Writers in Residence: An Evening of Storytelling

Join us for an intimate evening of author readings and conversations in the Tenement Museum’s recreated apartments. New York City writers – including Ava Chin, Vivian Gornick, Suketu Mehta, Esmeralda Santiago, Safiya Sinclair, and Qian Julie Wang – will read excerpts of their work and share how the Museum’s stories can inspire and deepen the experience of reading and writing about immigration and migration. Following the readings, you’ll join the authors for a reception and book signing in the Museum’s Visitor Center.

Each visitor will experience two readings performed in two different historical spaces, with selections made on a first-come, first-serve basis at check-in.

Featured writers include:

Vivian Gornick, Fierce Attachments
Ava Chin, Mott Street: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming
Suketu Mehta, This Land is Our Land: An Immigrant’s Manifesto
Esmeralda Santiago, When I Was Puerto Rican
Safiya Sinclair, How to Say Babylon
Qian Julie Wang, Beautiful Country

*Please Note: This program will span multiple floors of our historic tenement building and will involve climbing multiple sets of stairs. For questions regarding accessibility for this event, email us at [email protected].