Brown Bag Biography with Wing Tek Lum

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The Center for Biographical Research presents: / “Imagining Life in Honolulu Chinatown circa 1900” / Wing Tek Lum, Honolulu Businessman and Poet / In The Oldtimers, his third collection of poetry, Wing Tek Lum imagines life in Honolulu Chinatown circa 1900, giving voice to the forgotten pioneer generation of sojourners and settlers, detailing the trials and temptations of this bachelor society living far from their homeland—their hard work, their diversions, their challenges, and, even amidst the notorious plague and fire, their perseverance. For this Brown Bag presentation, Wing Tek will share how he was inspired to write certain poems, based on personal memories, family stories and documents, government records, published histories or sociological studies, or pure make-believe. / Wing Tek Lum is a Honolulu businessman and poet. Bamboo Ridge Press has published three collections of his poetry: Expounding the Doubtful Points (1987), The Nanjing Massacre: Poems (2012), and The Oldtimers (newly released). / Cosponsored by Hamilton Library, Conflict and Peace Specialist, Hui ʻĀina Pilipili: Native Hawaiian Initiative, the School of Communication & Information, the School of Cinematic Arts, and the Departments of American Studies, Anthropology, English, Ethnic Studies, and Political Science / Thursday, October 24 / Kuykendall 410 / 12PM to 1:15PM HST

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Center for Biographical Research, Mānoa Campus

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