book launch and poetry reading event

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Event is over.

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Free admission

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Literary/Books

First published in 1980, Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island has been expanded to include a new historical introduction, poems from Ellis Island and Victoria B.C., twenty oral histories, and dozens of new photographs. Book trailer: http://youtu.be/Vn7kJscWIaM
In his memoir, The Adventures of Eddie Fung, Eddie recalls how his Chinese upbringing and work as a Texas cowboy helped him to survive forth-two months of captivity as a Prisoner of War during WWII. Book talk: http://youtu.be/GbOsxCrRruU

Join us for an afternoon of book discussion, poetry reading, and storytelling by authers Judy Yung and Eddie Fung. The poetry reading will be in both English and Chinese. Book signing followed the event. Admission id free.
Inquires: 604—658-8880, museum@cccvan.com