Join us for an electric evening with Vietnamese-American multihyphenate storyteller Susan Lieu to discuss her debut memoir THE MANICURIST'S DAUGHTER. The event promises to be a reckoning on intergenerational trauma and healing, sprinkled with vulnerability and humor. The conversation will be moderated by Elizabeth Ai (also a manicurist’s daughter!), Director & Producer of the forthcoming documentary NEW WAVE. The event will conclude with a Community Q&A and book signing. Books available for purchase on-site.

Co-presented by Advance Beauty College, Little Saigon Official, The Vietnamese with Kenneth Nguyen Podcast, and Vietnamese American Arts and Letters Association (VAALA).

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Zibby hosts a live virtual monthly meeting with a group discussion and a 30 minute Q&A with the author of that month’s book pick—and April will be Susan Lieu!

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Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) has partnered with the San Francisco Public Library to bring a quarterly reading series featuring Southeast Asian writers across the city. Authors Susan Lieu, Thy Hope Luong, Aimee Phan, and Alexandra Huynh discuss their experiences of being Vietnamese American women writers. Come join us for a night of fun in reading their works.

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In celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, The Sonoma State University HUB Cultural Center will be welcoming Susan Lieu as she discusses her powerful debut – The Manicurist’s Daughter: A Memoir. The Manicurist’s Daughter is much more than a memoir about grief, trauma, and body image. It is a story of fierce determination, strength in shared culture, and finding your place in the world. Susan will be in conversation with writer, speaker, and story doula Jennifer Hyde. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A and book signing. Located at SSU Hub Cultural Center Ballroom B. For questions or accommodations please contact delgadobi@sonoma.edu

The UW Department of Asian Languages and Literature and the Center for Southeast Asia and Its Diasporas welcome three distinguished authors to UW to discuss their work. This book panel event will feature author presentations from Susan Lieu, Putsata Reang, and L. Ayu Saraswati and a discussion moderated by Professors Bich-Ngoc Turner and Linh Thủy Nguyễn.

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Join us for a special in-person conversation on “Food, Family and Feelings” with Susan Lieu as she visits the Wing Luke Museum to talk about her debut memoir, "The Manicurist's Daughter." Susan will be available to autograph books at the end of this talk. Copies of her book will be available for sale via the Wing Luke Museum Marketplace. Seating will be limited. Guests with a ticket will have priority seating before day-of, walk-up guests.

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Zibby’s Bookshop and Harvardwood invites you to join Susan Lieu and Jeff Yang in their discussion of The Manicurist’s Daughter. No-host afterparty at cocktail garden Sorry Not Sorry (11520 W Pico Blvd) to follow.

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UCLA welcomes writer and performance artist Susan Lieu, who will read from her new book, The Manicurist's Daughter. Sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Asian American Studies Center, Asian American Studies Department , Gender Studies, CSW|Streisand Center, Center for EthnoCommunications, and the Vietnamese Student Union. Books will be available for purchase at the event. The event is open to the public.

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Let's honor our loved ones, hold space for grief, and reflect on the possibilities of transformation with author Susan Lieu, activist V (formerly Eve Ensler), and musician treya lam. Presented by Reimagine.

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Join Vietnamese-American multihyphenate storyteller Susan Lieu for her electric nationwide book launch of "The Manicurist's Daughter." Delving into themes of grief, identity, and intergenerational trauma, this gripping memoir explores the crumbling of the American Dream after her mother's tragic death during plastic surgery. Moderated conversation, community Q&A, and book signing to follow event. Books available for purchase by Harvard Book Store. Additionally, all are welcome to join a post-event reception and additional book signing at Phillips Brooks House Parlor Room, Harvard Yard.

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Join us for an electric evening with Vietnamese-American multihyphenate storyteller Susan Lieu to discuss her debut memoir THE MANICURIST'S DAUGHTER. The event promises to be a reckoning on intergenerational trauma and healing, sprinkled with vulnerability and humor. Moderated conversation, community Q&A, and book signing to follow event. Books available for purchase with Eastwind Books. No-host afterparty at The Lion’s Den (across the street) to follow.

Co-presented by Center for Asian American Media. In partnership with ARTogether, Asian American Women Artists Association, City Attorney David Chiu, Coro Northern California, Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network, Great Star Theater, HOME MADE @ ARTogether, Kearny Street Workshop, and Litquake (San Francisco's Literary Festival).

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Copperfield’s Books is delighted to welcome Susan Lieu to Santa Rosa (her hometown!) in celebration of her powerful debut of The Manicurist's Daughter: A Memoir. Susan will be in conversation at Maria Carrillo High School with local educator (and Susan’s high school founding principal) Pamela Lind Devlin. The discussion will be followed by a Q&A and book signing.

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The Seattle Public Library presents local author Susan Lieu to discuss her memoir about grief, trauma, body image, and finding your own place in the world. In conversation with Daniel Tam-Claiborne. In partnership with Elliott Bay Book Company, Friends of Little Saigon, and sponsors The Seattle Public Library Foundation and the Gary and Connie Kunis Foundation.

