Instagram Live Event with Sameer Pandya and Yoojin Na
“A part of the immigrant experience is figuring out the rules, and the moments of misreading them—done purposefully or not—make for good fiction. The breaking of social customs is also an interesting moment. It’s a way of questioning the rules, a moment of showing what lies beneath all the rule-making” - Sameer Pandya
Inspired by their Epiphanic interview, we are hosting a special Instagram Live reading and conversation between Sameer Pandya, author of the new novel Members Only, and Yoojin Na, Epiphanic contributor. August 1st at 7PM EST, in collaboration with Books Are Magic (you can buy Members Only directly from Books Are Magic here).
Before the event, read the original interview here.
Sameer Pandya is the author of the story collection The Blind Writer, which was long listed for the PEN/Open Book Award. He is also the recipient of the PEN/Civitella Fellowship. His fiction, commentary, and cultural criticism has appeared in a range of publications, including the Atlantic, Salon, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and Narrative Magazine. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Members Only is his first novel.
Yoojin Na is a writer and an ER doctor. Her work has appeared in Joyland, Quartz, The Rumpus, and others. She is working on a memoir that explores her identity as a 1.5-generation Korean American and a formerly undocumented immigrant. She currently lives in New York City.
