{"title": "Adrift in the South: China's Migrant Literature", "start": "2026-10-30T18:30:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-30T20:00:00-04:00", "place": "Asia Society", "address": "Park Avenue 725, 10021 New York", "price": "$30 nonmember / $20 member", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://join.asiasociety.org/orders/513/tickets?cdEventIds=6a7b72b70558251e70535d86&date=2026-10-30T18:30:00-04:00&eventId=6a7b72b70558251e70535d86", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/migration", "literature"], "description": "A book talk on the rise of China's migrant worker literature, in conversation. It features Xiao Hai, author of \"Adrift in the South\" (Granta, 2026), an autobiographical account of his 23 years as a migrant laborer in 17 jobs across seven Chinese cities, alongside its translator Tony Hao, with discussion moderated by Alec Ash, Editor of China Books Review, which presents the event. 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It is part of the China Books Review book club, a bimonthly series hosted by its editors, and focuses on migrant workers' literature — the book recounts the '23 dreamlike years' a Chinese migrant laborer spent working 17 jobs in seven cities. Readers should read their own copy in advance and RSVP, as seats are limited.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/book-club-adrift-in-the-south-xiao-hai-51115/", "official_url": "https://asiasociety.org/center-us-china-relations/events/book-club-adrift-south-xiao-hai", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d17544e4c07d523dfb5db3e029a8dba0970bf372da92e63769b5fefa2fe5bbaf-600.webp"}, {"title": "Rally Reading Series: Kevin Nguyen, E.Y. 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Readers also collectively suggest an actionable call, such as an organization to donate to or ways to confront injustice.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/rally-reading-series-kevin-nguyen-ey-zhao-and-aurora-huiza-54772/", "official_url": "https://www.rallyreadingseries.com/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/226c8e2824c45fda2e26adf58d053203a092cd9561ebc4d5b7c9975d16da416a-600.webp"}, {"title": "MOCA PERFORMS - Echoes of Arrival: Becoming", "start": "2026-11-06T19:00:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-06T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Museum of Chinese in America", "address": "Centre Street 215, 10013", "price": "General Admission: $20 | MOCA Member Admission: $15", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.mocanyc.org/event/moca-performs-echoes-of-arrival-becoming-5", "category": "theatre", "tags": ["society/migration", "stage/performance-art"], "description": "MOCA PERFORMS – Echoes of Arrival: Becoming is a live performance at the Museum of Chinese in America in which immigrant artists share stories of migration, transformation, and becoming. It was conceived by Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li and is devised and performed by Shan Y. Chuang, Nikkiesha N. McLeod, Timmy Ong, Pascal Phoa, Jeremy Rafal, Nedelka Sotelo, and Fang Tseng. Seven immigrant artists from Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago reflect on their journeys to the United States—what they had to learn to survive and build a life, what they chose to carry with them from home, and what new parts of themselves emerged along the way. Through personal narration, poetry, music, dance, and stand-up comedy, they share these experiences on stage.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/moca-performs-echoes-of-arrival-becoming-54048/", "official_url": "https://www.mocanyc.org/event/moca-performs-echoes-of-arrival-becoming-5/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/f76fac89e905abd68b0a491b4c2addb494e8784b35b03b7c92e6f7bd935dcc6c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Some upcoming events", "start": "2026-09-01T00:00:00-04:00", "end": "2026-10-31T00:00:00-04:00", "place": "The Word Is Change", "address": "Tompkins Avenue 368, 11216", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A roundup of upcoming literary events listed by the bookstore The Word Is Change at its Brooklyn location. They include a literary salon called Joy in the Soft Apocalypse with readers including M. K. Thekkumkattil, Amelia Possanza and Ashna Ali, hosted by Kate McDonough and Grazi Ruzzante, a poetry launch for Jay Gao's The Dead One, The Unconscious One, Thundering in Your Ear, Thriving Slumber (Nightboat) with special guests, a Halloween Open Streets called Trick or Streets, a reading of Brenda Ijima's Shelter Is Necessary for Existence (Two Dollar Radio), Liza Minno discussing Rule of Innocents with Lou Cornum, and a Pinko magazine launch.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/some-upcoming-events-56995/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Carved in Stone, Carried Across Deserts: Migration, Cultural Exchange, and the Art of the Silk Road", "start": "2026-11-05T18:30:00-05:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:00:00-05:00", "place": "Asia Society", "address": "Park Avenue 725, 10021 New York", "price": "$20 Members, $30 Nonmembers", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://join.asiasociety.org/orders/513/tickets?cdEventIds=6a7a14f5b991545cc04f4acd&date=2026-11-05T18:30:00-05:00&eventId=6a7a14f5b991545cc04f4acd", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/art-history", "history/middle-ages"], "description": "A book conversation on migration, cultural exchange, and visual art along the Silk Road, part of Asia Society's Museum Salon Series. Dr. Jin Xu of Columbia University discusses his new book, The Silk Road with Many Faces: Sogdian Immigrants in Early Medieval China, with Dr. Xiaohan Du, curator of pre-modern Asian art at Asia Society Museum. Drawing on stone sarcophagi excavated in recent decades, the book reconstructs the lives of elite Sogdian immigrants in sixth-century China, whose merchant communities dominated the Silk Road trade from the third to the ninth century.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/new-york/events/carved-in-stone-carried-across-deserts-migration-cultural-ex-51117/", "official_url": "https://asiasociety.org/new-york/events/carved-stone-carried-across-deserts-migration-cultural-exchange-and-art-silk-road", "image": "https://noky.io/images/84c2d72f0bbbb9533791805915f9f6d6229a067878707936ca6f9659d897ec1d-1200.webp"}]}