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Join Bookmarks and Foothills for a Spring Book Club Social. This is a great opportunity for book clubs to find their next read, for readers to create a stellar to-be-read list for the spring, and for people to get connected to book clubs. Carin Siegfried from Macmillan will be recommending a variety of books from different genres that are perfect book club reads. Susan Lieu will also talk about her memoir The Manicurist's Daughter (on sale March 12, 2024), followed by a Q&A session and a booksigning at Bookmarks. Attendees will also receive the book club discount of 20% off purchases made that night.

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A fireside chat with author Susan Lieu led by M.M.LaFleur's Founder & CEO, Sarah LaFleur. Doors will open at 6pm for drinks and light bites, and signed copies of The Manicurist's Daughter will also be available for purchase through McNally Jackson.

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Join Vietnamese-American multihyphenate storyteller Susan Lieu for her electric nationwide book launch of "The Manicurist's Daughter." Delving into themes of grief, identity, and intergenerational trauma, this gripping memoir explores the crumbling of the American Dream after her mother's tragic death during plastic surgery. Moderated conversation, community Q&A, and book signing to follow event. Books available for purchase by Yu & Me Books. Featuring DJ Tina Snow.

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Join us for the very first promotional event for upcoming book “The Manicurist’s Daughter” ahead of its March 12, 2024 release! Multihyphenate creator Susan Lieu will share her journey of writing her family narrative of intergenerational trauma and healing starting on the theater stage and now in a memoir. Watch the stage recording of “140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother”, followed by a talk between Susan and journalist and memoirist Putsata Reang. Join Susan and Putsata as they discuss Susan’s journey from her one-woman show to diving deeper into her story in the memoir. In-person attendees will have a chance to win free copies of The Manicurist’s Daughter!

This screening of "140 LBS" and book talk with Susan Lieu and moderator Putsata Reang will be followed by a reception with light refreshments. The reception is open for ticket-holders only.

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TEDxBellevueWomen is excited to announce its presentation of Lift, a community-based event dedicated to the exchange of “ideas worth sharing." The event is a curated slate of live speakers, each of whom has inspired us with ideas born from lived experiences. In a variety of personal and/or professional ways, they have lifted themselves, and in turn, lifted others. Featuring Susan Lieu. More info HERE.

The co-hosts of the hit podcast Model Minority Moms will do their first public live recording at their alma mater Harvard University at BEYOND REPRESENTATION: Harvard Asian American Alumni Alliance Global Summit 2023. More in fo HERE. The public is welcome to attend, tickets forthcoming.

THIS READING SERIES AS PARTY CELEBRATES NONFICTION WRITERS YOU LOVE, AND THE ONES YOU DON’T KNOW YET. EVERYONE READS RAW WORK AND EVERYONE IS HELD UP IN THE (SPOT)LIGHT. NOT FOR THOSE ALLERGIC TO EARNESTNESS.

Come down to Georgetown, grab a taco or a beer for lunch, and come see us at 3pm. This line up is a beautiful mix of multi-talented artists, activists, performers, and writers. Amber Flame, NaKeesa Frazier-Jennings, Reagan Jackson, Rachel Kessler, Susan Lieu, and Anne Liu Kellor. More info HERE.

Susan will be onstage sharing about her debut memoir during the “Speed Dating: Adult Titles” portion of the conference. More info HERE.

Susan will be sharing about her debut memoir during the “Authors on the Map Brown Bag Brunch.” More info HERE.

140 LBS is an official selection of CAATA ConFest: Ku’u ‘Āina, Ku’u Piko, Ku’u Kahua – Return to the Source. Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists’ bi-annual ConFest is a call to all theatre artists to reconnect with their foundations and their sources of knowledge, which may be their land, their family, their center. Susan will be making her “Hawai’i premiere” of “140 LBS” at this virtual festival which can be streamed from May 20-29. Register for the virtual festival here. On May 22nd there will be a free in-person watch party in Seattle followed by a Q&A with Susan. Event details here.

Nationally acclaimed performance artist Susan Lieu presents her one-woman show, 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother to Bainbridge Island Museum of Art. This hybrid presentation features a recorded screening of her critically lauded 2019 production followed by a live Q&A with the artist. More info here.

Putsata Reang and Susan Lieu discuss "Ma and Me", Reang’s new memoir, which explores inherited trauma and the weight of filial duty. This event is being presented in person at the Seattle Central Library, with the option to view the livestream from home. More info here.

How can we feel whole again on Mother’s Day? The first step: remembering. Presented in partnership with Reimagine, this writing workshop will be a dedicated container to reawaken memories of our mothers, grandmothers, and matriarchs. Free to the community. More info here.

UCLA Vietnamese Student Union, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UC San Diego, and UC Irvine will be hosting a virtual screening of “140 LBS” followed by a Q&A with Susan Lieu. Private event.