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CECILY WONG

Cecily Wong is the author of three books. Her debut novel, Diamond Head, was a Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Selection, recipient of an Elle Readers' Prize, and voted a best debut of the 2015 Brooklyn Book Festival. Her second novel, Kaleidoscope, will be published July 5, 2022. In 2021, Cecily co-authored the New York Times bestseller Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer’s Guide. Her work has also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, The LA Review of Books, Bustle, and elsewhere. She has spoken at book festivals across the country and was a keynote speaker at the Hawaii Book and Music Festival. Website • Twitter

GREGORY GOURDET

Gregory Gourdet is a James Beard Award-nominated chef, two-time Bravo Top Chef finalist, and bestselling author of Everyone’s Table: Global Recipes for Modern Health. A trendsetter in the culinary boom of Portland, he ran the kitchen at Departure Restaurant + Lounge for 10 years. He is now opening his own restaurant, Kann, a wood-fired concept that promises to bring the cuisine of his Haitian heritage and the Caribbean diaspora to the American spotlight. Website • Twitter

NO-NO BOY

Julian Saporiti is a Vietnamese American songwriter and scholar born in Nashville, Tennessee. His multi-media project "No-No Boy" has transformed his doctoral research on Asian American history into concerts, albums, and films which have reached a diverse public audience. His latest album, 1975, released through Smithsonian Folkways, has been hailed by NPR as "one of the most insurgent pieces of music you'll ever hear,” and American Songwriter called it "insanely listenable and gorgeous." Saporiti has been commissioned by such esteemed cultural institutions as Lincoln Center, the LA Philharmonic, the National Parks, and Carnegie Hall. Website • Spotify