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Spring 2016 Case Writer: Ryka Aoki

The amazing Ryka Aoki will be visiting our campus and students in April as well. 聽She will give her reading at 5:00 p.m. on April 7 and an additional Q&A on April 8 (specific locations TBA). 聽Ryka Aoki is an Asian-American author known for her poetry collection Seasonal Velocities and her novel He Mele a Hilo. 聽Seasonal Velocities was a finalist for the award for transgender nonfiction in the 25th Lambda Literary Awards in 2013. 聽Aoki earned her MFA in creative writing from Cornell University, and won the Academy of American Poets' University Award. 聽She was honored by the California State Senate for her work with Trans/Giving, a Los Angeles performance series for trans and gender queer individuals.

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