Join us for a reading, conversation and book signing. Books will be available for purchase at the event from our partner Kew & Willow bookstore.

Daphne Palasi Andreades was born and raised in Queens, New York. Her debut novel, BROWN GIRLS, was published January 2022 by Random House, and was selected as a New York Times Editor’s Choice, an Indies Next Pick, and featured on ‘Most Anticipated’ lists in major outlets such as The Guardian, Chicago Review of Books, Electric Lit, and more. BROWN GIRLS is now available in the UK and Commonwealth and is forthcoming in France and Germany. Daphne is the recipient of an O. Henry Prize, as well as scholarships to the BreadLoaf Writers’ Conference, the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and more. A graduate of CUNY Baruch College and Columbia University’s MFA Fiction program, Daphne is now at work on several projects, including her second novel.

Caroline Kyungah Hong is an Associate Professor of English at Queens College, CUNY. She has published articles on Asian American fiction, comics, and pop culture and is currently finishing a book on Asian American comedy. She is also the Project Director for the newly funded Queens College AANAPISI Project (QCAP).