Immigrant Writing Series

In 2017 Greenlight launches a new Immigrant Writing Series, featuring literary events with a focus on the voices and experiences of immigrants. Events take place in our bookstore locations, and encompass a range of literary genres and event formats. Past authors include Tash Aw with her novel that reckons with power, race, and class in Asia, Ian Bassingthwaighte on Iraqi refugees in Egypt, Thi Bui on her family's journey to the U.S. from Vietnam, Elena Georgiou with short stories on a variety of immigrant experiences, Mohsin Hamid with a fantastical novel of global immigration, Lisa Ko's novel of undocumented Chinese immigrants robbed of their American-born children, Valeria Luiselli with a nonfiction account of Central American refugee children in New York, Deepak Unnikrishnan on the "guest workers" of the Persian Gulf, Susan Kuklin with an oral history of undocumented young adults in America, and Melissa Rivero with her debut novel centered on the whole family experience  of  living undocumented in New York City.  See below for a list of featured books.  Events are free and open to the public.

“We live in a country and in a borough that was built by and thrives because of its immigrants,” says Greenlight’s co-owner Rebecca Fitting. “We wanted to create this reading series because it's vital that as a community and culture, our world view stays broad, open, supportive and wide. Reading fiction and stories is an important way of exposing ourselves to the lives and emotions of other people. Nonfiction provides history and facts, but fiction weaves empathy into the mix and allows us to view things from perspectives, cultures and worlds other than our own.”

Check back for upcoming events in this series!

 



 

We, the Survivors: A Novel By Tash Aw Cover Image
By Tash Aw
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780374287245
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux - September 3rd, 2019

The Affairs of the Falcóns: A Novel By Melissa Rivero Cover Image
$26.99
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ISBN: 9780062872357
Published: Ecco - April 2nd, 2019

We Are Here to Stay: Voices of Undocumented Young Adults By Susan Kuklin, Susan Kuklin (Illustrator) Cover Image
By Susan Kuklin, Susan Kuklin (Illustrator)
$21.99
ISBN: 9780763678845
Availability: Not In Store / Available To Order (allow for shipping time to bookstore or direct-to-home)
Published: Candlewick - January 8th, 2019

Temporary People By Deepak Unnikrishnan Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781632061423
Availability: Not In Store / Available To Order (allow for shipping time to bookstore or direct-to-home)
Published: Restless Books - March 14th, 2017

Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in 40 Questions By Valeria Luiselli, Jon Lee Anderson (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Valeria Luiselli, Jon Lee Anderson (Introduction by)
$13.95
ISBN: 9781566894951
Availability: Available In Store Now (while supplies last)
Published: Coffee House Press - April 4th, 2017

The Leavers (National Book Award Finalist): A Novel By Lisa Ko Cover Image
By Lisa Ko
$16.95
ISBN: 9781616208042
Availability: Not In Store / Available To Order (allow for shipping time to bookstore or direct-to-home)
Published: Algonquin Books - April 24th, 2018

The Immigrant's Refrigerator By Elena Georgiou Cover Image
$16.00
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ISBN: 9780998512648
Published: Genpop Books - February 6th, 2018

The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir By Thi Bui Cover Image
By Thi Bui
$19.99
ISBN: 9781419718786
Availability: Not In Store / Available To Order (allow for shipping time to bookstore or direct-to-home)
Published: Abrams ComicArts - April 17th, 2018

Live from Cairo: A Novel By Ian Bassingthwaighte Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9781501146886
Availability: Not In Store / Available To Order (allow for shipping time to bookstore or direct-to-home)
Published: Scribner - July 3rd, 2018