Author Talk & Luncheon: Tom Lin, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu

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The Claremont Colleges, the International Author Talk with Tom Lin (Pomona Class of 2018) will take place on Tuesday, April 9, 2024 at the Pitzer College Benson Auditorium. This event is open to the 7Cs and local community. 

Talk 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. | Lunch Reception 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | Pitzer College Benson Auditorium 

RSVP Requested - Please send the number in your party, if you will attend the lunch, and any dietary restrictions to ssuccess@pitzer.edu 

Join us in a conversation with author Tom Lin (PO ‘18) as we engage in a conversation about his experience as an international writer and his debut novel---a western with supernatural elements set in the 1860s. The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu is about a Chinese American assassin who pursues vengeance after railroad barons kidnap his lover and conscript him into constructing the Central Pacific Railroad. Media has praised the story's subversion of the white-centric perspective of traditional westerns and its exploration of identity. The novel was awarded the 2022 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, making Lin the youngest Carnegie winner. Lunch reception to follow. *The book is available for purchase at the Huntley Bookstore and online here.

Pitzer Campus Map: https://bit.ly/PitzerMap  | Overflow parking is available on Claremont Blvd. 

Presented by Student Success Initiatives with support from the Pitzer College Teaching, Learning, and Campus Life Committee (TLCLC), Pitzer International Programs, and the 7C International Students Community Planning Committee (ISCPC). 

For more information, questions, or concerns, please contact melissa_burrows@pitzer.edu.