Top of page

Film, Video 2019 Asian American Literature Festival

Transcript: TEXT

About this Item

Title

  • 2019 Asian American Literature Festival

Summary

  • Four events at the Library of Congress celebrated Asian American literature during a three-day city-wide festival.
    • Novelist Monique Truong gave a personal tour of Asian American literature through a mix of social/intellectual history, anecdotes and short readings by writers both celebrated and overlooked.
    • Poets Jennifer Chang and Cathy Park Hong uncovered the work of lesser-known senior poets who importantly shaped Asian American literary culture. Mini-lectures were followed by readings of poets' work inspired by these secret histories.
    • Poet Arthur Sze gave a personal tour of Asian American literature through a mix of social/intellectual history, anecdotes and short readings by writers both celebrated and overlooked.
    • Poets Kazim Ali and Ching-In Chen uncovered the work of lesser-known senior poets who importantly shaped Asian American literary culture. Mini-lectures will be followed by readings of poets' work inspired by these secret histories.

Event Date

  • August 03, 2019

Running Time

  • 5 hours 7 minutes 28 seconds

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

Rights & Access

While the Library of Congress created most of the videos in this collection, they include copyrighted materials that the Library has permission from rightsholders to present.  Rights assessment is your responsibility.  The written permission of the copyright owners in materials not in the public domain is required for distribution, reproduction, or other use of protected items beyond that allowed by fair use or other statutory exemptions. There may also be content that is protected under the copyright or neighboring-rights laws of other nations.  Permissions may additionally be required from holders of other rights (such as publicity and/or privacy rights). Whenever possible, we provide information that we have about copyright owners and related matters in the catalog records, finding aids and other texts that accompany collections. However, the information we have may not be accurate or complete.

More about Copyright and other Restrictions

For guidance about compiling full citations consult Citing Primary Sources.

Credit Line: Library of Congress

Cite This Item

Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.

Chicago citation style:

Asian American Literature Festival. 2019. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8926/.

APA citation style:

(2019) Asian American Literature Festival. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8926/.

MLA citation style:

Asian American Literature Festival. 2019. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/webcast-8926/>.