SO EXCITED to invite you an incredibly special Raising Mixed Race book event at Elliott Bay Book Company
in Seattle, WA!!! If you're a Seattle-ite (or can be for the evening) you seriously don't want to miss this interstellar collaboration including
book talks, readings, local music, powerhouse Asian Pacific Northwest
women writers and contributions from local chefs. Our night will open
with a set by super talented local musician Brenda Xu + yummy food samples from Hood Famous Bakeshop and Marination. Next up, I will of course speak and read from Raising Mixed Race. But then it's not over. Following I'm so honored to panel with badass Canadian authors/editors Minelle
Mahtani and Brandy Lien Worrall-Soriano for critical conversations on
mixedness. There will definitely be time for Q&A ~ and ~ Brenda Xu
merchandise + copies of all writers books will be available for
sale/signing.
See? Told you. Don't want to miss it...
Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 - 10th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 624-6600
This event is free and open to the public. Doors open 6:30p.
Go to the --> Facebook Event Page: Raising Mixed Race @ Elliot Bay
Music / Brenda Xu ~ Ambient/folk artist, Brenda Xu
(pronounced “shoo”) has been building a steady following since her
arrival on the Seattle music scene a few years ago. The momentum she
created with the release of her last album "For The Winter" (2014) has
led to two successful western U.S. tours and a recent feature in the MTV
show "Awkward." Compared to artists such as Cat Power, Daughter, and
Aimee Mann, her sound has been described as "treading the delicate line
between washed-out ambient tones and carefully crafted acoustic
arrangements." She is currently working on her fourth album and plans to
tour the U.S. and Europe this year. http://brendaxu.com/
Panel / Minelle Mahtani ~ Minelle is an author, journalist and Associate Professor of Human Geography and Planning, and the Program in Journalism at University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC).
She has written two books: Mixed Race Amnesia: Resisting the Romanticization of Multiraciality and Global Mixed Race. She is a former
CBC TV journalist, sits on the steering committee of UBC’s journalism
school and has won several awards, including a Queen Elizabeth Diamond
Jubilee Award for her contributions to journalism. Minelle is currently
on sabbatical from University of Toronto to host the exciting new show
'Sense of Place' at Roundhouse Radio.
Panel / Brandy Lien Worrall-Soriano ~ Brandy is editor of the recent anthology Completely Mixed Up: Mixed Heritage Asian North American Writing and Art (2015) and author
of What Doesn’t Kill Us (2014), a groundbreaking memoir about growing up
in the din of her Vietnamese mother and American father’s trauma from
the Vietnam War, and how it related to her breast cancer experience as a
young adult. She is also the author of eight collections of poetry and
owner/editor of Rabbit Fool Press, a small family-owned-and-operated publishing company based in Vancouver. https://brandyworrall.com/
Videography & Photography / Devon de Leña ~ Devon is a storyteller, filmmaker, and powerful community facilitator. As a mixed-raced filipina/white woman she values the importance of
intersectionality and honoring complexity within our stories and
movements. She believes in building power through healing, creativity and
cultural work. Her vision is to weave stories of identity, resilience and
imagination together so that we can cultivate authentic representations
of people living at the intersections and fringes of our society. http://www.devondelena.com/
Cheesecake /
Chera Amlag ~
Chera is a co-founder of the Food & Sh*t
monthly pop-ups in Seattle, where diners became enamored with her
desserts that blended Filipino flavors with familiar Western desserts.
When her ube cheesecake debuted in 2013 it quickly became the most
demanded item on the menu leading Chera to grow a branch on the Food
& Sh*t tree and the larger Filipino food movement -- the Hood Famous Bakeshop!
Sliders & Tacos / Kamala Saxton & Roz Edison ~ In 2009 Marination
owners Kamala and Roz decided to run their own business. Big Blue took
to the streets in June with a unique Hawaiian-Korean fusion cuisine in
tow. Over one million tacos and nearly five incredible years later,
Marination has grown into a big aloha family! One truck, one little
brick-and-mortar in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, and one
beachside restaurant with a full bar, huge patio, and a TO DIE FOR view.
