歷史學家及作家譚碧芳(Judy Yung)會討論她的新書《天使島: 移民美國的門戶》(Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America)。汲取豐富的移民歷史和令人驚嘆的攝影，譚碧芳(Judy Yung)比較中國移民和其他族裔的移民經歷，包括日裔、韓裔、印度裔、俄裔和猶太裔的。天使島迷人的歷史為解瞭美國移民的複雜關係提供了新的視野－一個今天仍在上演的故事。
Historian and author Judy Young will talk about her latest book Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to America. Drawing on rich immigration histories and stunning photographs, Judy Young will compare the experiences of Chinese immigrants to that of other ethnic groups detained on Angel Island, including the Japanese, Koreans, Asian Indians, Russians and Jews. This fascinating history of Angel Island offers new insight into America's complicated relationship to immigration, a story that continues today. Judy Yung is the daughter of Chinese immigrants detained on Angel Island. She is Professor Emerita of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the author of Island: Poetry and History of Chinese Immigrants on Angel Island 1910-1940 and Unbound Feet: A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco.
Local author Wu Keping's novel Marry a Gold Mountain Man tells the story of three generations of a Taishanese family both in China and in the United States. It's the second novel in the Gold Mountain series that reflects the history of Taishan immigrants in America.
歡迎大家在9月18日和19日的華埠20中秋節擺街會參觀華埠圖書館的攤位，贏取獎品，並且有機會更好地了解我們的圖書館和我們提供的服務!
Chinatown Branch will be at the Autumn Moon Festival Street Fair on September 18 and 19. Come by our booth to learn more about our library and library services and to win prizes!
Baby Story Time
請參加本地作家及活躍人士Canyon Sam 的新作 《歷史邊緣的西藏婦女》的閱讀會。他登上從北京到西藏具爭議性的「天空列車」跨越喜馬拉雅山，搜尋一群西藏婦女。她們都曾在一本具開創性的回憶錄中出現，該回憶錄反映了西藏婦女不為人知的故事以及她們在西藏歷史所扮演的重要角色。Join local writer and activist Canyon Sam as she reads from her book Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History. She boards the controversial "Sky Train" from Beijing to Tibet and crosses the Himalayas in search of women from her oral history project decades previous in a groundbreaking memoir which explores the untold stories of Tibetan women and their critical role in Tibetan history. Foreword by the Dalai Lama.
