Tuesday Night Project presents:
The 1st & 3rd Tuesday Night Cafe
The Home Show

Now the oldest Asian American mic series in the country, TNC highlights new work in visual and performing arts from the Los Angeles and Asian American artistic community in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo. Join us for our 19th season at one of the longest running free public arts series in Los Angeles.

Featuring:

– Peter H Z Hsu
– Jennifer Moon
– Naaz Diwan
– Bitter Party

and The Open Mic

Hosted by: Genevieve Erin O’Brien & Tanzila Ahmed
Beats by: DJ Traktivist

“Mission Concept” was nominated by Flapperhouse for Sundress Publications’ 2017 Best of the Net. “Mission Concept” was originally published in Flapperhouse Issue #14. Flapperhouse’s other nominees are: Monica Lewis for her poem “artemis” and Deirdre Coyle for her short story “How to Vomit Living Creatures.”

Huge thanks to Joe O’Brien, Stephen Langlois, and everyone at Flapperhouse for this honor. I’m truly humbled that my story stood out to you all enough to recommend it.

Listen to the PEN Center Emerging Voices Meet & Greet on Skylight Books podcast. Featuring my short essay “The Writer”and lots of love, affection and encouragement for writers and the EV Fellowship. 

My short story “From the Roof of the Henry Vaughn Hotel” won Friction‘s Spring Short Story Contest! It’ll be a little bit until you can read it in print.

In the meantime, the electrifying F(r)iction Issue #8 will be out tomorrow! Find it at Barnes & Noble, other retailers, or order direct: https://tetheredbyletters.com/store/

July 30th, 2017: The Victory Theatre, Burbank

Pete read from “Asleep for Days” with a wonderful cast of writers and musicians: including Lily Anne Harrison, Barton Aikman, Grace Yun, Matt Buga, singer-songwriter Matt Kronish, and many more.

The Blue Hour is a grassroots literary reading series developed, hosted and produced by Lily Anne Harrison. They bring energy and entertainment to each of their events, focusing on young, up-and-coming writers. Their next scheduled reading will be in September.

Matt Buga reads his brilliant story about a turnip eating newborn.

July 25th, 2017: The Skirball Cultural Center

Heartfelt thank you to PEN Center USA: Amanda Fletcher, J Ryan Stradal, the entire PEN staff and board, and my genius cohort. It has been a wonderful and life changing experience.

L-R: J Ryan and Pete (PC Casey Curry)

PC: Casey Curry

Cookies

My kids with their Uncle Gubby

The Astronaut’s POV

Chinyere Nwodim reads an excerpt from her novel-in-progress

Family Photo (PC Casey Curry)

L-R: Jessica Shoemaker, Kirin Khan, Soleil David, Amanda Fletcher, Chinyere Nwodim, and Peter Hsu (PC: Casey Curry)

July 30, 2017: Clifton’s Republic, DTLA

Pete read “Alseep For Days” at AFLW’s final Salon for the summer. Also reading was Liz Silver (The Tincture of Time) and headlining the Salon was Julia Fierro in conversation with Anthony Breznican.

L-R: Anthony Breznican, Elizabeth Silver, Shilpa Agarwal, Julia Fierro, Michele Raphael, Peter Hsu, and David Lott

Hello Friends, I’ll be reading twice this month:

• Tuesday July 25, 7:00PM: I’ll be reading my story “mission concept” from FLAPPERHOUSE at the Skirball Cultural Center.
• Sunday July 30, 7:30PM: I’ll be reading my story “asleep for days” from F(r)iction at The Blue Hour at the Victory Theater in Burbank.

Come see me and my pals: Kirin Khan, Jessica Shoemaker, Soleil Bello Davíd, Chinyere Nwodim, Barton Aikman, Lily Anne Harrison, Matt Buga, and more!

The PEN Center USA Emerging Voices 2017 Final Reading at the Skirball Cultural Center

Featuring Soleil David, Peter H.Z. Hsu, Kirin Khan, Chinyere Nwodim, and Jessica Shoemaker

Enjoy poetry and fiction read by this year’s PEN Center USA Emerging Voices Fellows, with personal introductions by their mentors Jade Chang, Amelia Gray, Ashaki M. Jackson, Dana Johnson, and J. Ryan Stradal.

Presented cabaret-style with cocktails and light fare available for purchase. A reception with refreshments follows the program.

“Because of PEN, I am now connected. I now know how to get myself published. I have the resources to master my craft.
Now I call myself a writer.”
-Jian Huang, 2016 EV

This event is FREE; Reserve seats HERE

The Skirball Cultural Center: 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90049

I’ll be reading my short story “Asleep For Days” as part of Lily Anne Harrison’s The Blue Hour reading series. I’ll be joined on stage with several talented young writers, including my friends Barton Aikman and Matt Buga. Come see us!