Live in NYC, 4/27 - 4/30

Authors: Hideo Furukawa, Mieko Kawakami, Rebecca Brown, Linh Dinh
Editors: Ted Goossen, Roland Kelts, Motoyuki Shibata
*All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

  • April 27 Wed, 6:30pm: New York University (7 East 12th Street, Room 321, New York, NY)
  • April 28 Thur, 6pm: Kinokuniya Bookstore (1073 Ave of the Americas, New York, NY) *Brown and Dinh will not appear at this event
  • April 29 Fri, 7pm: BookCourt (163 Court Street bet. Pacific & Dean Sts., Brooklyn, NY)
  • April 30 Sat, 2pm: Asia Society (725 Park Avenue at 70th St.) : Monkey Business: Japan/America Writers’ Dialogue. Ticket $15
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