conversation with Susan Keatley at Manor Mill Writers Guild Prose Night, in Monkton, MD. Doors open at 6.45 PM.
Pete’s Reading Series (Brooklyn, NY)
Reading with Lilly Dancyger, Lucas Mann and Tracy O’Neill. At Pete’s Candy Store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Hyeseung Song and Chanterelle Sung in conversation, organized by the Princeton Women’s Network, and co-sponsored by Princeton Alumni of New York City and Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton
Reception at 6 PM, Program beginning at 6.30, at the Monarch Foundation, 515 Canal Street, Suite 1C, in New York City. Register here.
"Memoir: Becoming an Artist,” a Conversation with Memoirist Hyeseung Song and Novelist Ryan Chapman, at Saratoga Book Festival (Saratoga Springs, NY)
A conversation with memoirist Hyeseung Song and novelist Ryan Chapman. Both are first-generation Americans born of immigrant families–Song’s parents are Korean and Chapman’s father is Sri Lankan–whose paths to becoming artists and writers are complicated by family financial hardships and cultural expectations. In the Dutcher Community Room at the Saratoga Springs Public Library, at 3 PM, in Saratoga, NY.
More about the festival here.
“The Tipsy Bee: Adult Spelling Bee & Book Fair,” an official Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Event (NYC)
Featuring Lisa Ko (Memory Piece), Hyeseung Song, Amelia Possanza, Aaron Jacobs, Isle McElroy and Kosoko Jackson in an exciting spell-off. Hosted by Kerri Shlottman, Julie Wernersbach and Jeff Waxman at the Francis Kite Club, 40 Loisaida Avenue, NY. Hive Mind Books providing books, as part of the Brooklyn Book Festival. Eventbrite here.
Fireside Chat with Hyeseung Song, sponsored by Princeton Alumni of New York City
Please email in the contact form for more information.
A Conversation with Memoiring Book Club
Zoom conversation with Memoiring Book Club at 6.30 PM ET.
“A Not-So-Docile" Conversation” with Princeton University Professor Anne A. Cheng (Princeton, NJ)
In conversation with Professor Anne A. Cheng (Ordinary Disasters: How I Stopped Being a Model Minority), organized by the Asian American Alumni Association of Princeton (A4P) in conjunction with the Effron Center for the Study of America, the Carl A. Fields Center of Princeton University, Princeton Area Alumni Association and Princeton Women's Network Princeton Area.
“The Art of Work: A Conversation”
"The Art of Work: A Conversation" with Alissa Quart, Adelle Waldman, Hyeseung Song and Kelly McMasters, airing on Book TV on C-SPAN2 on Sunday, September 1 - 5.40 PM ET 
Scrappy Reading Series (Brooklyn, NY)
Scrappy Reading Series with Brooklyn Public Library, at Compère Collective (351 Van Brunt Street) in Red Hook, Brooklyn.
Franklin Park Reading Series
With Laura van den Berg (State of Paradise), Ananda Lima (Craft), Amy Shearn (Dear Edna Sloane), Tracy O’Neill (Woman of Interest) and Hyeseung Song, at Franklin Park Reading Series, in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.