Author Maxine Hong Kingston will read from her work and discuss her writing as part of the Heyman Center for the Humanities Writing Lives Series and the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race's Artist at the Center Series.

Dorothy Ko, Professor of History at Barnard College, and Marie Myung-Ok Lee, Adjunct Faculty at Columbia University School of the Arts and Founder of the Asian American Writers Workshop, will serve as discussants.

Maxine Hong Kingston will also read on April 18 from 3:00pm to 5:00pm at Kray Hall at Poets House. Visit the Poets House website for more information.