Book Talk: Summer Kim Lee
When
7-8PM
Friday, December 5, 2025
Where
Black Box Theater, Asian Arts Initiative
1219 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Join us for a book talk with scholar and writer Summer Kim Lee at 7PM after the final installment of Anh Vo's performances at 6PM. Summer Kim Lee will share insights from her new book Spoiled: Asian American Hostility and the Damage of Repair, which explores how contemporary Asian American artists push back against the pressure to heal or redeem racial trauma through their work. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, ASAP/Journal, Los Angeles Review of Books, Post45, and Social Text.