ALT Red hardcover in sans serif font AMERICAN CONTACT: OBJECTS OF INTERCULTURAL ENCOUNTERS AND THE BOUNDARIES OF BOOK HISTORY edited by Rhae Lynn Barnes and Glenda Goodman (@pennpress). It leans against a cushion with a bright tropical bird on a mustard yellow chair

ALT A poster for the Oct 4 book launch at Harvard University, History of the Book Seminar, Mahindra Humanities Center Oct 4 12-1:30 PM EST SPEAKERS: Rhae Lynn Barnes (History, Princeton), Glenda Goodman (Music, University of Pennsylvania), Germaine Warkentin (English, University of Toronto), Xine Yao (English, University College of London), Nancy Caronia (English, Chatham University), Rachel Linnea Brown (English, Haskell Indian Nations University) This is a hybrid event. A light lunch will be provided for those attending in person; please RSVP by Friday, September 27 by writing to histbook@fas.harvard.edu (and please specify any dietary restrictions). For zoom access please register here. https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/event/roundtable-book-launch-american-contact-intercultural-encounters-and-boundaries-book

ALT First page of Xine Yao’s chapter “Afong Moy’s Ephemera and the Ephemerality of the Early Asian American Archive.” Happy to share a PDF if you tweet at me or email me!

ALT A 19th century broadside advertising THE CHINESE LADY AFONG MOY with many Chinese curiosities for sale and Chinese costume and Chinese song