Open Book, Open Mind; Michael Luo, "Strangers in the Land"

New Yorker writer and executive editor Michael Luo will talk to Matthew Purdy, editor at large of The New York Times, about about his landmark study, "Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America." Co-presented by AAPI New Jersey.

“You can’t paint a complete picture of America without [the story of Chinese Americans], and the New Yorker journalist Michael Luo tells it persuasively in 'Strangers in the Land'... [The book] succeeds through its little biographies of individuals – a range of quirky and fascinating figures, both Chinese and white, who drive the narrative. . . [and offer] a view on the full complexity of American immigration.” —The New York Times Book Review

Doors open at 6 p.m. The discussion will be followed by an audience Q&A and book sales and signing with Watchung Booksellers.

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