FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Forget Sorrow book signing by Belle Yang
Tuesday, May 11, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Giant Robot Gallery
437 East 9th Street Between 1st Ave. & Ave. A, in the East Village
New York, New York 10009
212) 674-GRNY (4769) | grny.net
Giant Robot is proud to celebrate the release of Forget Sorrow with a book signing by Belle Yang.
Belle Yang is the author of the popular illustrated books Hannah Is My Name, The Odyssey of a Manchurian, and Baba: A Return to China upon My Father's Shoulders. The celebrated author and illustrator combines her talents in her newest book and long-awaited graphic memoir debut, Forget Sorrow. An Ancestral Tale.
Best known for her popular adult illustrated books and for being the subject of the award-winning PBS documentary titled My Name Is Belle, Yang started drawing her memoir during a particularly dark and fearful time when she was forced to confine herself to her parents home to elude an abusive ex-boyfriend turned stalker. A modern American woman suddenly wholly dependent on her old world Chinese parents, Belle found a means of spiritual escape through practicing calligraphy and asking her father, Baba, with whom she constantly fought, to tell her stories about his family and life growing up in Manchuria.
"Bringing to life a story that spans multiple generations, governments, and continents, the comic-strip format feels more immediate than a biographical novel, realistic than a TV mini-series, and honest than a movie ever could be." - Giant Robot 64
Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent. The signing will take place from 6:00 to 8:00 on Tuesday, May 11.
For more information about the event, GRNY, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:
Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310) 479-7311
Labels: Baba: A Return to China upon My Father's Shoulders, Belle Yang, Forget Sorrow, Giant Robot, Giant Robot Magazine, Giant Robot New York, GRNY, Hannah Is My Name, The Odyssey of a Manchurian
