BABEL: Chang-rae Lee
Join Just Buffalo Literary Center for an evening with award-winning author Chang-rae Lee.
Chang-rae Lee is the author of Native Speaker, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction, as well as My Year Abroad, On Such a Full Sea, A Gesture Life, Aloft, and The Surrendered, winner of the Dayton Peace Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A 2021 winner of the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Stanford University.
Featured Book: My Year Abroad
From the award-winning author of Native Speaker and On Such a Full Sea comes My Year Abroad, an exuberant, provocative story about a young American life transformed by an unusual Asian adventure—and about the human capacities for pleasure, pain, and connection. Rich with commentary on Western attitudes, Eastern stereotypes, capitalism, global trade, mental health, parenthood, mentorship, and more, My Year Abroad is also an exploration of the surprising effects of cultural immersion—on a young American in Asia, on a Chinese man in America, and on an unlikely couple hiding out in the suburbs. Tinged at once with humor and darkness, electric with its accumulating surprises and suspense, My Year Abroad is a novel that only Chang-rae Lee could have written, and one that will be read and discussed for years to come.
Get Tickets
Individual tickets are no longer available online.
- General Admission Tickets: $40 each | Save $5 with library card discount
- Patron Tickets: $100 each
- Student Tickets: $10 each (with valid “.edu” email address)
TICKETS FOR CHANG-RAE LEE ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ONLINE. Tickets can still be purchased at the event, and tickets purchased online after November 10 will be available at the “Will Call” window at Kleinhans Music Hall when the doors open at 7:00 p.m. on NOVEMBER 18, 2021 (proof of vaccination and masks required).
COVID Safety Protocols
In order to protect the health, safety and enjoyment of all, we are implementing the following COVID safety protocols:
- Proof of COVID-19 vaccination (Excelsior pass or vaccination card) is required for admittance.
- A masking policy will be in effect for all staff, volunteers, and attendees at Kleinhans Music Hall.
- A simulcast recording of the event will be provided to all ticket holders to watch from home, if unable to attend in-person for any reason; the link will be sent in advance to the email address used when purchasing tickets.
- These policies are subject to revision as health and safety guidelines change, including a pivot to virtual-only. You will receive emails prior to each BABEL event to confirm our most up-to-date policies.
- Please note that we are unable to provide refunds for tickets; if unable to attend in-person for any reason, ticket holders have the ability to access the event via simulcast recording.
- Our COVID-19 vaccination and masking policies are aligned with those of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, with the additional steps of requiring proof of vaccination & social distancing. More policy details can be found here.
Date
- Thursday, November 18, 2021
- Expired!
Time
Doors & VIP Patron Reception at 7:00 p.m. | Event at 8:00 p.m.- 8:00 pm
Location
- 3 Symphony Circle, Buffalo, NY 14201 (Free Parking)
Featured Artist
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Chang-rae LeeAuthorChang-rae Lee is the author of Native Speaker, winner of the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award for first fiction, as well as My Year Abroad, On Such a Full Sea, A Gesture Life, Aloft, and The Surrendered, winner of the Dayton Peace Prize and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. A 2021 winner of the Award of Merit for the Novel from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Chang-rae Lee teaches writing at Stanford University.
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