Join us for a visit by critically acclaimed author Crystal Hana Kim!
Crystal Hana Kim’s most recent book is The Stone Home (William Morrow 2024), finalist for the 2024 Maya Angelou Book Award; it was named Best Book of the Year by NPR, Booklist, ELLE, and Real Simple, and longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize.
- Book Giveaway – Wednesday, November 5 (11:30 a.m. in Moody lobby): 50 free copies of The Stone Home will be given away : first come, first served! Open to current students, faculty, and staff.
- Reading – Thursday, November 13 (7:30 p.m. in the Hollins Room, Library 3rdfloor) Followed by a brief Q&A and a reception. Open to the public.
- Writing Workshop: – Friday, November 14 (10:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m. in the CLE Classroom, Library 1stfloor)
Thinning the Line: Translation, Transliteration, and Multilingual Texts : During this interactive session, we will examine the function of translation, transliteration, and multilingualism in writing. How does blending languages invite, clarify, and obscure meaning—and for whom? What can we learn about the translatability of language from reading these types of texts and from writing our own blended forms? This session will include low-stakes writing exercises to invigorate our own practice. You do not need to be fluent in a second language to join, though any knowledge you share will enrich our conversation. Open to current students.
Kim’s If You Leave Me was named a best book of 2018 by over a dozen publications. She is the recipient of the 2022 National Book Foundation’s 5 Under 35 Award and the winner of a 2017 PEN/Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers. She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.
These events are supported by the Beanstalk Fund, a collaboration of the Department of English and Creative Writing and the Wyndham Robertson Library to bring readers and writers together at Hollins.