Celebrating UNASSIMILABLE with Bianca Mabute-Louie and Anthony Ocampo

Bel Canto Books is delighted to host a conversation with Bianca Mabute-Louie author of UNASSIMILABLE: AN ASIAN DISAPORIC MANIFESTO FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, and Anthony Ocampo, author of BROWN AND GAY IN LA: THE LIVES OF IMMIGRANT SONS.

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This event will be held indoors at KUBO LB (3976 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach CA).

EVENT SCHEDULE

3:45PM - Event check-in begins

4:00pm - Welcome & event start

4:15-5:00pm - Writers reading, conversation, and Q&A

5:00pm-6:00pm - Book signing & shopping time

6:00pm - Event ends

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Bianca Mabute-Louie is an award-winning sociologist, speaker, and activist completing her PhD at Rice University, where she researches the intersections of race, religion, and politics. She is published in top academic journals, including Social Forces and Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, as well as in public outlets like Elle Magazine. Bianca has been featured in CNN, TIME, ABC, LA Times, among other outlets. Over the last decade, Bianca has served Asian American community organizations and taught Asian American Studies. Through her work in academia and the community, Bianca is committed to the praxis of solidarity and collective liberation.

ABOUT THE IN CONVERSATION PARTNERS

Anthony Christian Ocampo, Ph.D. is Professor of Sociology at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. He is the author of Brown and Gay in LA: The Lives of Immigrant Sons and The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race. His writing has appeared in GQ, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Los Angeles Review of Books, Colorlines, Gravy, Life & Thyme, the Chronicle of Higher Education, among others. He earned a BA and MA degree from Stanford University and his MA and PhD from UCLA.

ABOUT BEL CANTO BOOKS

Founded by Jhoanna Belfer, a Filipina-American poet and former hospitality executive, Bel Canto Books offers a curated selection of fiction, nonfiction and children's books, organized around a theme of the month, in particular celebrating books by women and people of color. Learn more at belcantobooks.net.

ABOUT KUBO LB

KUBO LB is a creative community space for Filipinx, BIPOC, LGBTQ, and Women led small businesses. KUBO LB is a space to support and educate small businesses through retail, business workshops and more. Learn more at kubolb.com.

UNASSIMILABLE: AN ASIAN DISAPORIC MANIFESTO FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY by Bianca Mabute-Louie

Host or Publisher Bel Canto Books - Long Beach, CA