Speakers on AANHPI
Pragya Agarwal
knows the personal is always political.
Ayad Akhtar
tells many stories in many ways.
Rumaan Alam
makes the ordinary extraordinary.
Hala Alyan
is seeding a new narrative.
Elif Batuman
is un-put-downable.
Thi Bui
explores the borders - national, personal, and familiar.
Mona Chalabi
is taking the numb out of numbers.
Jessamine Chan
scrutinizes societal expectations.
Grace M. Cho
is exploring intergenerational trauma through the connective potential of food.
Stephanie Foo
is helping us heal.
Anand Gopal
learns by going.
Mira Jacob
has the hard conversations.
Alexandra Kleeman
takes you through the looking glass.
R.O. Kwon
sets the page aflame.
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai
understands the cost of war and the power of literature.
Sarah Thankam Mathews
builds community on and off the page.
Viet Thanh Nguyen
calls us to re-examine our own history.
Maulik Pancholy
is an actor, activist, author - basically The Best At It.
Angela Saini
is rethinking things.
Krish O’Mara Vignarajah
views the world with open arms.
Christina Vo
unveils worlds.
Esmé Weijun Wang
is transforming limitations.
Jemimah Wei
knows how to make words linger.
G. Willow Wilson
is a professional genre-bender and writes your favorite comic books.
Ilyon Woo
is breathing life into history.
