An Evening with Ryka Aoki with readings from Dane Edidi, author of Yemaya's Daughters
About This Show
Award-winning performer, poet, and novelist Ryka Aoki visits New York City to read from her novel He Mele A Hilo (A Hilo Song). Ryka Aoki is a writer, performer, and educator who has been honored by the California State Senate for her “extraordinary commitment to free speech and artistic expression, as well as the visibility and well-being of transgender people.” Joining her will be Dane Edidi, reading from her novel Yemaya’s Daughters.
About Ryka Aoki
Ryka has an MFA in Creative Writing from Cornell University and is the recipient of a University Award from the Academy of American Poets. Her chapbook, Sometimes Too Hot the Eye of Heaven Shines, won the RADAR’s 2010 Eli Coppola Chapbook Contest. Her first full-length volume, Seasonal Velocities, was released in 2012 by Trans-Genre Press.
Monday, April 13, 7:30pm
Free Admission
45 minutes
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Credits
photo credit:
Jamez Terry